" First, let me agree with Dawkins on one thing: the Bible isn't a simple book; it is at least sixty-six different books collected into a whole. Each discrete book is different; some are very different. The Bible is not a modern novel, it is not a modern history, and it is not a science book. That doesn't mean it does not contain stories, history and scientific truths just that it is not any of those kinds of books.
Second, the Bible can be the most important book in human
history without being to my taste. Liking a particular work and recognizing greatness in it are two different things. It is easy to despise what we don't like, since it gives us an excuse not to bother with hard work, but the Bible isn't going "

― Phillip E. Johnson , Against All Gods: What's Right and Wrong about the New Atheism