RE: The Great Flood
November 8, 2008 at 12:03 pm
(This post was last modified: November 8, 2008 at 12:10 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
(November 8, 2008 at 11:42 am)chatpilot Wrote: Using the bible as your source of evidence to prove the existence of God,man,the universe etc. is the most ignorant and rediculous thing anyone can do.The bible in many places is historically inaccurate,biased,and full of plagiarized myths from the many cultures the Hebrews came in contact with.Also,not to mention that the book was written by several men claiming inspiration from God.I think all holy books claim the same thing does that make them any less inspired?Very good point. Especially about the fact that not only was the bible written by men, but for them to be correct in their arguments they would have to have really had personal experiences with God.
So, Daystar it comes down to the argument from personal experience, not the argument from scripture. Because to believe the scripture you have to believe that the authors were personally inspired by God. Which of course is absurd considering you haven't personally experienced the authors. You don't know of their personal experiences with 'God'.
How can you trust their personal experiences with 'God' if you haven't personally experienced them?
You weren't there. So you first have to have "faith" in the authors of scripture in order to use scripture as evidence of God.