Down through the centuries the greatest theologians and Bible scholars asked questions. Libraries are loaded with tomes of literature and documents of questions they have asked and for which they have received answers. A simple reading of the Bible, taking the words, the verses, the books, the analogies, metaphors, parables, and symbolism at face value is hardly sufficient to understand anything of this scripture. There are mountains of extra-Bible research (including archeological), of commentaries, of theses and history with which one can explore and seek answers.
Far too many Christians themselves read the Bible as they would a history text. Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way. (I often wonder how many Christians have actually read the Bible, even once, cover to cover.) To seek truth demands work, study, and questions--[i wrote:
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.[/i].
When I first read the bible, I did it with the agreement that if I found anything that I could prove false, I would not believe any of it.
It took me a whole year the first time and there was plenty that I did not understand but nothing that I could not believe.
The second time thru I understood a lot more because I now had the context of the first reading.
The third time thru I understood that a lot of it was not written to/about me but to the Jews and in a different time.
However, that does not mean that those parts a not valuable or that I could not learn from them.
I do not think that we are supposed to understand everything about the word. Instead it presents a challenge to study, ponder and seek out other viewpoints (group study, sermons, internet, etc.