RE: Atheist Bible Study 1: Genesis
January 26, 2019 at 6:54 am
(This post was last modified: January 26, 2019 at 7:05 am by The Grand Nudger.)
It's your magic book, don't get pissy when I call it exactly what you think it is, lol.
OFC it's a valuable book for that. The people who wrote it set their myths in the surrounding areas, like most myths are set. It's also a valuable book for understanding ane culture. The only thing it's trash for is figuring out anything about a god.
The days of bible and spade are long gone, however. No need anymore. We have better tools, and better information, now. I suppose it was unlucky for the abrahamics of the world that archaeology first failed to validate their beliefs, and then began to argue more and more strongly against them with every passing year, but so what? A normal person would realize that and go "meh, the stories are just stories, it's the message that mattered".
You literalist types aren't normal people, though, so I guess that's moot. It takes a special kind of believer to insist that the bible is a magic book.
OFC it's a valuable book for that. The people who wrote it set their myths in the surrounding areas, like most myths are set. It's also a valuable book for understanding ane culture. The only thing it's trash for is figuring out anything about a god.
The days of bible and spade are long gone, however. No need anymore. We have better tools, and better information, now. I suppose it was unlucky for the abrahamics of the world that archaeology first failed to validate their beliefs, and then began to argue more and more strongly against them with every passing year, but so what? A normal person would realize that and go "meh, the stories are just stories, it's the message that mattered".
You literalist types aren't normal people, though, so I guess that's moot. It takes a special kind of believer to insist that the bible is a magic book.
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