the bible...fairytales? Options

[cori-catastrophe]

earlier today, i was debating with another cber about the bible. she seemed to believe that jesus walked the earth, but she doesn't believe in god, nor any of the historical stories in the bible, such as the flood that god sent to rid the world of all evil.
i believe in god, as well as the stories in the bible.
i just think that over the many years people have made the stories into fairytales. perhaps they overdid it on the describing details by using dramatic hyperboles. people are the ones that leave us wondering about our faith, not god.
i believe that they all happened the original way that god planned them, but there isn't very much proof anymore because of people. although, god could also be testing our faithfulnes toward him being in control. what do you think?

[Mulder]

so if secular jews believe that what do orthodox jews believe?
like mish, i'm not educated on judaism very much.
in christian's eyes, secular jews are halfway correct. the stories in the bible do, in fact, teach lessons. they were written to teach lessons, but they were also written to tell his about history and miracles that jesus performed in the past so that christians wouldn't has to solely believe with only faith.

now you're including the New Testament. Jews don't believe in the New Testament at all, so if you're going to make a comment about Judiasm and the Bible, you should be referring strictly to the Old Testament.
Non-orthodox jews are not Secular. There are many sects of Judiasm, but the main ones are: Reconstructionist, Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, and Hassidic. Reform and Conservative Jews are less observant than Orthodox Jews. The religion doesn't change.

so jews don't believe in trinity?
and as far as the new testament goes, jesus didn't change it, he updated it.

Of course not.
And Jesus had nothing to do with the New Testament. Saul, who later changed his name to Paul, decided to tell the "history" of Jesus.