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Most personally convincing reasons you don't believe.

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Most personally convincing reasons you don't believe.
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RE: Most personally convincing reasons you don't believe.
June 14, 2016 at 6:19 am
(June 13, 2016 at 4:38 pm)drfuzzy Wrote:
(June 13, 2016 at 3:56 pm)alpha male Wrote: How hard have you tried to reconcile supposed contradictions?

Why the hell would anyone want to try?
From the OP: "I'm an ex-Christian so I have baggage and I admit that very occasionally I am tempted back but one of the reasons that prevents me is simply the fact of contradictions in the Bible: if there are contradictions it can't be infallible, and if it's not infallible but only 'inspired' then how can you trust any of it (or know what to trust)?"

Someone who is occasionally tempted back should try to reconcile the contradictions. If they're real, they'll hold up, and temptations to go back would likely decrease.
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RE: Most personally convincing reasons you don't believe. - by deleteduser12345 - May 12, 2016 at 4:05 pm
RE: Most personally convincing reasons you don't believe. - by John V - June 14, 2016 at 6:19 am

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