(March 1, 2014 at 10:48 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: As a fully grown mature modern American I am perfectly capable of reading and understanding the Bible as well as other ethnocentric religious fairy tales and arriving at a reasonable analysis of them. Therefore I don't need nor require the opinion of so-called "experts" to develop my own conclusions.Sure, and I'll bet you make original contributions to quantum physics every week in your spare time.
1. The story about the woman caught in the very act of adultery is plainly about a Jewish woman worshiping a non-traditional Jewish deity (aka God). etc. etc. etc.
You are the atheist doppelganger of those "spirit-filled" fundies who imagine that they know the truth about every topic without reading or study. And as a sound atheist I can't think of a worse insult.
If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people — House