(December 26, 2015 at 3:14 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote:(December 26, 2015 at 2:40 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Believers simply cant stand someone rightfully pointing out there is no difference between the fantastic claims of holy books and the fantastic claims of a comic book story. Both require suspension of disbelief.
You're full of shit. Believers are offended because to them there are very real salient differences between the two, if only in the ontological commitment of the believer. You're just mouthing fighting words. You probably get a kick out of doing so.
No...... That growling is your cognitive dissonance, not me being wrong.
Claiming an invisible being is beyond nature. Thor isn't merely a comic book or movie character it is now, humans literally believed in a god named Thor.
Claiming a man can pop out of dirt, is a super natural claim, it does not happen in nature. Claiming that women popped out of a rib also a super natural claim. Superman flies in his comic books and movies and that too is a depiction of an act beyond nature, we don't see humans fly like that. Superman has the word "Super" in it, as in "beyond human".
The only difference between a holy book and a comic book is that one is believed to be fact and the political power to impose it's will on others. Never see anyone starting wars over Star Wars or Harry Potter do you?
Don't be so quick to defend religious claims. It was understandable back then that people wrote those things and believed those things, but calling it fiction does not make the differences non fiction.
Just like we know George Washington did exist but the "Cherry tree" story is a legend. Religions get created just like that.
