(August 20, 2021 at 1:34 pm)Klorophyll Wrote: Until you open your mind to types of evidence other than empirical observation, there is nothing to discuss further relatively to the God question. We all agree, theists and atheists alike, that there is no direct empirical evidence of any supernatural being whatsoever, namely because the distinction natural/supernatural is a meaningless one that somewhat begs the atheist position.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"