I have read the bible, numerous times, and am well versed in its contents. I just happen to have very little regard for it or its vaunted contents.

How many times did you read it before coming to the conclusion that you don't care for it? Did you read it any more times after that?

I'm developing an Old Testament adventure game

Sorry, buddy! The only adventure game is the adventure game of God, and thou shalt have no other adventure games before it. For He is a jealous developer.

It's kinda long, and the protagonist's death in the middle somewhere does not have a good resolution, resorting to deus ex machina resurrection is just cheap way out.

They also went overboard with sequels. C'mon, how many books are there. It's worse than Dune. Jumping between genres also doesn't help.

It also pulled a bit of a Matrix thing. So the first book is about epic creation. The whole Earth being created and leaves it at that. Then suddenly it goes into some obscure details and tries to put all that personal touch on it. Works like that really shouldn't go into sequels. Or maybe the trailer was too good.

So, I'll give it 7/10.

tl;dr; (to use on back cover of the paperback)

"...epic..."

This thread can only end well...

part of me wonders if those who hold it in high regard would do so if they read it a few more times *chuckles*

That depends on the person's presuppositions when reading it.
If they believe it is the word of the infinite God who created the universe, then I think they would.

... some nice philosophy to live by ...

But without an all powerful ruling deity, any definition of "nice philosophy" is arbitrary.
ie.
Why is it "nice" to be polite to people?
Why is it "not nice" to cut peoples' ears off?
etc...

But without an all powerful ruling deity, any definition of "nice philosophy" is arbitrary.
ie.
Why is it "nice" to be polite to people?
Why is it "not nice" to cut peoples' ears off?
etc...

Wow... just....
wow. That's disgusting.

Your internal morals and humanity are the arbitrator that decides that the former is nice and the latter is not nice. If you need an external deity in order to make moral judgements, then you're amoral and inhuman.

I was unable to answer most of the questions so I closed the page. I believe 100% that there is no religion-based god. I don't disbelieve in a creator entirely but to me, religion is 100% rediculous lies and any being with the knowledge and power of a god wouldn't have any interest in us humans performing any sort of religious nonsense. So to answer your question directly, the Bible is complete trash.

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... some nice philosophy to live by ...

But without an all powerful ruling deity, any definition of "nice philosophy" is arbitrary.
ie.
Why is it "nice" to be polite to people?
Why is it "not nice" to cut peoples' ears off?
etc...
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Not sure if you're playing the devil's advocate in this discussion. A humanist would generally disagree with that view of morality.

Repeat after me, voluntary response data are worthless.

Wow... just....
wow. That's disgusting.

Your internal morals and humanity are the arbitrator that decides that the former is nice and the latter is not nice. If you need an external deity in order to make moral judgements, then you're amoral and inhuman.

That's my point. You have no reason to believe that your internal morals and humanity are correct. After all, your thoughts are just a series of chemical reactions in your brain.
Take, hypothetically, Bob the kitten slayer - he genuinely believes that running over kittens is moral cause it's the right thing to do.
By saying that your morality is superior to Bob's, all you're really saying is that your brain has better chemical reactions than his. (btw, define "better" in this context)

And anyway, who says it is wrong to be immoral?
I could just as well take your last sentence as a compliment