RE: The Case for Atheism
August 14, 2013 at 3:47 am
(This post was last modified: August 14, 2013 at 3:53 am by pineapplebunnybounce.)
@AnaMejiaP, thanks for replying.
I'm less concerned with what god commands and more concerned about the truth claims the bible makes. According to what you've said, you take the creation story and Noah's ark to be literal? And when jesus chased out demons from possessed people, is that literal too? Or does he mean metaphorically and was actually giving them counselling and antipsychotics for their mental illnesses?
A lot of Christians would say these are metaphorical stories. The bible doesn't say any of these are visions or laments and they don't even involve a lot of fantastical things in the possessions story, but hindsight is 20/20. A lot of atheists/christians think that it's fine to be a christian and not believe in the creation story, that doesn't work for me. If god has a book, he doesn't get to make so many mistakes, it's all or none.
I asked because your belief sounds very rooted in the bible, and I wanted to see how you view things. And I'm tired of being told bad things are metaphorical while good things are literal.
All the mistakes in the bible is why I'm convinced that even if a god truly exists, Christianity certainly got it wrong. But if you look closely enough in nature, it becomes clear that it's highly, highly, highly improbable that any god exists.
I'm less concerned with what god commands and more concerned about the truth claims the bible makes. According to what you've said, you take the creation story and Noah's ark to be literal? And when jesus chased out demons from possessed people, is that literal too? Or does he mean metaphorically and was actually giving them counselling and antipsychotics for their mental illnesses?
A lot of Christians would say these are metaphorical stories. The bible doesn't say any of these are visions or laments and they don't even involve a lot of fantastical things in the possessions story, but hindsight is 20/20. A lot of atheists/christians think that it's fine to be a christian and not believe in the creation story, that doesn't work for me. If god has a book, he doesn't get to make so many mistakes, it's all or none.
I asked because your belief sounds very rooted in the bible, and I wanted to see how you view things. And I'm tired of being told bad things are metaphorical while good things are literal.
All the mistakes in the bible is why I'm convinced that even if a god truly exists, Christianity certainly got it wrong. But if you look closely enough in nature, it becomes clear that it's highly, highly, highly improbable that any god exists.