First of all.....
When you walk into a movie theatre you enter a different world where different rules apply. Watching a horror movie can scare you, but, if you are lucid and rationale you KNOW what you are seeing is only make-believe. The thrill is vicarious and not threatening.
When you walk into Disneyland you expect to see cartoon characters walking around which, in everyday life, aren't around.
When you open the pages of the Bible you've entered a different world too. You have to suspend disbelief and totally buy-in to what you are about meet head on. Among these characters and incidents are:
Talking animals, invisible people, magic fruit, kingdoms in the clouds, evil spirits, miracles and predictions about horrible events.
Unfortunately, you are not allowed to have the same reserve of intelligent reality when confronting the Bible as you do watching a movie or visiting Goofy on Main Street in Disneyland.
The Bible is a world you can't escape from once you suspend disbelief and it becomes supra-reality. Faith, after all, tells us we don't need evidence and that the Bible is more real than reality itself!
So, you are pretty much going to suffer the pangs of distress greater than watching Freddy or Jason or Saw II and not be able to munch popcorn or leave the theatre and go home for a good night's rest.
Primitive, stone age people came up with their own stories to explain why things Are the way they seemed to be. Thousands of years ago this was the best they could do to explain reality.
Today we don't bleed sick people or put leeches on them to suck out the bad humours. We don't read the bumps on people's heads or scan tea leaves to peer into the future unless we are superstitious and self-deceiving to the point of ignoring all that science has to offer.
You enter the world of your own choosing. In for a penny; in for a pound. Once you enter you have pay your dues.
Better to think it over before you pay the price of the ticket.
