I'm currently reading an edition of the 1611 King James. Since it is the "only correct Bible ever published", I chose a word for word facsimile, which preserves the exact original edition, including even all the errors and marginal notes. The only thing changed is the font; they used a more readable roman typeface.

I'm not sure if I can finish reading it. Certainly, it's a very, very long book. And mostly very, very boring as well. Writing a very long and very boring book is not a mark of divine assistance. Many books of that kind have been written before the bible, and after.

In the New Testament, the same story is told four times with different details, making it very clear that the story is a fable and that despite the claims, this book is not true. If everything was literally true, the four gospels would be exactly the same! So there's no need to start listing all the inconsistencies. All the hundreds if not thousands of them.

If you take this book as the word of god, you can easily justify anything you want with it. Of course, it goes both ways: if you oppose this book and religion, you can also justify anything you want.

The third choice? The scientific method, and ignoring religion.