(August 9, 2014 at 12:14 am)Undeceived Wrote: Minimalist, are you saying that the majority of Bible scholars are wrong about the Bible? How is that different from saying astrophysicists don't know anything about stars?
You seriously can't see the difference between Biblical scholars and astrophysicists?
Lets take a really basic example. If an astrophysicist measures the speed of light, it won't matter what religion they are, they will all get the same result.
The results Biblical scholars get when studying he Bible is very dependent of on their religion.
If a Muslim physicist measures the speed of light at 299,792,458 metres per second, you'd have no reason to believe his or her religion effected their results.
But if a Muslim studied the Bible, you'd have every reason to believe their religion effected their results.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
