(March 31, 2016 at 11:50 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: It isn't evidence, because it's actually the claim, isn't it?
*ding ding ding* We have a winner!
GD, the bible is the claim. It's a series of assertions - god did this, is like that, etc. There's no corroborating evidence to suggest those assertions have merit. In fact, like you say, the assertions themselves fall flat on their face (funny how the almighty needed a day to rest, and all that).
And that's why it's always so funny to see theists of all stripes revert to various cherry picked verses in order to defend their point. They try to bolster their assertion with the same assertion. It doesn't work like that. It's like me trying to convince the world at large that Wolverine is a real person who's also a superhero, and whenever anyone doubts me I simply refer to a particular issue of his comic book series. Repeating references to the source material doesn't lend it validity.
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