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Do you think you'd still be a believer if the bible were more pleasant/accurate?

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Do you think you'd still be a believer if the bible were more pleasant/accurate?
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RE: Do you think you'd still be a believer if the bible were more pleasant/accurate?
May 5, 2016 at 6:33 pm
(May 5, 2016 at 10:13 am)Losty Wrote: I think I would. It's not the reason I don't believe but it is the reason I began to doubt my faith. If not for the nasty quotes in the bible I would have never thought to not believe.

I wouldn't say for me it was necessarily the reason I began to doubt.  But I think without some of the more ridiculous things in the bible, and if it were more pleasant that I'd more likely (much like theists we see today) continue rationalizing it.  The unpleasant things became hard to rationalize, which made me start to examine the questions I had more in depth.
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RE: Do you think you'd still be a believer if the bible were more pleasant/accurate? - by Cecelia - May 5, 2016 at 6:33 pm

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