(May 31, 2013 at 5:28 pm)Consilius Wrote: Let me clarify that the Bible itself is entirely true.
We are all the result of the incest of two individuals called Adam and Eve?
People could become 500 years old?
The Jews fled Egypt even although there is absolutly no historical record?
Women are cursed and therefor have to menstruate?
A woman is worth the same as a donky?
All true?
Quote:But the science it presents is merely a belief of the time.
What science does it present? Give some examples! I am curious to see.
Quote: God didn't have the Bible written to prophesy the coming of Velcro.
Nope, he had it writen as a messure of extreme crowdcontrol.
Quote:Any scientific statement in the Bible is subject to scrutiny, and the disproval of any of it is irrelevant to Christian belief.
The more importent point is: The Bible cannot disprove scientific fact!
Like parents letting their children die in hope for faith healings - this causes far more harm than the other way arround.
Quote:Nobody is a Christian because they're afraid of falling off the Earth.
Statement of irrelevants.