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To: antiRepublicrat
If you start with the premise that inconsistencies cannot exist within the Bible, then you run into serious logical problems when confronted with the multitude contained within it.

There are no serious logical problems found within the Bible. For instance, your bat/bird point is not any problem as far as faith and practice goes, and tantamount to not reading a book because you found a mispelled word. It's a simplistic childish way to approach the Bible, but one I'm sure lets your feel quite smug and superior. The Bible is consistant when it matters, and you cannot find a case otherwise.

According to your interpretation of one inconsistent, scientifically innacurate book. Doesn't fly.

It's not MY interpretation it's exactly what the book says. Not only that it is a reasonable explantion for the polytheism we see today, regardless of what book it came from. The written language of the world all began about the same time, archeology will tell you this, which coincidently also dates to the time of the first written work of the Bible. So because every other culture was polytheistic in their writing this can only indicate a prima facie case of a polytheisic only civilization(s)? Hardly! Did you check your logic at the door? What I have pointed out is not irrational, but I can see how it could hurt your cherished "beliefs". Don't want anything to screw up the smugness nor the superiority.

ere you make the gross mistake of calling it a religion, which then requires a god. It is not a religion, therefore has no god, including the "self." With the concept of God being so central to your life I realize you can't understand the concept of atheism, so you might as well just drop that.

Humanism is a religion and it does have a god - Self - which ironically is the same god of Satan. I can understand atheism as a philosophy. I've read Nietzsche, Freud, Marx, Heidegger, Rand, Jefferson, Paine, etc. And athiesm at its core rejects god because "god," as defined by the individual, doesn't meet with the individual's own personal definition. So the atheist stomps his feet like a child (Whaaaah!), because "god" doesn't grant them their definition, and claims, "there is no 'god'". The atheist may not build an literal alter and worship themselves, but for all practical purposes the atheist is his own god.

234 posted on 01/28/2004 9:26:43 AM PST by realpatriot71 (It's time to build a freakin' wall!)
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To: realpatriot71
There are no serious logical problems found within the Bible. For instance, your bat/bird point is not any problem as far as faith and practice goes, and tantamount to not reading a book because you found a mispelled word

The Bible does have errors! Who is to say that your important parts are not errors, too? The contradictions are too numerous to mention here, and would practically require their own web site. If hundreds of volumes must be written to explain away all of the errors and inconsistencies in only one book using twisted logic and massive assumption, you'd think there are problems with that book.

The written language of the world all began about the same time, archeology will tell you this, which coincidently also dates to the time of the first written work of the Bible.

The beginnings of the Bible were written around 1500 BC, while the earliest written languages began around 3,300 B.C., and possibly earlier. There were entire libraries of written works a thousand years before Moses. The earliest stories in the Bible happened centuries before they were ever written down. Until then it was oral tradition.

Humanism is a religion and it does have a god - Self - which ironically is the same god of Satan.

Yes, you truly don't understand. Like they say, "If Atheism is a religion, then health is a disease." or, alternately, "...bald is a hair color." Realize that other people do not need the concept of a god in order to live a happy, productive life.

238 posted on 01/28/2004 10:23:20 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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