@Godschild
ALL believers[ in the Abrahamic faiths at least) cherry pick their beliefs .Their holy books are so rife with contradictions that they have no choice.
The beliefs of an individual say more about himself and his culture than his book,regardless of whatever sacred book he claims to follow. If that were not the case there would not be literally hundreds of competing sects, each claiming "truth" for their own specific interpretations.
The mind boggling arrogance of Christian exclusiveness is one of the things which turned me away from Christianity.It took another 20 years for me to be confronted with the inescapable conclusion of atheism. I asked questions and received no answers. I looked for God and could not find him anywhere.
THAT is why I have so little patience with the unthinking and unreflective apologists who turn up here with the patronising assumption that we have not heard and dismissed their tired arguments many times.* (in my case often decades before they were born)
@Tacky: In my opinion,you are the single exception on this forum. For what it may be worth; I do not often agree with,but I do respect you.
ALL believers[ in the Abrahamic faiths at least) cherry pick their beliefs .Their holy books are so rife with contradictions that they have no choice.
The beliefs of an individual say more about himself and his culture than his book,regardless of whatever sacred book he claims to follow. If that were not the case there would not be literally hundreds of competing sects, each claiming "truth" for their own specific interpretations.
The mind boggling arrogance of Christian exclusiveness is one of the things which turned me away from Christianity.It took another 20 years for me to be confronted with the inescapable conclusion of atheism. I asked questions and received no answers. I looked for God and could not find him anywhere.
THAT is why I have so little patience with the unthinking and unreflective apologists who turn up here with the patronising assumption that we have not heard and dismissed their tired arguments many times.* (in my case often decades before they were born)
@Tacky: In my opinion,you are the single exception on this forum. For what it may be worth; I do not often agree with,but I do respect you.
