Totally NOT a debate about the veracity of the gospels

[*Deidre*]

While I appreciate this, discipulus, I don't need to turn to an interpreter to decipher the Bible. You believe in Jesus, well...remember he told his followers "let your yes mean yes and your no mean no?" Isn't it odd then that we need "Bible scholars" to translate the Bible for us mere laymen and women?

Or is it that we don't like what the Bible REALLY states, so we turn to a softer reflection of it so we can go on with our day?

discipulus, it is possible to believe, and then not believe. All it means is I choose to live my life based in reality and not on fables and folklore, convincing myself (and others) that it's so much more.

Anything that requires apologetics is fundamentally flawed.

This hasn't been talked about much here, but religion has become a business. So many people earning a living, some with very high "earnings," off of preaching, interpreting and writing about nonsense.

Is this real life?

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Anything that requires apologetics is fundamentally flawed.

I am going to give you a chance to retract that statement before I show you why it is ridiculous.

I will give you 24 hours to do so.

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You're not better than me, discipulus.

I wholeheartedly agree with you.

Then you need to stop preaching to me. :/

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Have you read any of Francis Chan's books, discipulus? You might like him. Look him up on YouTube.