Deus Vult
November 1, 2008 at 1:18 pm
(This post was last modified: November 1, 2008 at 1:22 pm by Daystar.)
(November 1, 2008 at 6:35 am)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: All I mean is I think that how the bible is interpreted by the majority and/or huge majority of people is more important in my opinion than what it actually means/says. Its how it effects the great majority thats more important in my opinion, because there isn't actually any evidence that God, etc is true IMO, or that miracles are true, or that anything supernatural is true.
I kind of get what you are saying. The danger in the Bible isn't the Bible itself, it is the interpretation of the masses, all strung out on the opiate religion, that is the potential danger.
It doesn't really matter if the Bible is fact or fiction, though, or even what the majority of believers think that it is fact or fiction because many so called believers have led the ignorant masses to do their will in its name.
Deus Vult! (Latin: God wills it) was the battle cry of the crusades, my friend and THAT is why it is so very important to educate the ignorant masses - whether they believe because they want to or were spoonfed or it is just good for them materially and politically because at least then not in ignorance or God's name could they in good conscience abuse a book to justify their means AND yet ... if they are wrong let them dream of fairy tales without harm. BUT if you are wrong think of even one person you might influence in your own ignorance to miss everlasting life in paradise Earth just because YOU don't believe in it. That would be a far greater tragedy.
