Re: @ AceRimmer (was:@Bernard M. Orwell (was:Atheists call their imagination science.))
"It makes sense that it would be "books" as it is a collection of works broken down as book, chapter, verse"
Honest question: How many times have you heard your .fav Shaman refer to it as "the books of the bible" (plural), as opposed to "the holy book" (singular).
"The new testament itself comprises mainly of 4 retellings of the same story by 4 different people"
All of which are completely different accounts. Did Matthew, Luke, or John correctly report the last words of Christ? They can't all be correct. Mark, perhaps sensibly, remained silent on the subject.
All in all, the entire concept of religion is preposterous.