"Mental boot camp". I like that. Your path is quite similar to my own... I read "The Battle for God" by Armstrong (along with a few other thought-provoking texts), which sparked my own mental boot camp. It was an enlightening experience when I realized just how little I knew about everything... h...
So, let's boil this down... the story of Jesus in the Bible is true because it backs up everything that is prophesied and reported in the Bible?