RE: Closeted Atheists
October 1, 2012 at 1:13 am
(This post was last modified: October 1, 2012 at 2:16 am by Tea Earl Grey Hot.)
(October 1, 2012 at 12:19 am)Darkstar Wrote:(October 1, 2012 at 12:10 am)Minimalist Wrote: Americans are re-inventing xtianity to suit their needs. It is a pretty malleable doctrine. It can be made to say just about whatever you want it to say.
I know, it's so annoying how they can redefine entire passages to avoid contradictions in the bible. Still doesn't account for scientific errors, though.
Most common excuses for scientific errors in the bible.
1. They're not scientific errors. It is our scientific understanding that is in fact in error and we need to adjust science to align with the bible whenever they are in conflict.
2. The passage in question is metaphoric. Why? Because I said so.
3. The passage was merely following the literary style of the time.
4. The bible is a spiritual book and scientific errors from a book written by prescientific authors is expected. We should appreciate the bible for what it says about god and the human condition and not be distracted by scientific trivialities.
5. God was merely trying to appease the scientific understanding of the day so to communicate spiritual concepts better to ancient man. People back then would have been confused if God told them the earth wasn't a domed covered disc or that the earth is billions of years old. So instead he just went along with the current beliefs about the universe and communicated his will and message within that prescientific framework. I call this the Prime Directive excuse.
My ignore list
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
