(March 5, 2024 at 2:26 am)Belacqua Wrote:(March 4, 2024 at 8:00 pm)Jillybean Wrote: Okay I admit the title is clickbait.No, I think "lazy" is the right word. You're arguing in favor of your atheism with the easiest possible arguments.
Quote:Like do we really have to read the entire Bible when the first few pages of Genesis conflict with scientific facts we now know? Such as that the genetic diversity of the human race means we could not possibly have evolved from a single mating pair 6,000 years ago?
Do you really think that a literalist reading of Genesis is essential to Christianity? If you think "the world wasn't created in six days" is sufficient to make all of Christianity unbelievable, then I think that's a bit too lazy.
I'm not sure how one is going to split that baby. If Adam and Eve aren't literal, then Christ's sacrifice becomes pointless.