PLEASE try to grasp the sincerity of my response.
I'm rather curious why atheists even care about these trivial biblical matters. I think it's fairly safe (at least at this point) in this thread to say that while I agree with discussing/debating real-world issues relating to fairy tales (like the imposition of religious BS onto world politics and Human needs issues etc.), I am just failing to grasp why so many people who don't necessarily believe in god are so interested in a casual discussion of the rhetorical literature of a bronze-age notion. Again, I understand and I agree with the real NEED to confront religious idiocy as it attempts to impose its BS upon the real world (at least the one most of us agree is 'real'). I do feel that these casual conversations about the bible may help to sharpen one's reasoning and counter-apologetic skills, but I suspect that in the long run, such saturation is unhealthy toward that end or any other beside frustration.
I mean no disrespect. I'm genuinely intrigued by what looks to me like an apparent infatuation.
I'm rather curious why atheists even care about these trivial biblical matters. I think it's fairly safe (at least at this point) in this thread to say that while I agree with discussing/debating real-world issues relating to fairy tales (like the imposition of religious BS onto world politics and Human needs issues etc.), I am just failing to grasp why so many people who don't necessarily believe in god are so interested in a casual discussion of the rhetorical literature of a bronze-age notion. Again, I understand and I agree with the real NEED to confront religious idiocy as it attempts to impose its BS upon the real world (at least the one most of us agree is 'real'). I do feel that these casual conversations about the bible may help to sharpen one's reasoning and counter-apologetic skills, but I suspect that in the long run, such saturation is unhealthy toward that end or any other beside frustration.
I mean no disrespect. I'm genuinely intrigued by what looks to me like an apparent infatuation.
