(October 21, 2015 at 10:28 pm)Godschild Wrote:(October 21, 2015 at 1:46 pm)Thena323 Wrote: There may very well be atheists here who have read and studied the Bible objectively. There are certainly several who have studied the book with bias towards it at some point...no shortage of ex-theists here. Why does understanding the Bible mean accepting it in its entirety as truth, in your eyes?
I don't expect any atheist to accept the entire Bible, what I would expect is an honest look at what Christians say. I wanted to avoid this phrase but I guess in the end it's not possible, "cherry picking," is no way to try and understand the Bible, I've tried to avoid "cherry picking" scientific books and haven't used any such practice here. Most all the teachings in scripture cover more than one book and many cover both the OT and NT. Most atheist just get mad when accused of "cherry picking" instead of trying to understand the whole of the teaching through many verses and books. Would you use this practice in school studies, of coarse not, it's no way to learn.
GC
so you are saying that if one could link the stories in the bible then it wouldn't sound so awefull? Okay sir you have that challege. as an atheist...show me. lets start with how the creation myth of the bible differs from the creation myths of other faiths and why it should be considered true when others are not?
