(January 2, 2012 at 12:30 am)padraic Wrote: I'm beginning to suspect you may be a complete fuckwit. I apologise IF I've misunderstood .
I believe him to be so desperate to justify the atrocities and immorality in his holy book that he will use any argument no matter how flimsy, twist and distort the meanings of words and sentences, and ultimately ignore the truth glaring him in the face.
I've come to the conclusion that he is not entirely stupid. He just REALLY,REALLY wants the bible to be the word of God.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell