For some reason, my parents ended up enrolling me into a Christian College (who claimed they never forced their believes on their students) and I was crazy crazy about science at the time (still am). How disappointed was I to find that my science teacher, who looked distinctly like Albert Einstein, tried to tell the class that the dinosaurs were extinct because of the Great Flood and that fossils can't possibly be available to us without a massive flood like the story in an ancient book which couldn't possibly be biased at all! He wasn't too impressed when I put my hand up to simply spout "Iceage".
Hey I thought of another story we should add to the Bible!
"Ice Ages aren't possible, God created them by sending worldwide rain for several days and several nights and then he froze it all".
Small tip: In order to add versus to the great book, it helps to be biased, perhaps fairly bigot. Not to mention a tad of narcissism somewhere in there too.
This is why I don’t base my life on the damn thing. I mean, seriously, how can you possibly expect me to get my morals from such a book. Better yet, how can you honestly tell me that that’s where you get your morals from? I can understand the need for God in one’s life but please explain to me why you feel it necessary to read from such an imperfect, tertiary source every day and call it “God’s word”. If God loves you so much, why in all things possible, would he decree such ludicrous and conceited commandments and then send his son (who is born of a virgin for some strange reason other than to show off) to die by Jews 2,000 years from now to show his forgiveness for a sin you may have mistakenly committed. But despite that mouthful, why can’t he just forgive us? And why did he have to condemn millions of innocent Jews to their bloody death? By your logic, he knew that would happen. Oh, but it’s for the greater good isn’t it? A greater good that somehow justifies millions of innocent deaths. Do you really want to worship such a God?
If you think you can elucidate/justify this, please go ahead.
The reason for this thread is to see if anyone replies with a detailed defence. I'm a curious person. Please entertain me.
Hey I thought of another story we should add to the Bible!
"Ice Ages aren't possible, God created them by sending worldwide rain for several days and several nights and then he froze it all".
Small tip: In order to add versus to the great book, it helps to be biased, perhaps fairly bigot. Not to mention a tad of narcissism somewhere in there too.
This is why I don’t base my life on the damn thing. I mean, seriously, how can you possibly expect me to get my morals from such a book. Better yet, how can you honestly tell me that that’s where you get your morals from? I can understand the need for God in one’s life but please explain to me why you feel it necessary to read from such an imperfect, tertiary source every day and call it “God’s word”. If God loves you so much, why in all things possible, would he decree such ludicrous and conceited commandments and then send his son (who is born of a virgin for some strange reason other than to show off) to die by Jews 2,000 years from now to show his forgiveness for a sin you may have mistakenly committed. But despite that mouthful, why can’t he just forgive us? And why did he have to condemn millions of innocent Jews to their bloody death? By your logic, he knew that would happen. Oh, but it’s for the greater good isn’t it? A greater good that somehow justifies millions of innocent deaths. Do you really want to worship such a God?
If you think you can elucidate/justify this, please go ahead.
The reason for this thread is to see if anyone replies with a detailed defence. I'm a curious person. Please entertain me.
"We need not a God; just another human being to give life a meaning. For people are truly all people have" author unknown
