Having a chat with a born again christian:
"So what makes you think the bible is the word of god?"
"Well, it says "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness" (2 Timothy 3:16)."
"Ah, so you believe it's the word of god because it says it is?"
"No no, you've got it wrong. It says it is because it is the word of god, and people have been believing it for the last two thousand years, so there's got to be something to it."
"Can't you see what you're doing?!"
"Can't I see I'm right? Yes I can thanks."
Obviously, a particularly stubborn and stupid specimen there. However, is that really what it boils down to, people believing it because it says it's divinely inspired, and their parents believed it, and grandparents before them?
"So what makes you think the bible is the word of god?"
"Well, it says "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness" (2 Timothy 3:16)."
"Ah, so you believe it's the word of god because it says it is?"
"No no, you've got it wrong. It says it is because it is the word of god, and people have been believing it for the last two thousand years, so there's got to be something to it."
"Can't you see what you're doing?!"
"Can't I see I'm right? Yes I can thanks."
Obviously, a particularly stubborn and stupid specimen there. However, is that really what it boils down to, people believing it because it says it's divinely inspired, and their parents believed it, and grandparents before them?
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"Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds."
Einstein
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down happy. They told me I didn't understand the assignment. I told them they didn't understand life.
- John Lennon
