Why are we so quick to discount the Bible?

Lately, I’ve been wondering why we’re so quick to discount the Bible. What I mean by that is, so often, I hear people talk about things they believe were “cut out” of the Bible. People have a fascination with the Gnostic “gospels” and with other apocryphal stories and seem to treat these with greater reverence than the Bible itself.

For example, take Lilith. She is the mythological “first wife of Adam.” Some people believe that the Bible removed all references to her, as if there’s a grand con...