Don't criticize what you don't understand. I've read the Holy Bible twice cover to cover and studied it a lot besides that. It is a great book and all of it is important. If you want to believe you can. Part of the problem is that most churches teach certain things that are contrary to the Bible. Which is why reading it confuses some people. But once you grow in God you will have faith enough to believe in the authority of the Bible. Then you will realize that the Church is corrupt, but the word of God is True.