(April 29, 2017 at 5:39 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: I do believe there is evidence.... do you think the things testified to in the Bible if true, would falsify atheism?
This kind of reminds me of a story I heard the one time. . An atheist was talking to a preacher, and said that he would believe in God, if this chair, suddenly flew through the air, smashed against the wall, and spelled out "God". Just then the chair did exactly as he described. Astounded, the atheist went to tell a fellow atheist what they had seen. As they where telling the story, a chair suddenly flew up, and smashed against the wall, doing the same thing again. With much excitement, the two went to a third atheist; as they where telling of what occurred, the same thing happened again. However the third atheist wasn't impressed, and said, that's just what chairs do!
But I was really commenting on the evidence either way, but more to the idea, that you can't have your cake and eat it too. I was discussing with a person once, who demanded that God was unfalsifiable, and then proceeded to tell me why it was false
Your story is a perfect example of how mythology made its way into the Bible; someone told a story, who told a story, and then told it to someone else, etc. Over time the story grew and changed, before, eventually, being written down, but even after that, the story got changed further as it was copied from one person to the next until the copies became numerous enough that it was no longer "fashionable" to change the story any further. And, so, the story became a "fact" for some while still being a myth for others.
