Biblical illiteracy

[ThomM]

Sorry - but YOUR claim is wrong - and I was correct - IF YOU ACTUALLY read the study - which you could have found yourself rather than asking for a reference.

Only Mormons and White Evangelical Xtians knew more about the bible than atheists and agnostics

However - those two group Do not represent the majority of Xtians -
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chr...of_members)
Catholics are the majority of Xtians - and then come white mainline Xtians -and black and Hispanic Xtians - all of which the Atheists and Agnostics handily outscored


So - in fact Atheist DO know more about the bible than most xtians

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I agree that since some bits of it are evidently erroneous unless one twists and reinterprets the literal meanings, there is no validity to the position that all of it must be taken literally. Equally just because some of it is untrue does not follow that none of it is true.
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Ah - but for centuries - xtians were taught that the bible was the absolute and inerrant inspired word of god - and even today there are sects that teach that very thing.

The fact is - there are LOTS of things in the Bible that are not true - not just bits. And when you accept that there are things that are not true - the idea that some COULD be true leaves that major question - WHICH ones?

THe only way to determine that is by proof from OUTSIDE of the bible - since the bible itself is no longer a reliable source.

So - for example - there is not a single document that can be dated to the supposed time of the "christ" that mentions his name. There is no mention of his supposed "miracles" in the historic record - or birth or death date as well. In fact - we have no record of Israel before 1210 BC. Israel does not appear in the list of nations under the control of egypt that exists as well.

WE already know that the earth is far older than about 6000 years as well. WE know that there was NO worldwide flood in the 3000 years of the magnitude claimed in the bible. We know that the SUN had to exist before the earth as well.

So - where is the proof outside of the bible?