(May 30, 2015 at 6:21 am)robvalue Wrote: I've yet to hear anything that is more convincing than "this book is magic". And the arguments sound no less silly than that either. "My mummy wouldn't lie to me" maybe.
I normally get drenched in loads of little arguments, all of which are fundamentally flawed. By the time I've shown what is wrong with the first one, three more have taken its place. I don't care how many arguments you have got, if none of them are sound, they don't amount to anything.
^This is another reason I started this thread. When asked why they believe the bible is true, they usually respond with something that dances around "because the bible is divinely inspired" (they don't want to show their hand too much), which amounts to "it's magic", but you never hear a good detailed reason for why they believe its magic. I'd be very interested in learning what a theist thinks happened to the bible that makes it so special. I'm afraid I won't be participating in any discussions if I can't get past this initial problem. I really can't see how anyone moves on from this issue to discuss things like Jesus' existence.
Unfortunately, we're running low on theists these days :/
