At 12 yrs. old Jesus dissapear to preach to the pharises. Anyone as a parent
would be worry from day one. What do you think Jesus did to prepare himself ? Question and follow the trail, it will lead you to intresting places.
What are you scare of ? Youself ? Scare that your set of beliefs might be challenge by the truth. JME good thread. The elephant has many sides the bible is no different, Noval is correct in describing the bible as a code book.
The only thing for me is that many chapters are missing, think about who would benefit from keeping the truth from the reach of the general public. Is this too far fetch? Not a critique just an observation