I could sit here and describe all the inconsistencies with not only the Bible stories, but most of the other major religions. But I will point out one inconsistency which has to do with Adam and Eve. I'm using this one because this event is used a lot as an excuse for why the world is messed up.
How can God blame Eve for eating the apple? This is what I mean about stories that people just take as truth. Think about it.
When she ate the apple, her eyes were opened, and she realized she was naked, and both of them ran and hid in the bushes. Now take a second and think about that for a moment. Once she ate the apple, her eyes opened up, and she knew right from wrong, cause she felt ashamed of being naked. How can God blame her for doing something wrong, which was to disobey God, if she didn't know right from wrong before eating of the apple? If there is a caveman in your living room, and you ask him to flip the lights on in the house with the light switch, would you yell at him for not knowing what a light switch is? Of course not...he didn't know, he was ignorant of the fact.
So that story makes no sense. On top of that, how can A God then decide to condemn all of humanity, based on what 2 humans did, while they were still blinded by the lack knowledge of good and evil? And then condemn not only them, but everyone else who is going to be born. That doesn't sound like a just God to me.
Didn't he take into consideration that I may acted differently in the same event. I might've actually decided not to eat of the apple. Even God would attest that everyone is different by nature. Not everyone likes beer. Not everyone likes horesradish. Some do some don't. How many people that could've been there in Eden, would make a differnt choice.
I've even heard of the defense, that everyone is living in a modern version of Eden, right here where we live now. And we all have the same tree of good and evil to eat from, or not. I don't buy that defense. Adam and eve knew for a fact that God existed. They talked to him. It's not the same. I don't know of anyone that had a conversation with God recently. I mean a one on one chat, with replies in a booming voice...lol