RE: What distinguishes a fantasy book from the bible?
August 2, 2011 at 2:44 pm
(This post was last modified: August 2, 2011 at 2:46 pm by Statler Waldorf.)
(August 2, 2011 at 6:07 am)ElDinero Wrote:
I love your style; you seem like a fair minded person. I do take issue with one line of reasoning I believe you are using here though. Are you suggesting that because there are fantasy books that have similarities with the Bible that this means the Bible is also fantasy?
(August 2, 2011 at 11:32 am)Rhythm Wrote:On the contrary, all you have done here is engage in intellectual laziness. You just simply do not understand how the burden of proof works here; you are claiming the Bible is a work of fiction, something completely contrary to what it claims to be. Since you are the one not taking the Bible at its own word you are the one who has to justify this. The burden of proof falls equally on both sides once people take a position. You took the position it was fantasy, Emmanuel took the position it was what it says it is.
(August 1, 2011 at 9:23 pm)Ziggystardust Wrote:I think it is more complex than just saying “God did it”, but there are certain truths that cannot be explained by purely natural occurrences and I believe require the God of the Bible. Ruling out certain explanations before you have even looked at the problem seems to me ridiculous (Naturalism), it would be like saying, “Before I solve this physics problem I am prohibiting the use of odd numbers.”(August 1, 2011 at 6:43 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: There are thousands of things science cannot explain!
I agree with you that science has not explained a lot of things yet, however how is goddit is any better of an explanation?
(August 2, 2011 at 12:58 pm)ElDinero Wrote: As a former wrestling nut, I won't have people doing a disservice to The Rock.
Honestly Emanuel, just this afternoon I thought of a couple of other things. The list of ways that the Bible is comparable to fantasy writing is as long as my leg. As Rhythm points out, to show that they are MORE than this, you're going to need some pretty hard evidence. Nothing over the last two thousand years has been terribly convincing, but best of luck.
Well just not terribly convincing to you right? They have been convincing to atheists who have converted right?
