(July 30, 2024 at 6:22 pm)Ferrocyanide Wrote:(July 30, 2024 at 9:42 am)Disagreeable Wrote: I was questioning a Christian recently and they told me to "go read the Bible".
I’ve been told to go read the Bible probably 50 times by now.
I am including other forms of that sentence such as “have you read the Bible?”
or
“Have you read the entire Bible?”
and “read it some more”
and “read and pray on it”
and “you might have read it but you certainly did not understand it”
It is implied that reading the text will convert the non-believer.
There isn’t much to understand. The text is mostly straightforward.
One christian told me that being a priest is like being a heart surgeon: only the professionally fully understand it.
Those who read the Bible are christians, those who read and understand it are atheists.
It's hilarious that some people seem to think that reading one piece of mythology will make one believer. I read Edda and have no temptation to hang people for the glory of Odin so why should Bible works any different?
The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.
Mikhail Bakunin.
Mikhail Bakunin.
