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What do Atheists believe the Bible as?
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RE: What do Atheists believe the Bible as?
July 17, 2011 at 5:42 pm
This is what happens when you fail to question the value of things, TheCarlisle.
Question and demand evidence.
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Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.

Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.

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RE: What do Atheists believe the Bible as?
July 17, 2011 at 5:56 pm
Facts are inconvenient for the biblically-based. Ace.

What they really desire is that someone.....ANYONE...just tell them that their bullshit is true. Then they can retreat in la-la land and not have to worry about reality coming to hunt them down.
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RE: What do Atheists believe the Bible as?
July 17, 2011 at 6:12 pm
(July 17, 2011 at 5:56 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Facts are inconvenient for the biblically-based. Ace.

What they really desire is that someone.....ANYONE...just tell them that their bullshit is true. Then they can retreat in la-la land and not have to worry about reality coming to hunt them down.

Aye, no one wants to pull a wagon full of bullshit alone. Misery loves company.
No child wants to be told that Santa isn't real.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan

Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.

Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.

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RE: What do Atheists believe the Bible as?
July 17, 2011 at 6:40 pm
(July 17, 2011 at 6:12 pm)Ace Otana Wrote: No child wants to be told that Santa isn't real.

Especially when Santa is giving out eternal life and happiness.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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RE: What do Atheists believe the Bible as?
July 17, 2011 at 6:48 pm
Man you people who are disagreeing with the bible are eejits. Veggie tales says its all true. Everything else can go take a flying FUCK. "mon the Bible"
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RE: What do Atheists believe the Bible as?
July 17, 2011 at 6:52 pm
(July 17, 2011 at 6:40 pm)FaithNoMore Wrote:
(July 17, 2011 at 6:12 pm)Ace Otana Wrote: No child wants to be told that Santa isn't real.

Especially when Santa is giving out eternal life and happiness.

Not to mention punishing all the people you hate for fucking ETERNITY. That's a big piece of the puzzle, too. They've invented a god who is the ultimate big brother coming to punish the school yard bullies who stole your lunch money!
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RE: What do Atheists believe the Bible as?
July 17, 2011 at 7:00 pm
(July 17, 2011 at 11:46 am)TheCarlisle Wrote: Time and time again, I hear that the Bible is wrong and a tool to brainwash. Me, being a Christian, don't fully understand the atheist's position. What do you believe about the Bible? Was it created for brainwashing people? Or was it created by people who truly believed that they were influenced by a god when there is none?

I personally believe that it is the word of God, and it's the only word of God we can base Christianity on.
You'd do yourself a great service if you researched the origins of the Bible so as to find it is the poorly compiled errant historic fiction of men, politics and ego.

There's a Professor, Bart Ehrman, who has authored many books that may help you to find the truth. If you have the faith to seek it out.



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RE: What do Atheists believe the Bible as?
July 17, 2011 at 7:13 pm
(July 17, 2011 at 6:40 pm)FaithNoMore Wrote:
(July 17, 2011 at 6:12 pm)Ace Otana Wrote: No child wants to be told that Santa isn't real.

Especially when Santa is giving out eternal life and happiness.

Or at least IOUs for such.
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RE: What do Atheists believe the Bible as?
July 17, 2011 at 7:21 pm
Quote:What do Atheists believe the Bible as?

Nonsense.
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RE: What do Atheists believe the Bible as?
July 17, 2011 at 7:32 pm
(July 17, 2011 at 6:40 pm)FaithNoMore Wrote:
(July 17, 2011 at 6:12 pm)Ace Otana Wrote: No child wants to be told that Santa isn't real.

Especially when Santa is giving out eternal life and happiness.

Children have as much chance of being given a gift by a Santa as they do eternal life and happiness by Jesus (god).
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