RE: Positive claims and atheists
July 11, 2012 at 1:39 pm
(This post was last modified: July 11, 2012 at 1:47 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Jeff, the God of Genesis does not exist, those events never occurred. The God of Exodus doesn't exist, those events never occurred. The God of the NT doesn't exist -see the above.
Those are positive, evidence based claims that have been re-hashed over and over here, and all over the internet. If it's important to you that the god described be connected in some way to reality, then you can go down the rabbit hole on any of those areas yourself. If it isn't important to you that these narratives are factual then it isn't important to me to explain why I don't give a shit. If your faith in these narratives rests on creative interpretations then it isn't important to me to explain why I don't give a shit.
I personally don't think that any literate human being has never encountered any of the problems in these narratives, and I suspect that you are simply asking for evidence that you have already been presented with many times (and is easily accessible to anyone interested). This question is asked and answered so goddamned often that I am no longer willing to extend the benefit of the doubt on this issue, personally. If you have some information which would drastically alter our current body of knowledge RE Geology, Biology, Cosmology, Anthropology, or Archaeology...by all means, share. Otherwise...meh.
Those are positive, evidence based claims that have been re-hashed over and over here, and all over the internet. If it's important to you that the god described be connected in some way to reality, then you can go down the rabbit hole on any of those areas yourself. If it isn't important to you that these narratives are factual then it isn't important to me to explain why I don't give a shit. If your faith in these narratives rests on creative interpretations then it isn't important to me to explain why I don't give a shit.
I personally don't think that any literate human being has never encountered any of the problems in these narratives, and I suspect that you are simply asking for evidence that you have already been presented with many times (and is easily accessible to anyone interested). This question is asked and answered so goddamned often that I am no longer willing to extend the benefit of the doubt on this issue, personally. If you have some information which would drastically alter our current body of knowledge RE Geology, Biology, Cosmology, Anthropology, or Archaeology...by all means, share. Otherwise...meh.
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