(November 30, 2022 at 9:09 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: FWIW, the most prominent self-identified atheists on AF do seem to think a literal account of Genesis is the only valid one. It is the one belief such atheists share with religious fundamentalists. I am not saying that common belief is indicative of any particular mindset.
I am unsure how you are supposed to pick which parts of the Bible are supposedly literal and which are not. Apparently, we need clergy to explain it to us but they seem to disagree.
I can't base a belief system on that.
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