(September 19, 2013 at 4:41 pm)Faith No More Wrote: It's not arguing from a generality.Actually you're right. It's an argument from your personal incredulity.
Quote:It is arguing from reasonable expectations. The bible is a claim, and I have to weigh that claim against my current understanding and knowledge.- The Bible is a collection of books of various types and includes many claims. In other areas you accept overall claims without having weighed all the minutiae involved.
- Be honest. If the Bible said "Here are the attributes of a perfect god" and listed attributes of god found elsewhere in the Bible, you would still reject it.
- An omniscient creator is in a better position than you to determine what expectations are reasonable.
Quote:Are now saying that your god did not intend the message to be clear and conform to the facts?That you can create a straw man from the message doesn't imply that the message isn't clear.