(January 6, 2012 at 12:38 pm)Barre Wrote: You should take the Bible seriously because of its tremendous inlfuence it has. Yes, like any other text, the biblcal writings contain expected "inaccuracies, distortions and pure fantasy." But it is also true, also to be expected, that the biblical writings also contain and convey accurate information. It is a common sense perception, born out by empirically based research.--The biblical writings are a mixture of truth and fiction, fact and imagination.
Spiderman was set in New York City. There really is a New York City. So I guess we could use the same logic and say that the Spiderman movies "contain and convey accurate information" as "a mixture of truth and fiction".
...or we could just say that works of fiction sometimes make use of real places, times and events and such incorporation doesn't make them any less fictional.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
