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Since you're clearly a biblical scholar:
What part of the Bible is misinformation?
What is your definition of misinformation?
Do you consider the Bhagavad Gita or the Koran misinformation?
What would you have done to convert this misinformation? Let it be until the forces of liberalism erase Christianity (and Judaism presumably)? Forced anti-Bible education in the elementary curriculum? Incarceration of religious? The Reds in Mexico and Spain shot priests and raped nuns. Was that too much? Not far enough?
What would I have done is not a good question. As whom? What means would have been available to me? It seems that at least in the western world religions are in a general decline which I would want to attribute to generally improved education. And that seems also the best, albeit a slow path. So if one could have done anything, then probably better education and maybe less support by the state for religious institutions. But this is of course all hindsight, how would you educate people about things not yet discovered, how would you make them take a more scientific perspective when science was still in its infancy?
I disagree that the Bible is misinformation now; it's historical literature - a very long novel, much like other fantasy novels. The same is true for the other stories you mention.
What does OP consider misinformation? What, if not all, does the OP consider misinformation in the Bible? But that's the modus operandi today isn't it? Shout "misinformation" and have corporate power censor it.
[1] that many passages of the Bible are clearly allegorical and should be interpreted as such. [2] ignorant as it ignores the extensive historical cross-references with non Judaic sources or archeological discoveries.
For what I mean, pick whatever supernatural thing you want - God's existence, how he made the universe and Adam and Eve, how he talked to people from a bush, how he flooded the world and killed everyone accept Noah and the other guys and animals on the boat, how he sacrificed his son, ...
There are of course also historic facts in the Bible, I am obviously not saying it is all nonsense. We do not even have to argue about a historical Jesus, could be either way.
But, as I said, I disagree with the notion that it, or any other religious work, is misinformation. It was the 'truth' at the time it was conceived. Other religions existed and continue to exist. Religious dogma isn't necessarily misinformation.
That hardly means Abraham's God (or Vishnu) doesn't exist or the Bible is misinformation.
The difference between us two is that I would never debase myself and declare the Veda's misinformation just because I don't believe in Vishnu; rather I consider the Vedas a jewel to be treasured by all peoples across the world.
But, to be honest, Im a more open minded and tolerant guy than your average fellow.
I thought you merely rejected them as misinformation, not that you ignored the very claims.
Even if one could actually prove this, it would at best prove that some guy named Jesus existed and was crucified. From that to there is a God and Jesus was his son it is still a GIGANTIC leap that would still have absolutely zero evidence.
So in anticipation that there will be no evidence provided for biblical miracles, I included the followup question why miracles are no longer happening nowadays. And for the case that someone would respond that they are still happening nowadays I include another followup question, why is there video evidence despite everyone running around with a phone in their hand at all times.
So I really do not know why you would turn my completely reasonable question into one for HDTV video of biblical events. Either you did not even properly read my comment before replying or that must be some kind of evasive maneuver to avoid addressing the actual question.
And one more thing before someone accused me of having some ideological prejudices or whatnot. I could not care less whether to universe runs on string theory or whether God is pulling the strings, I am only interested in knowing the truth or the most likely or most reasonable explanation about how our universe works. Show me the evidence and I will accept whatever it implies.
If you just want a good example, one of the first best sellers was Malleus Maleficarum, the book that revived belief in witchcraft (belief in which, contrary to popular misconceptions, had been suppressed by the church for most of the medieval period) and lead to the witch burnings of the early modern era.