(March 21, 2012 at 12:52 am)Rhythm Wrote: LOL, why would I have to crack open a bible for that, that's a story you learn in sunday school. "Proper exegesis of scripture" is that the authors believed that Adam lived 930 years, all you're going on about now is apologetic bullshit. You outta try mustering up a little faith, stop looking for god in excuses and just believe. "We must" do nothing, but you might want to stop reading your fantasies into scripture.
It does go to show that they are conflicted. Mainstream religious folks really tend to compartmentalize their religious beliefs. They are so rational and evidence based about so many things but then have a huge blindspot for their prefered superstition. They believe evolution because the evidence is overwhelming but then they cling to religion based on faith and they try to reconcile the two! I couldn't live with that much conflict in my brain.
"A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything." -Friedrich Nietzsche
"All thinking men are atheists." -Ernest Hemmingway
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." -Voltaire
"All thinking men are atheists." -Ernest Hemmingway
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." -Voltaire