(September 26, 2015 at 5:41 pm)Stimbo Wrote:(September 26, 2015 at 5:15 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: The first 15 of these deal with evidence that people that existed, mostly foreign kings, were mentioned in the bible. In what sense does that show the bible is "true?" Even fictional novels may refer to real people in history. So what? This doesn't prove the flood or the exodus happened, so those parts of the bible are false. What do you call a book with false stories in it? Fiction.
Absolutely. For instance: the Louvre exists. Paris exists. Westminster Abbey and the Temple Church in London exist. Rosslyn Chapel exists. Leonardo da Vinci was a real person. So clearly The Da Vinci Code really happened.
Alternatively: New York exists; therefore Spiderman.
So what do we call this? A non sequitur.
I've heard Christian leaders say that although the science and history of the Bible may contain errors, we should still trust the salvific
passages. Excuse me. If their basic arithmetic is sketchy, why should I trust their calculus? If they can't get the things that can be proven straight, why should I believe the things that can't be proven?
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
