(February 12, 2013 at 3:53 am)catfish Wrote: You're not understanding me... You don't have to do or believe anything. What you need to do is simply recognise is that some people do believe some things and those things are real to them because they believe. The question is why does a person believe? You keep asking me why you should believe, and I'll keep telling you to make up your own mind. If you like it, believe it, if not, don't. How it affects your behavior is all that matters.
Who here has at one time or currently believes in the "infallible" theory? Who here once believed in "hell" (or currently believes)?
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"How it affects your behaviour is all that matters."
So it doesn't matter how much of the Bible is true theologically or historically, if at all. As long as the placebo effect is in place, you're justified in what you believe. Correct?
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle