(October 27, 2011 at 10:33 am)Doubting Thomas Wrote:Exactly. That is why the creationists have it right. Well... they understand that the bible and reality can not co-exist, so they have to conflict with it with their own fairy tales; the thing is, why should I not think of Heaven and Hell being purely metaphorical? Why can they, not exist? The creation story is such a vital part of the bible - the biggest part - so if that's not literally true, where do you draw the line, Christians, when declaring what is literal and metaphorical?(October 26, 2011 at 7:24 pm)SeekerOfTruth Wrote: Yes, more and more of the bible is disproven everyday, but its only disproven because its assumed to be literal while much of the bible is metaphorical in nature. The story of creation for instance initially wasn't taught as a literal 6 days but rather 6 huge periods of time. It was a metaphor even to the earliest Jews.
This is why I have a problem with bible believers. Anything in the bible which doesn't make sense, contradicts known facts, or goes against what Christians want to believe is "metaphorical," while everything else is literal.
Homosexuality is an abomination - literal.
Sell everything you have and give the money to the poor - metaphorical.
Go to church every week - literal.
Don't eat shellfish - metaphorical.
It just lets Christians get away with cherry picking which parts of the bible to actually believe and which to ignore. Well forgive me if I consider the whole thing to be metaphorical.
I say, if the largest part of the bible is proven to be false, then why would one wish to listen to the rest of it? Surely, the "truth", claimed in it, should be doubted.
And poster, when discerning what is true or false, just remember that someone else of a different faith, holding their own holy book, is trying to understand theirs. Both are equal, as none can be proven; their faith is just as strong as yours; when you realize why they dismiss your god, then you should start to understand why atheists dismiss all gods.
