(April 12, 2017 at 11:47 am)Harry Nevis Wrote:(April 12, 2017 at 8:37 am)SteveII Wrote: I've seen this a lot. Atheists say they have read the Bible. That does not mean they understand Christianity (Nevis is an obvious example of this). It is impossible to understand doctrine with a quick reading from cover to cover. It takes hours of study on every doctrine to understand the nuances and technical relationship with other doctrines.
Who said it was a quick read? You know nothing about my past or how much I have studied the bible, or anything else, asshole. But, since I don't swallow it hook, line and sinker, I must not "understand" it. But, I admit. I can't understand what you call christianity. Your "hours of study" is nothing more than making up explanations that sound good to you for all the crap and inconsistencies that the bible is rife with.
All I can go on is your near constant mis-characterizations of what Christianity is and believes. Which, when pressed, are about an inch deep. These two things are consistent with a person not having read the Bible in as systematic study to understand what various authors have to contribute to the understanding of a particular doctrine or another.
