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Why believe the bible?

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Why believe the bible?
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RE: Why believe the bible?
July 1, 2018 at 10:34 pm
The existence of immoral behavior among animals does not help your case Huggy
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RE: Why believe the bible?
July 1, 2018 at 10:45 pm (This post was last modified: July 1, 2018 at 10:49 pm by Huggy Bear.)
Yeah, quote a bunch of scriptures out of context, that'll do it...
(July 1, 2018 at 10:34 pm)Tizheruk Wrote: The existence of immoral behavior among animals does not help your case Huggy
First of all those actions aren't considered "immoral" in relation to animals, which kind of does prove my point.
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#113
RE: Why believe the bible?
July 1, 2018 at 10:57 pm
(July 1, 2018 at 10:45 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: Yeah, quote a bunch of scriptures out of context, that'll do it...

Put them into any context you wish and then tell me how wonderful your fucking god is.
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#114
RE: Why believe the bible?
July 1, 2018 at 11:12 pm
As usual Huggy you fail to make a case
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#115
RE: Why believe the bible?
July 1, 2018 at 11:25 pm
I  don't think the process is quite this conscious for most Christians. Most Christians seem to follow this...

1. The Bible is true because god says it is
2. I know god says it is because I read it in the Bible

Rinse and repeat.
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#116
RE: Why believe the bible?
July 2, 2018 at 12:36 am
I think this covers most of them.

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RE: Why believe the bible?
July 2, 2018 at 2:13 am
(July 1, 2018 at 11:12 pm)Tizheruk Wrote: As usual Huggy you fail to make a case

And as usual Huggy cherry picks what to reply to in order to avoid the main argument

(July 1, 2018 at 10:16 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: So then according to your logic human beings also don't have any moral values because they also sometimes kill their infants.


Much like how Huggy cherry picked Frans De Waal ...

(July 1, 2018 at 1:45 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: As he writes from the article you cite:

Quote:For example, female chimpanzees have been seen to drag reluctant males towards each other to make up after a fight, removing weapons from their hands, and high-ranking males regularly act as impartial arbiters to settle disputes in the community. I take these hints of community concern as yet another sign that the building blocks of morality are older than humanity, and that we do not need God to explain how we got where we are today.


Of course Huggy is trying to ignore all these points which is why I am reminding him here. But if I say anything else on in this post that he could respond to instead he'll use it to ignore Fake Messiah's points again.
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RE: Why believe the bible?
July 2, 2018 at 8:09 am (This post was last modified: July 2, 2018 at 8:20 am by Succubus.)
(July 2, 2018 at 8:09 am)Succubus Wrote:
(July 1, 2018 at 10:45 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: Yeah, quote a bunch of scriptures out of context, that'll  do it...


Edit to fix link.
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RE: Why believe the bible?
July 2, 2018 at 9:00 am (This post was last modified: July 2, 2018 at 9:14 am by Drich.)
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RE: Why believe the bible?
July 2, 2018 at 10:31 am (This post was last modified: July 2, 2018 at 10:42 am by Angrboda.)
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