(August 28, 2019 at 10:05 am)Acrobat Wrote:(August 28, 2019 at 9:35 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: The chief difference being that Darwin and Harris aren't trying to lead people to salvation. The stakes of a scientific theory (Darwin) and anti-theist polemics (Harris) are monumentally different than those of eternal salvation.
Yes, the stakes are high. But you mistake the condition, as one that could be resolved by clarity in writing, less ambiguity in what’s said, when it can’t be. It’s not about you hearing or reading it clearly but seeing it clearly.
Then there's no point in reading the so-called 'holy' texts, is there?
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson