(January 1, 2013 at 2:52 pm)Lion IRC Wrote:(December 31, 2012 at 10:28 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote: And how about the whole bible while you're at it?
This reply got 10 kudos Aractus.
You have dug something of a hole for yourself.
I have three questions for you.
1. Can God speak Latin?
2. Is there any word which humans cannot translate from one language to another?
3. Jesus said to preach the Gospel to ALL nations. (eg. Mark 16:15) What language would you recommend I use?
Truly, if you didn't grow up in that faith, what in the world would convince you that its particular book had all the answers for all of life's big questions? Why should any book be treated in this way? If you don't assume the bible (for example) is the inspired word of god, you wouldn't have any substantive knowledge of what your god wants of you. But maybe it would be best -more intellectually honest- to just acknowledge that epistemically you are not in any privileged position. You choose to believe in your god because that is your tradition, and leave it at that. The book just tells you what your traditions are and may or may not represent god's marching orders. Why aren't there more agnostic theists anyway? Most of us are agnostic atheists. It isn't as hard as you might think.
