[Serious] Literal and Not Literal

[Deesse23]

Even when I was very young, I enjoyed reading novels, stories, greek mythology, anthologies given to me as gifts, etc... It was to relate and connect to the broad human experience. I was less interested, and quite frankly bored of my science classes.

I didnt say i prefer science to story books. I said i am not interested in your story book. You are one of the people who are constantly trying to tell anybody its not a story but true.

And yes, there's a great deal of knowledge to be gained from novels, art, stories, poetry, etc.. Dostoevsky has a great deal of wisdom to impart on us. So much so-that even Einstein credits him for giving more than any scientist ever has.

Dostoevsky, novels, poetry.....the bible. Please dont tell me you think the bible is actually only a storybook.  
Do you?

Maybe it confuses you as to why anyone would care about the stories of a culture several hundred years ago, of some goat herders, and illiterates.

No not at all.
But it puzzles me that someone bases their belief in an all powerful reality creating entity on this and wants to impose the morals he derives from this on everyone else.

Please stop pretending you are reading the bible just because of the cool stories. Its disingenuous and insulting my intellect.

Because they share with us, the human condition. They are much a part of who we are, as we are of them. We're not a new creation, but a historic being, molded in the same image of men thousands of years before us.

Lots of hot air with absolutely no substance or relevance.
Sounds great tho, i give you that.

People who seem so occupied with science, seem very weird to me.

Whom are you talking to? Me? My book shelf is so fucking full, i am currently trying to sell some via ebay. Not a single one is about science. Only if you want to count "science fiction" as science.
Maybe talk to (and listen) other people instead of talking at them? Maybe Get yourself informed about them, instead of peddling stereotypes?

Because the typical scientific stuff that interests them is primarily about the sterile objective world outside themselves. The humanless reality out there.

Can i have a tissue please? My existence suddenly feels so sad....No wait, i actually do reflect on myself. Thats why i know its not a good idea to project myself outwards into a fictional creator of everything.
You still have not sparked the faintest interest of mine in your storybook, mainly because you havent made any progress in convicing me that what you think about it is correct and that the all powerful originator of all of this has even a remote chance of being real.

You are trying to derail by pretending this is about "boring scientists" vs "open minded inquiring humanists", ignoring the fact that is me who is hte humanist and you are the one who keeps defending a storybook of which you cant even properly tell me what the fuck the story actually is about let alone....god, ya know. Its your book that has a distorted view of humans, its you who actually isnt interested in the human condition but only to confirm what your book says about the human condition.

Sterile? What is sterile? Its your claim that you are special and everything outside of yourself is so much less and *sterile*. Put up or shut up, and put that hubris a notch down please.
Whats wrong with a humanless reality out there? Oh wait, its not humanless, its full of (other) humans, its just you-less. But this is to be expected from someone who has learned to be so fricken arrogant to think of himself as being the crown of creation and that the whole universe must be like he wants it to be, just because .

The things that foster looking outward more than inward. They want to learn about themselves through the lens of a laboratory, then through lived life, in community, friendship, relationships, through love and empathy, relatability, through the connecting threads that tie us all together.

Stop strawmanning the shit outta my life. You know about me as much as about your storybook, yet you claim with the same confidence to know, how unsurprising. Just because i dont worship your story book does not mean i am a lifeless robot who isnt interested in intself. Its the height of arrogance and disingenuity. Disgusting.

How about defending your own ideas and beliefs instead of attacking other peoples character? Have you started yet to collect information about why your particular interpretation of storybook is correct, and even more important why i should care about said interpretation?

So it seems to me that the sort of knowledge, many atheism appear to seek, appears to be a form of escapism, a life in which they are erased.

Atheism doenst seek knowledge. Its a position on a single claim, but you already knew that.
But its nice to know that the best defense of your storybook and your particular interpretation is to assassinate the character of the people who criticize you. Tells us heaps about you and the values you got from your storybook.

I am actually now even less interesed in it, if it leads me to becoming only remotely smilar to you. Thanks, but no thanks, l´ll stick to Harry Potter.