(March 21, 2013 at 1:39 am)jstrodel Wrote: The very modest claim I am making is that atheists who criticize the Bible should either 1. know how to do these difficult tasks 2. rely on people that do. This is the most basic intellectual responsibility, to require people to have the skills to be able to correctly handle a complex historical document.
There are plenty of theological experts who are atheists and still admit to the very accurate fact that the biblical claim of god's existence cannot be relied upon anything more than mere faith.
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