(April 9, 2023 at 10:50 pm)Lek Wrote: Then the question is meaningless.

Of course it isn't. It's speculation, like asking what if Atticus Finch had won that case, or what if Pooh hadn't got stuck in the honey tree. Nowt wrong with thinking about stuff.

Boru

(April 4, 2023 at 1:47 am)Belacqua Wrote:

(April 4, 2023 at 12:43 am)Ferrocyanide Wrote: Do you think that any none sense is present in the NT, anything that you would say “This is obviously none sense coming from primitive humans”?

Do you think that any none sense is present in the OT?

You mean "nonsense," right?

Because you want to read the Bible as journalism, it will all be nonsense to you. If you read it according to the various genres to which the different parts belong, it won't.

So you are saying you read the entire Bible. You haven’t found any nonsense in it.

Have you found any nonsense in the Book of Mormon, the Pearl of great price, Doctrine and Covenants?

(April 10, 2023 at 8:40 pm)Ferrocyanide Wrote: So you are saying you read the entire Bible. You haven’t found any nonsense in it.

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by nonsense, so I can't answer. 

Quote:Have you found any nonsense in the Book of Mormon, the Pearl of great price, Doctrine and Covenants?

I haven't read those.

(April 9, 2023 at 10:50 pm)Lek Wrote: Then the question is meaningless.

Not necessarily. People have what if questions about stories that are known to be fiction (Star Trek, Star Wars, Batman, and so on).
The NT might be pure fiction or partial fiction.
I think it is ok to ask what if questions and in this case, it is a question about a god’s plan to get himself killed or get his son killed using some guy.

(April 10, 2023 at 8:45 pm)Belacqua Wrote:

(April 10, 2023 at 8:40 pm)Ferrocyanide Wrote: So you are saying you read the entire Bible. You haven’t found any nonsense in it.

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by nonsense, so I can't 

The talking donkey didn’t hit you as being nonsense?

(April 10, 2023 at 9:01 pm)h4ym4n Wrote:

(April 10, 2023 at 8:45 pm)Belacqua Wrote: I'm not exactly sure what you mean by nonsense, so I can't 

The talking donkey didn’t hit you as being nonsense?

It struck me as fiction. But fiction isn't necessarily nonsense.

(April 10, 2023 at 8:45 pm)Belacqua Wrote:

(April 10, 2023 at 8:40 pm)Ferrocyanide Wrote: So you are saying you read the entire Bible. You haven’t found any nonsense in it.

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by nonsense, so I can't answer. 

You will have to use your own judgment, your own individuality and choose.
Because if I tell you to think like me, the question becomes pointless. I would already know your answer.
It would be like showing you a blue object and asking you what do you think the color of this object is. There is too much constraint in this case and all humans are forced to answer “It is blue”.

Quote:I haven't read those.

No problem.
Have you heard a little about mormonism? Have you looked into its issues?

(April 10, 2023 at 9:03 pm)Belacqua Wrote:

(April 10, 2023 at 9:01 pm)h4ym4n Wrote: The talking donkey didn’t hit you as being nonsense?

It struck me as fiction. But fiction isn't necessarily nonsense.

I feel the same with all religious fables

Care to list all the other fictional nonsense you’ve read in the bible?

(April 10, 2023 at 9:07 pm)Ferrocyanide Wrote: You will have to use your own judgment, your own individuality and choose.

Understood. 

Quote:Have you heard a little about mormonism? Have you looked into its issues?

I'm not really interested in Mormonism.

(April 10, 2023 at 9:10 pm)h4ym4n Wrote: Care to list all the other fictional nonsense you’ve read in the bible?

Again, just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's nonsense.