1. The incredible similarities between OT stories and the Gospel accounts to various contemporary myths.
2. The gross contradictions (and yes, I've heard your "solutions." I own three books that attempt to solve all these "difficulties").
3. The earth is described as being flat, the sky being metal, and the universe as geocentric throughout both the OT and NT.
4. Failed prophecy.
5. Some books of the Bible are forgeries.
6. The fact that God failed at sending a clear message of his truth and desires. Christians groups for 2000 years have yet to arrive to a consensus on fundamental issues.
7. Slavery, genocide, mandated child sacrifice by OT law (yes, that's really in there).
I can go on...
2. The gross contradictions (and yes, I've heard your "solutions." I own three books that attempt to solve all these "difficulties").
3. The earth is described as being flat, the sky being metal, and the universe as geocentric throughout both the OT and NT.
4. Failed prophecy.
5. Some books of the Bible are forgeries.
6. The fact that God failed at sending a clear message of his truth and desires. Christians groups for 2000 years have yet to arrive to a consensus on fundamental issues.
7. Slavery, genocide, mandated child sacrifice by OT law (yes, that's really in there).
I can go on...
My ignore list
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
