(July 2, 2018 at 7:01 pm)Kit Wrote:(July 2, 2018 at 6:57 pm)JairCrawford Wrote: Perhaps. But the arguments I have investigated so far regarding certain topics covered in scripture, such as the nativity, have not sufficiently convinced me to throw the baby out with the bath water.
Mind you, there are plenty of areas of scripture that I am convinced are not meant to be taken literally. For example, the Old Testament laws being literally dictated by God contradicts Jesus' own teachings as per the New Testament.
What you have studied? No, I shall stop you right there, because what you have studied is merely the same delusion other delusional people believe. This can be proven due to the fact that what you believe goes not only against reality but also that it takes something magical like "faith" to believe it as real. If faith is needed to believe it as real, then that should automatically be an indicator that it is not real.
On the topic of faith, we are very likely to reach an impasse, because ultimately my view of the essentiality of faith will inevitably come into play, as will your view of the un-reliability/uselessness of faith. It's a topic that we diametrically see differently.