“Our willingness to accept scientific claims that are against common sense”
Would you be willing to hold biblical/religious claims against common sense to the same standards of intellectual inquiry?
Remember science is built to re-examine claims based on new evidence. Aren’t scientist the ones who usually call BS on bad science-even recently in the world of quantum physics a scientist called BS on his own theory.
My point is that science gets things wrong and then can revisit the theories without impugning the integrity of the scientific process. Religion/biblical claims can not revisit their conclusions without impugning the source-bible/god. So as these claims are shown to be off the common sense mark the sources are impugned over and over again-sun revolves around the earth, earth stood still, the moon is a ‘light’, the unfounded ‘exodus’ etc.
So if we apply the same standards of intellectual inquiry the religious/biblical claims are proven false and impugn the validity/reliability of the source-bible/god.
No where else in intellectual inquiry is a source material allowed to jump back & forth across the literal/figurative interpretations line. Why is religion/bible/god allowed this intellectually dishonest dodge?
The koran is a racist/bigoted collections of writings to promote social/religious/political/sexual control. we call that out for what it is.
Why do we not call out the bible/christian god for the convenient, mercurial flip-flopping of literal/figurative interpretations of ‘his words’ when subjected to the same standards of intellectual inquiry that science is held to?
Careful.. Truth causes great pain, wailing, and gnashing of teeth here.
This one seems to have your name written all over it bb!
We'll leave that one up to you; you can present your paper at the big symposium of the Great White Throne.