RE: Truth in a story which is entirely dependent upon subjective interpretation
January 4, 2017 at 7:57 pm
(January 4, 2017 at 6:26 pm)Astonished Wrote:I'd put my money on the second option. Nothing adds up. I could write a more credible and comprehensible story in the 12th grade. Are you familiar with the works of Bart Ehrman? Based on the interest that you've expressed, I think you'll find him a treasure.(January 4, 2017 at 5:36 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote: I'm not a theist, but I would like to say something.
If god can communicate flawlessly with some divine language, why did he choose instead to communicate through the flawed translations of an original manuscript that conveniently no longer exists?
Because he either didn't give enough of a fuck to make it clear to us, or he's merely the fictional, fevered imagining of very, very flawed and more primitive humans than us.
Any other theories would have to be less credible than these two extremes.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
