What do believers say when you ask or tell them..

[tavarish]

Look Tavarish: Its verry simple...
the all powerfull all knowing god created man, then set him up for failure. By putting the forbidden tree right in thier back yard. Then we all know about the magic talking snake that tricked Nieve Eve into eating the fruit of knowledge. Then god punishes them for something he already knew was gonna happen. Then later on God finds he screwed up again and had to flood the world by putting all the creatures of the world into a magical bag of holding errr I mean arc. yadda yadda yadda.... God finally gets fed up with all the sacrifice, but instead of just forgiving everyone so they wouldent have to go to hell he comes up with this grand sceme to come to earth and sacrifice himself to himself (holy trin)to create a loophole for a rule he himself created.?!?

What does this have to do with anything we're discussing? I already assumed Arcanus wasn't a biblical literalist, and I was correct on that count. A condensed and facetious account of Genesis isn't helping anyone. Try not to act condescending in a civil discussion.

It's much more engaging when someone gives an account of biblical interpretation in a metaphorical or allegorical sense than a literal sense. They tend to be much more intellectually honest and thought provoking most of the time.

I guarantee you it wouldn't be as cut and dry as calling them "sky daddy worshippers" or something to that extent.

Thanks.