Never understood how someone decided in the last 5 centuries that a book isn’t the word of God and hence should be removed.

Arbitrary decisions have been made for much longer than 5 centuries about which books are in and out of the bible, and how to change the text to suit the narrative and culture of the day

if there is a God how can a person understand it’s mind?

That’s kinda the point. It all comes down to what “feels right” for each person, not what’s proven to be true. How do we know any interpretation is correct, and we know what’s actually in “God’s mind”? For all we know, no interpretation is correct and we all have it wrong.

I’m with you on this. When we say “I stayed up all night”, you’re not saying you stayed up until midnight.

But it ain’t ever gonna change.

There’s no way to rebut the argument you’re trying to rebut without circular logic of “the bible is true because the bible says it’s true”.

If you start with the premise that Christianity is as true as Santa Claus until proven otherwise, nothing you said makes any sense.

To understand the bible, you need to understand the cultural context of the time it was written.

There are so many different interpretations of the bible, what’s important, what’s the deeper meaning, and what you can ignore. Your interpretation is clearly different to the parent poster.

For an omnipotent being, kinda strange way to get your message across isn’t it? Even the most devout followers can’t agree what it all means, let alone everyone else.