(December 15, 2017 at 1:20 am)Godscreated Wrote:(December 14, 2017 at 8:30 pm)Jehanne Wrote: Luther had no qualms about appealing to the Bible as justification for his anti-Copernican stance, as did others. Why should I believe anything in the Bible beyond it being a poor source of history?
Pertaining to the verses we've discussed. Tell me can't you see how the Bible was relevant to Luther and others and relevant to Christians today even though science has shown us so much about the universe that they could not have known? The Bible was never intended to be a history book, it is a spiritual manual for Christians to live their lives by, and for the non-believer to find their way to God.
GC
If it's terrible on history and science, why should I trust it on spirituality? If it can be wrong on the former, why not the latter? Again, you have given me no reason to take it seriously.