The Bible isn't meant to be read. I firmly believe they made it so long and boring just so that the masses wouldn't read it, but would instead take the word of a priest or preacher's impressions of the Bible. It's easy for a preacher to say "because the Bible says so!" when the people he is preaching to haven't read the Bible.

I know the Bible better than probably 90% of Christians, and that alone should be evidence enough for my case.