I believe that all the religions are product of their time and place. And if you follow the history and learn the politics of that time then you would know why each and every line in the religious texts was written. There can be something very noble , ingenious and wise written in holy books but by no stretch of imagination it is divine.
but i know it is not a easy discussion and a lot of people are not ready for it. people confuse this with atheist-believer argument.
I agree there cannot be a rational discussion on this matter and most of the people take a hide-in-a-shell and close-your-eyes approach. Especially it is not possible to have a good meaningful discussion on a bulletin board like this. so i will stop here before anyone’s feelings get hurt as it is not my intention.