(February 23, 2018 at 4:41 pm)Banned Wrote:(February 23, 2018 at 4:24 pm)Astreja Wrote: If the scriptures contain what appears to be mythological nonsense, it is correct to say that the scriptures appear to be mythology.
If the scriptures contain what appear to be immoral divine behaviours or unconscionable commands, then commenting on those issues is acceptable.
It's as simple as that.
I agree.
But it can be misread, we don't need any proof of that.
If it speaks about the resurrection, and you don't agree with that, that's fine.
Religions say it means that you have an immortal counterpart, a ghost or whatever, that leaves the body upon death.
If it's not enough to meddle with your life, they have to own the grave as well.
Did you know that Cathedrals have containers with the remains of the dead in them?
They even have remains under the altar or pulpit. That's standard practice.
(February 23, 2018 at 4:38 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: If you don’t care what people think of the Bible, then what reason is there, in your own mind, for someone to believe you when you say that a god exists?
I can't remember asking people to believe me, but to not misquote or lie about what the Bible says. I am not that concerned about whether they believe what's written in it or not, because it's none of my business.
Most of the complaints against God and the Bible come from ignorance about what it teaches. It's only a reflection of false religions. I expect strong critics of the Bible to have an accurate knowledge of it.
You've asked the question before - why should you and I believe in the Bible, or something along that line.
I haven't been able to answer that, because I don't "believe" things, I live by my natural senses.
If I see a piece of new machinery, I wonder how it works and figure it out. Belief doesn't enter into it.
I don't have a problem with reasoning.
If I see an airliner fly by, I don't imagine that nobody designed it, and that it grew on a factory wall.
I know there's a lot of people who would like me to believe that, but I don't, because I make things myself.
But if I were really unskilled and brain dead, I would believe that the aircraft assembled itself under an abandoned warehouse.
If this world is a designed world, then what would a world that was not designed look like, you think?
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”
Wiser words were never spoken.
Wiser words were never spoken.
