(June 2, 2012 at 11:49 pm)Epimethean Wrote: The bible is not philosophy.Until we find out who actually wrote what, we can't make any claims on what it really is.
If Harry Potter had actually been written by Ron Weasley then wouldn't that change everything?
Quote: Philosophy emphasizes the use of the mind. The bible emphasizes the foreclosure of said device.
Not if it can be shown that the Bible is actually a philosophy.
Quote: While the bible may have elements which derive from earlier philosophies, it is a storybook rather than a textbook.
I have my reasons for thinking it is a philosophy. Aren't there bits that strike you as being too perfect in the sense that the situation seems rather structured than an actual telling of history? For example, the two thieves on either side of Jesus on the crosses just so happened to have opposite beliefs on who Jesus was. They're faced with death yet one gets saved and the other didn't. Why didn't they both either believe in him or not believe in him? It seems as if it had to be one that believed and one that didn't because then a teaching can come out of that.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
