One question for Christians

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Thought this one through to the end did you?

...So who would read what had been written? You are aware that 95% of the 1st century population was illeritate don't you?

Oh, for fuck's...

Maelstrom already had it, in that I didn't mention readers, but there's also this: whether the bible is a literal account of history or not, it was still written to be read by someone, whether that someone is a worhsiper or a preacher; the bible is a tool like any other. It's much easier to speak on something pre-prepared, after all.

Another fun little consequence of your thinking; your god commissioned his holy word, knowing that the majority of the people in the era in which it would be created, the crucible of its spread as a moral truth throughout the world, that the messengers of this one true word of god would be unable to read it. Right? Because the bible was written in a time of majority illiteracy and, according to you, the only thing that matters are the number of people capable of reading it?

And all this, this wonderful exposure of your idiocy, skips over the part where you missed my point entirely from the beginning; whatever we might think about the things in the bible, you do agree with me that it was written, right? The bible is made of words, correct? Because that seems to be the thing you're disagreeing with me on; I was critiquing the bible's logical and literary merit, and your response was "pfft, people couldn't read back then!"

What the fuck are you even talking about?