RE: Climate change
May 11, 2015 at 4:35 am
(This post was last modified: May 11, 2015 at 4:49 am by robvalue.)
I don't know enough about climate change to comment.
But can I ask what this has to do with your de-conversion? I'll take a guess:
Let's say the bible specifically said, "Humans will cause adverse climate change." All that would show is the people writing it got something right. It doesn't however validate anything else in the book, or tell you how they got it right. It could be a lucky guess, a good estimation, some magic spaghetti told them... just because they got it right, it doesn't mean their explanation for how they knew it is also true.
For example, let's say I guess at your birthday and I get it right. I do the same thing for hundreds of other people. It seems like I have access to information that seems impossible for me to have. If I say I'm getting the information from a magic teapot in another galaxy, does that mean I really am getting it from that teapot?
And that is giving the bible a lot of credit, it makes no such specific claims. It makes very vague statements that could be interpreted in so many ways as to fit almost any scenario.
But can I ask what this has to do with your de-conversion? I'll take a guess:
Let's say the bible specifically said, "Humans will cause adverse climate change." All that would show is the people writing it got something right. It doesn't however validate anything else in the book, or tell you how they got it right. It could be a lucky guess, a good estimation, some magic spaghetti told them... just because they got it right, it doesn't mean their explanation for how they knew it is also true.
For example, let's say I guess at your birthday and I get it right. I do the same thing for hundreds of other people. It seems like I have access to information that seems impossible for me to have. If I say I'm getting the information from a magic teapot in another galaxy, does that mean I really am getting it from that teapot?
And that is giving the bible a lot of credit, it makes no such specific claims. It makes very vague statements that could be interpreted in so many ways as to fit almost any scenario.
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