(September 14, 2012 at 12:14 am)Lion IRC Wrote:(September 13, 2012 at 8:58 pm)greneknight Wrote: Hey Lion, I don't know if English is your native language. Read what I wrote again: "No, I don't agree with the Bible. I'm saying the Bible is wrong. I can prove it."
When someone says he doesn't agree with the Bible and the Bible is wrong it doesn't mean he doesn't agree that the Bible says God exists. It simply means he doesn't agree with the Bible and he thinks the Bible is NOT correct.
LOL
ESL?
Look who is talking.
When someone says he doesn't
agree with the Bible and the Bible is wrong
it doesn't
mean he doesn't
agree that the Bible says God exists. It simply means he doesn't
agree with the Bible and he thinks the Bible is NOT correct.
No, I dont ever not misunderstand not never at all.
Can you say yes to these?
1. I agree with the biblical statement "God exists".
2. I agree with the statement "God exists".
3. I agree that the bible does state that "God exists".
I don't see why you find it so difficult to understand. The Bible is bunkum. It's full of errors and untruths. It's full of fables. Yes, it does assume fairies, unicorns, God, Satan, angels, demons, bogeymen, etc exist. Although the Bible assumes God and fairies exist, the Bible is bunkum. No, God doesn't exist as a being. I do sometimes understand the term God to be a metaphor for goodness and if you take that to mean I think God exists, then yes, I think Kindness exists. I think Honesty exists. But do I think God exists as an independent being capable of thought? Of course not. Goodness can't think, it's only a quality. Same thing with God. So, when I say "I believe in God", I mean it in the metaphorical sense, just like I believe in Goodness, in Truth, in Honesty. It's just that culturally, I adopt the poetry of my people and we speak of goodness as if it's a "person". We personify God or goodness. That's poetic. That's not reality.
Do you understand now? If you don't, please let me know. And when can we have the debate? I've agreed to your proposal to have the whole lot of you versus me alone. So when can we start?
