RE: Does atheism inspire people?
May 31, 2012 at 6:05 pm
(This post was last modified: May 31, 2012 at 6:17 pm by StatCrux.)
(May 31, 2012 at 5:51 pm)Shell B Wrote: You either believe that snakes can talk or you do not believe the Bible is the truth. It's one or the other, Mr. Crux.
You did ignore my statement, though. How do you reconcile your opinion that Christians are more likely to be creative with the fact that I am an artist, in multiple ways?
I didn't realize that you were the authority on biblical interpretation, the Church has never had a solely literal interpretation of scripture, but I'm sure that you're intelligent enough to know this. The talking snake is a favorite of atheists despite them knowing that scripture is never interpreted only in a literal sense, it appeals to the enjoyment of insulting people so prevalent in atheists, its obviously not a serious argument, simply a childish insult. As to your second point, the fact that you may be artistic or creative doesn't affect the idea that in general atheists tend to be more analytical in nature rather than creative/artistic, you are one person, one person is not indicative of atheists in general.
(May 31, 2012 at 5:57 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:Orthodox
This is how you style yourself. I've known plenty of fundies who insist that every word in their poorly-written and even more poorly translated book of fairy tales is literally true.
So, out with it. Are you a literalist nut...or are you a cherry picker.
I interpret scripture in accordance with tradition, taking into account context, literal meaning, metaphorical meaning etc
