(October 26, 2011 at 7:24 pm)SeekerOfTruth Wrote: Yes, more and more of the bible is disproven everyday, but its only disproven because its assumed to be literal while much of the bible is metaphorical in nature. The story of creation for instance initially wasn't taught as a literal 6 days but rather 6 huge periods of time. It was a metaphor even to the earliest Jews.
This is why I have a problem with bible believers. Anything in the bible which doesn't make sense, contradicts known facts, or goes against what Christians want to believe is "metaphorical," while everything else is literal.
Homosexuality is an abomination - literal.
Sell everything you have and give the money to the poor - metaphorical.
Go to church every week - literal.
Don't eat shellfish - metaphorical.
It just lets Christians get away with cherry picking which parts of the bible to actually believe and which to ignore. Well forgive me if I consider the whole thing to be metaphorical.
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
