Daystar

[Daystar]

I was going to post this in another thread but somehow it seemed more appropriate to post it here.

You know Daystar ... the more I read your stuff the more convinced I am you're just another fundy Christian with a semi-literalistic style belief in your bible (and let's be honest here, none of them actually are truly literal in their belief) and you're just boxing clever.

Kyu

Well, you #@$%ing @#$%&!

I am no fundy Xian. The literalistic style remark. I take the Bible literally when it is literal and otherwise when that is appropriate. Not out of convenience. It would be a great deal easier for me to take the account of Adam and the flood as figurative, but that isn't how it was meant.

Atheist are similar to their approach as Xians. They read it without much consideration and then form their beliefs. It is very difficult to show an athiest what the Bible actually is saying and how to come to a more scholarly evaluation, because they have those beliefs formulated.

The six creative periods (Hebrew word yohm translated into day) for example. They won't buy it. They won't 'investigate the evidence' like you think they would and should do.

I know when to take the Bible literal and when not to. As in metaphorical, allegorical, figurative and symbolic.

I am not familiar with the term 'boxing clever' but I think I know what you mean. I have been doing this a long time and I think I am naturally good at application of logic and most important of all. I actually listen to what people say and thus know how they think. These are helpful in debate.

Edit Postscript: I haven't talked as much about the Bible here as I normally would, or as much as I will here in the not so distant future. Right now I am concentrating on seeing things from your perspective. Understanding where you come from.