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Only if you believe the entire Bible is false. And that is certainly a choice that anyone has the right to make.
by brightball 6y ago
Only if you believe the entire Bible is false. And that is certainly a choice that anyone has the right to make.
- jacquesm 6y agoAnd I do. What are the chances of multiple male authors creating a book that confirms their worldview and lays down the law for everybody else to follow putting them at a very hard to dispute real life advantage vs it being handed down by an omnipotent being? Let's just say I would be highly surprised if anything related to the spiritual world and related to miracles or the origins of the universe as related in the bible came out to be true in a way that does not agree with hard science.
- brightball 6y agoAs a former atheist / agnostic, I completely understand your perspective.
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- sjwright 6y agoThat is disingenuous framing. One does not need to “believe” that the Bible is false, only lack a belief that the Bible is anything other than another book written by humans. Besides, there are hundreds of religions with their own holy books. Why should I take yours any more seriously than the Bibliotheca or Dianetics?
- brightball 6y agoExcellent question. What do you think?
- TomMarius 6y agoI think it's comparable to Harry Potter. Actually, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Hagrid and Dumbledore set way better example than any person in the bible, while not requiring anyone to believe the world of Hogwarts to be true.
- sjwright 6y agoTo answer, I think there are an utterly astounding number of books in this world and no intellectually satisfying reason to isolate exactly one specific book as having special authorship.