The Long and the Short of it.

[fr0d0]

There are other sources of stories with relevant morals to the tales and, I dare say, some of them have better stories that depict human nature even more strongly. Belief in god has nothing to do with seeing the meaning behind a metaphor or the moral of a fable. I see them in the bible, but I do not see how them being there leads to believing the claim that god is real.

And round and round we go. Heheh! I think we have found the sticking point. Belief. When it comes to the existence of god, I don't have it and you do. The question of why must remain unanswered, it seems.

I agree there are many other sources that are helpful in understanding the nature of God. How you construct your own viewpoint is influenced by many things. I don't dismiss anything out of hand. Fables have great messages to convey. I see them as all important.

The point of the bible isn't to prove that God is real, but to clearly set out his nature. If it did prove it to you either way, it'd be contradictory... because the bible says you must have faith to believe.

The question is easily answered IMO : you (personally) don't see reasoning in the biblical message where I do. You have the information, but you don't give that information intellectual assent. Even if you did, you still wouldn't believe, because after assent comes acting on the knowledge. That's where us that believe stand.