The rapture is finally here again!

[Thor]

Let me remind you...we have over 24000 manuscripts on the Bible, in whole and in part. Of those 24000 manuscripts, roughly 95% are in agreement even though they are written in three different languages, over a period of 1500 years by 40 different writers.

Great! Do you have the original manuscripts?

No.

Do you know who wrote any of the manuscripts?

No.

Do you know what changes might have been made when the original manuscripts were translated or copied?

No.

And why should I be surprised that manuscripts written by unknown parties would agree? Especially when we're talking religious writings. Writings that were most likely based upon the same original source.

So, is it your contention that someone went through those 24000 manuscripts in three different languages and made changes?

No. It's my contention that those manuscripts were most likely based upon one common source.

Let me also ask you this...how many copies of Homer's Iliad do we have? What about Caesar's Gallic Wars, Plato's Tetralogies? Answer me this: What do we possess as evidence that Socrates even existed?

Favorite Creationist Tactic #2 - Challenge Jesus doubters to prove that other figures from antiquity were real.

You can't compare historical figures who led ordinary lives with someone who supposedly pulled off incredible supernatural feats. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

"Logical conclusion" is by no means evidence. Thou must do better.

Where did I say that a logical conclusion is evidence? It's not. A logical conclusion is what you reach when you consider the evidence.

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Well, again I say...I have something I believe in to guide my life...what do you have besides your own beliefs and opinions? What kind of world would we live in if everyone acted according to their own opinions. Oh yeah, never mind...we are starting to see this. My bad.

So the Bible guides your life? Do you own slaves? After all, the Bible gives slavery a big thumbs up!