(November 5, 2008 at 12:50 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote:(November 5, 2008 at 12:33 pm)Daystar Wrote: I can't use scripture as evidence of God or a prophecy because? Give me a reason.Because you can't use a book over 2000 years old as evidence for things that there are no evidence for today! And you can't use fictional stories as proof of reality! And to be honest its rather silly and futile to switch back and forth between what is metaphorical and what is literal. That's you're own interpretation!
The fact that a book over 2000 years old - going back to Adam so 6000 years - records the god of those people is all the evidence needed to indicate without a doubt that that god of those people exists. It doesn't matter if that god is mythical, literal, or metaphorical. The prophecies were prophecies and recorded as well - if they came true or not. So from the start you operate upon a false premise and ignorance.
(November 5, 2008 at 12:50 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: The FSM gospel is the Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti monster that spoofs other religions, if I use that book as proof that a flying spaghetti monster exists and switch back and forth between what is metaphorical and what is literal, thats just crazy! But it seems fine with God because people have been doing it for so long! When really its just as crazy to believe in God, it just isn't treated as such because so much more people believe in "God" than the FSM.
There is no more evidence for your God or ANY God than for the Flying Spaghetti Monster, the Invisible Pink Unicorn or Russell's Teapot!
If I walk down a busy street and into a shopping mall this Xmas season and I hear some smart ass kid say "There is no Santa Clause!" after just having passed three on the street and looking at one in the shopping mall I would be inclined to correct him.
The first part of understanding something is to figure exactly what it is - not if it exists or not and you - like that smart ass kid - have missed the first step which makes your assumption void.
