(October 15, 2012 at 9:04 pm)catfish Wrote:(October 14, 2012 at 3:34 pm)Rhythm Wrote: You clearly have a fundamental misunderstanding of the relationship between your own claims and my responsibilities. Guess this one ends with "what can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence".
Which god should I be considering? Why would this be "an admission". Already assuming the rhetoric of religious garbage I see. How am I supposed to even consider this proposition if you cannot provide that "legitimate word" (or anything at all)? Am I supposed to be considering nothing? Already there.
I understand perfectly, that is why it is your job, not mine. You expect me to back my claims so that you can dismiss them without so much as peeking at them. I expect you to do the research for yourself and come to your own conclusions...
Conclusion: the bible is not divinely inspired.
catfish Wrote:Do you see what happens when an atheist encounters me? They start telling me that I interpreted wrong, pretty ironic, no? Is that why you want me to spoon-feed you?
There are a number of interpretations of the bible. I don't claim to know what the author's original intent was for an absolute fact. However, I do not see it as ironic that we are allowed to question your interpretation. Should we assume that your interpretation is correct, even if common sense contradicts it? (only speaking hypothetically).
catfish Wrote:My interpretation of the Bible says that you have God's law written on your heart, so you have all the tools needed to dicern the "legitimate word" for yourself...
So you claim to know, for a fact, the original intent of the bible? And you convieniently have no means to prove this? Okay, legitimate word: god is an immoral narccicistic slave driver.
wikipedia Wrote:As there are reported to be approximately 41,000 Christian denominations, many of which cannot be verified to be significant, only those denominations with Wikipedia articles will be listed in order to ensure that all entries on this list are notable and verifiable.Seems like the ability to discern the "legitimate word" has a sucess rate of less than 1/41,000. Care to demonstrate a method to seperate the fake interpretations from the genuine one?
John Adams Wrote:The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.