[Zelda]

@safina: lol! do your questions have anything to do with your name?

>The bible is packed with clearly mythological fiction and >superstitious practices.Rememember the nomadic Hebrews were much >less civilised than the settled nations in Caanan or over >Mesopotamia.So while Caanan was in Bronze age,Hebrews were still in >the stone age.

that's true, alot of the 'civilizational' influences on the hebrews came from the mesopotamians and that they later demonized.

>Therefore it is natural that their believes and the world view were >based on stone age myth and superstitioins.For this reason the >bible is archaic and irrational compared to the advanced writings >of the contemporary Greeks of the same century.

hapa, I have to contest your claims. many of what you call biblical myths have parallels in the mythology of their 'civilised' neighbors and predecessors, and might even be traceable to them. who knows?

for example: the story of noah is remarkably similar to the babylonian epic of gilgamesh.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deluge_(mythology)>

>Religion is an irrational complex,a computer virus in the brain.It >inhibits rational,analytical and sckeptical screening.The results >are superstition,paranoia,hate and violence

it might very well be true that religion is irrational. BUT that is precisely why it is valuable. there are circumstances where rational thinking and logic are of no use and instead, faith and intuition come in handy. at any rate, rational thinking has its roots in irrationality. :D