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Originally Posted by photon
The Bible is FAR more interesting if you embrace the differences and start to look at where the differences come from. Instead of trying to mash the gospels together to come up with some 5th gospel with no contradictions that no one ever wrote, ask why did Luke change Mark one way and Matthew change Mark another; there's theological reasons that are very interesting.
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If that is, indeed, interesting to you, I recommend
The Evolution of God by Robert Wright.
It covers religion in general, but spends a great deal of time theorizing on the evolution of the Abrahamic religions from polytheistic to monotheistic and the development of the writing of the bible.