(October 25, 2013 at 9:06 pm)catfish Wrote: lol, you don't know my position on the Bible, do you?
That is exactly what I've been trying to get you to explain!
You claim that there are parts of the Bible that you take literally, and other parts you do not, and that these may differ when compared to many other Christians. You claim to be a 'cherry picker' and seem proud of your selective interpretation.
I'm sure you differ wildly with Sword of Christ on your interpretation of the Bible as it seems he is a literalist. He reads Bible stories and concludes that they should be taken literally, you cherry pick which ones should not.
I want to know by what method YOU decide which stories should be taken literally and which should not. You must have some mental process you go through when reading the Bible to determine which parts you take literally and which you don't.
All I'm trying to find out is what this process is.
You are the one that constantly derides us atheists when we use a literal interpretation when debating Christians. Why not tell us how to read the Bible in such a way as to understand which parts should be read literally and which should not?
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
