RE: Why don't most Christians read the Bible?
August 20, 2012 at 1:00 am
(This post was last modified: August 20, 2012 at 1:02 am by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Quote:Evangelicals are Christians. Yes/No? Composition/division error.
Yes they are and no it is not. I made no truth claim,but merely stated proposition that 'perhaps many Christians--" Nor is it a fallacy to assert some Christians such as yourself,are more legalistic than others, relying heavily on pettyfogging biblical exegesis.
Quote:Anecdotal Evidence fallacy.
Specifically;agreed. In principle,it is a matter of historical record that the Catholic Church prevented the faithful from reading the Bible for centuries, forbidding translations into the vernacular.Thomas Tyndale, the first person to print part of the Bible in English was executed as a heretic for his trouble.
Quote:Logical Fallacy: Biased Sample
In some parts of Australia illiteracy is 99%
In other parts it's as low as 1%
No,it is not,please take the trouble to read the chart I provided; the mean in Australia is 12%. Looking at the overall stats, it's reasonable to asserts that millions of Christians are functionally illiterate. Your objection is disingenuous or simply ill considered.
EG Mexico has an approximate rate of 47% functional illiteracy. A Christian country of 112 million. IE about 50 million functionally illiterate nominal Christians.
Of course I can't count numbers in the favellas of Mexico, Central and South America or Tondo slums in Manilla too poor to buy a Bible.
I have nothing further to say to you on this topic.
Quote:Evangelicals are Christians. Yes/No? Composition/division error.
Yes they are and no it is not. I made no truth claim,but merely stated proposition that 'perhaps many Christians--" Nor is it a fallacy to assert some Christians such as yourself,are more legalistic than others, relying heavily on pettyfogging biblical exegesis.
Quote:Anecdotal Evidence fallacy.
Specifically;agreed. In principle,it is a matter of historical record that the Catholic Church prevented the faithful from reading the Bible for centuries, forbidding translations into the vernacular.Thomas Tyndale, the first person to print part of the Bible in English was executed as a heretic for his trouble.
Quote:Logical Fallacy: Biased Sample
In some parts of Australia illiteracy is 99%
In other parts it's as low as 1%
No,it is not,please take the trouble to read the chart I provided; the mean in Australia is 12%. Looking at the overall stats, it's reasonable to asserts that millions of Christians are functionally illiterate. Your objection is disingenuous or simply ill considered.
EG Mexico has an approximate rate of 47% functional illiteracy. A Christian country of 112 million. IE about 50 million functionally illiterate nominal Christians.
Of course I can't count numbers in the favellas of Mexico, Central and South America or Tondo slums in Manilla too poor to buy a Bible.
I have nothing further to say to you on this topic.
