A Book?

[lilphil1989]

Why should God be given special treatment over the FSM?

EvF

You make the leap before you can walk. You need to dump evidence and science to consider this subject you're interested in.

Answer the question? Why is your god more plausible than the FSM?

fr0d0, why are you christian?

By that i also mean why do you not believe in zeus, apollo, vishnu etc...

Because I reasoned that the leap of faith would be worthwhile based on observations in the bible that applied to my own life.

Any chance you'll share these observations?

I considered many other sensible alternatives

But the insensible alternatives are just as plausible as the sensible ones (how did you decide which was which?)

For the bible to be true other faiths become illogical. It's a rational choice.

I agree with your first statement. If the bible were true, then any book, person etc, claiming something in contradiction to the bible must be wrong.
However, we know that bible isn't all true (the sun doesnt orbit the earth for example), so at best it's a combination of truth, metaphor and misunderstandings.
But, there's absolutley no way to discern between what's true and what isn't (apart from the things we know for fact aren't) without choosing arbitrarily. Which I'm sure you'll agree, isn't rational.
The final option is that it is all metaphor. But then, how can you ascribe any truth value to anything in it? That would be irrational.

So I fail to see how the conclusion that the bible is true could possibly be rational.