You are basing your view that the Bible is "chock full of errors" on insufficient information, which you could correct with more personal research.
As I have suggested in past posts, you might consider doing your own investigation, and not basing your views on the incorrect, or impartial things people have told you in the past.
On another thread, an older man (also an ardent evolutionist) said he had rejected Christianity because a Sunday School teacher had told him that women had one more rib than men, and thus was also 'lying' to him. If you look at what he was saying (or you) from an objective perspective, both arguments against Christianity fall short of logic.........especially for a scientific mind. The human error of the teacher does not negate the truth of God's word.
Christians aren't perfect. They make mistakes. Sometimes, they even go over the top with sarcasm. ;o)
You need to go to the Christ of Christian Scriptures (without error) and study what He has really said and done, and you will find out that His (historically provable) life is a fact, and His love for you is also a fact.
> then an intelligent person with a quest for knowledge (that you clearly have), might have chosen to investigate what he had been taught more thoroughly, rather than reject it.
And what makes you think that an honest quest for the facts would NOT lead to abandoning Christinity as a religious faith? I would hardly be the first, won;t be the last, to be confronted with ridiculous in one's religion, decide to investigate, and find that the rest of it all falls down.
Trust me, this is NOT a realization that filled me with joy then, nor does it now.
> You are basing your view that the Bible is "chock full of errors" on insufficient information,
Incorrect. The Bible, especially the Old Testament, is nearly entirely fantasy, just fantasy set in and around historical places. Think "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
> You need to go to the Christ of Christian Scriptures (without error) and study what He has really said and done, and you will find out that His (historically provable) life is a fact
Sadly, Christ's historiocity is *not* proven. To assume the arguements "proving" Christ are valid, one can just as readily "prove" that Elvis isn't dead. Even though coroners photos and reports on Elvis were made available, even though a large number of witnesses testified to the fact of Elvis' death... within very short order a great many people came to believe - on nothing but faith - that Elvis was still alive. Within a very short length of time, witnesses came forth stating that Elvis was alive, and they'd seen him. A quarter century after the man died, many people believe he's alive.
Look at how fast urban legends spread *today*, when the ability to fact-check and debunk them is vastly superior to what it was 1960 years ago. So a few decades after the supposed resurection, some people were fervent believers? Unimpressive.