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This " ... so anything goes then ..." slant is just amazing to me. Why in your-no-god's name would any reasonable person think this? I mean past your average high schooled drunk or college professor it makes no sense. Can you show me why " ... anything goes ..." because we don't agree on one interpretation and that any interpretation must then be valid?

Yep, reading your post I don't see any of that there loop-de-loop bs in your take alright.

And where exactly was this "anything goes" stated by any of us? It seems to me you are missing the point entirely. If no deity wrote or "inspired" this collection of alleged holy books then there is no more reason to accept it's claims 'on authority' than any other claimed holy book. We have NOT said that this means "any interpretation must then be valid" - quite the reverse actually. Any interpretation (specifically regarding "this is how you need to live your life") is subjective and carries no ultimate weight on anyone (i.e. - we don't need the book for anything). Sure, some people still might decide to pick n choose from particular passages (as they do now) but, if that's the case, fine. The book still isn't authoritative or coercive in any meaningful way. At that point it is simply reduced to an ordinary subjectivity of opinion (and NOT the authority of a divine dictator in which you MUST get it right, or burn).

Again, the minute it's all just subjective is the minute it loses it's power to sting people. And apologists (which we now can't tell if you are) are NOT arguing that it's not a divine authority. They are arguing (by and large) that IT IS, and that their interpretation of the resurrection, etc must be taken literally in some form. For those who are not arguing that, and don't believe you have to 'believe in Jesus' to 'be saved' I don't care.