Well I have two things to say about this, doesnt most churches preech to thier people "love God"? how can you love and fear god? And also when adam and eve bit into the apple of knowledge they were punished. How are you suppose to love a god that punishes you for learning?
Human perfection is impossable. Your right we should do every thing it says in the bible, we should force all women t be completly subservient, sorry hillary. We should burn down every house of worship that isnt a christian church. and finally we should kill any one who dares dispute creationism. Lose our salvation? as if the actions of one group effects the entire human race? a stupid arguement you hath brought upon this thread. Fear your creator? that is like fearing your father, shouldnt you love instead of fear? only despots and dictators need fear to stay in power. people want to pass exams because they know their future depends on it, if people were afraid of failure then people would never do any thing. People do not murder people because they fear reprocussion from the law, they don't kill because they have no reason to, killing is immoral to many bible weather or not the bible condones it or not. The only reason people believe god is because people fear him, no, they fear "it". A bunch of soothsayers got together and told every one that they speak for god and thier actions are pure no matter what they do, and any one who objects will burn in hell by "its" wrath. Any one can create a religion, all you need to do is make up one or 2 believeable stories, preech a message of hope, and if any one disagrees tell your followers that hell awaits dissenters.
but now that i have debunked your comment, now i can give you my opinion about how the bible is not "reason as you put it. All it does is preech reason, it's extremely arrogant to think the bible in its self is reason. its common sense and common decency to not steal and kill, every one knows that regardless of religious affiliation. you can find many quotes from people preeching common sense in the bible, but does that mean with out god those words would be meaningless? common sense is what the bible preeches, and it is inforced with the idea of obey it or burn, this type of fear mongering i can't stand, especialy on such a global scale.
Also here is an Interesting site I found on the web:
Strange things in the Bible