RE: Why does god want to cut off women's hands?
September 12, 2013 at 9:30 am
(This post was last modified: September 12, 2013 at 9:30 am by pocaracas.)
Sorry, John, for taking so long to reply... I saw this on my mobile and wanted to reply on the computer and then it got flooded with you and esquilax... 
And it's always people doing that... I have yet to see an actual god doing anything.
Have you tried to learn about biblical historicity?
One of the things I admire in our fellow forumer, minimalist, is his knowledge of this historicity.... you also have Bart Ehrman and others out there on youtube.

Religions, while human constructs, are flawed... but many do incorporate elements with which the in-group identifies.
Couldn't the bible, or better, christianity have done so itself? Is this line of reasoning that much of a stretch?

(September 11, 2013 at 12:17 pm)John V Wrote:The trouble is when some people claim that I (and everyone else) should adhere to the same line of reasoning, the same gullibility.(September 11, 2013 at 12:01 pm)pocaracas Wrote: DebatableSure. While I personally find them convincing, I haven't said that everyone else should, too.
Debatable
And it's always people doing that... I have yet to see an actual god doing anything.
(September 11, 2013 at 11:44 am)John V Wrote:You see them as historical?Quote:Some of those messengers do seem like fictional characters, don't they?Not to me.
Have you tried to learn about biblical historicity?
One of the things I admire in our fellow forumer, minimalist, is his knowledge of this historicity.... you also have Bart Ehrman and others out there on youtube.
(September 11, 2013 at 12:17 pm)John V Wrote:Aye, hence the wager.(September 11, 2013 at 11:44 am)John V Wrote: - the Bible's take on mankind agrees with my observations of myself and others.Quote:I'd wager that most religions have a take on mankind that agrees with the way people are...Debatable.

Religions, while human constructs, are flawed... but many do incorporate elements with which the in-group identifies.
(September 11, 2013 at 12:17 pm)John V Wrote:Quote:could it be that they all looked at how people are and then wrote it down?If there are others as accurate as the Bible, then from my POV that's obviously what they did.
Couldn't the bible, or better, christianity have done so itself? Is this line of reasoning that much of a stretch?