A small thanks to the resident Theists..

[Godscreated]

In my perception of the average believer is pretty much what you've hit upon. Most just take the good messages and cut out the bits where god goes homicidal or decrees that unruly children die.

The scriptures do not call for little kids to be killed because they are unruly.

I have a problem when you try to tell me that two men or two women who love each other can't get married because you have a bronze age definition of marriage that you refuse to let go of. Or if you insist that you must teach kids that evolution is false because you refuse to look at the evidence for it.

Funny how what you call a bronze age definition lasted into the 20th century. That's a definition that has stood for well over 3000 years.

Like you said, I would bet most believers aren't well-read in their supposed "holy" book and have not taken the time to examine the negative points of it. Or inconsistencies, of which there are many.

Seeing how you said,"I bet," means you do not know, guessing does not make your statement true. I've read scriptures for many years and just finished a chronological read of the OT and have found no inconsistencies in it.

GC

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