God's God

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Why is it that we're wrong when we interpret the book as the mad ramblings of stupid and violent men in an ignorant time? What makes that interpretation less valid than anyone else's?

It is less valid because it is ill informed. It's just like a creationist arguing that the fossil record can be 'interpreted' to support a young earth. Some interpretations are more internally consistent and reflective of their cultural origins, etc. Literal minded readers of the bible sound like those annoying schoolboys that whine at the teachers saying, "But you said! You said...."

Why would you want to interpret the bible such as to make it sound "internally consistent"? Seems like you have an awful case of confirmation bias there. Would you do that with the Koran, The Egyptian Book of the Dead, The Book of Mormon, or any other ancient religious text which makes claims to the supernatural?

Why exactly do you accept these ancient textual accounts of the miraculous in the bible and reject the other competitors?

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yes, there is no point in discussing past a "literal body rising". But the bible teaching you that it isn't always about "you" is of no-consequence? How so?

What "isn't always about" me are you talking about? Do words have meaning to you? That's a rhetorical question. But my answer to your question is yes. Any book can say anything about anything. If the biblical claims to the supernatural are just "non-literal" metaphor then the book is of no consequence. I have no more inclination to take it's claims seriously than any other ancient book of fictional nonsense.

"faith" is not a reliable way to the truth? How so? That is crazy talk. I think what you really mean is that people telling you to believe foolish things in the name of blind faith is not the way to truth. I agree to that. Jesus taught that exact thing too.

You think faith is reliable for separating fact from fiction? Please demonstrate this b/c now (no offense but) you certainly don't sound like a rational, critical thinking, atheist. Jesus did NOT teach "that". He said his followers needed to accept him on faith (like that of a child). Didn't you know children are gullible?