(June 2, 2021 at 6:05 am)Belacqua Wrote:(June 2, 2021 at 5:48 am)johndoe122931 Wrote: That is a whole topic within itself that may be more appropriate on another thread.
I'm guilty of bringing that up, at the risk of derailing the thread.
My original point was that many of the atheists here reject the Bible because they think Christians have to believe in talking snakes, etc. They are very much unaware of how hermeneutics work. As Terry Eagleton says, they "buy their atheism on the cheap," by describing a simplified caricature of Christianity, and pretending that's all there is. It's frustrating because it's ignorant.
But I'll drop it now. No more responses on that topic from me.
Why do you deny that there are many christians that do take a large portion of the bible literally? You can find them by simply turning on the TV, radio or searching the internet.
Talk about willful ignorance.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
