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To: Stone Mountain
Sorry, I think most people view those as myth.

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This doesn't mean that the teacher has to say that God is a myth, or that Christianity is wrong.


Only that the God of the Bible is a myth since the things that it says that He did is a myth. Right?

One has to acknowledge that there is no reason to believe that the Christian flood story is any less mythical as any other religious flood story, if one wants to be even-handed in teaching a subject like this.

There are many reasons to believe that the Christian flood story is less mythical than any other religious flood story. The Bible is full of prophecy that testifies to it's own truth. To call the stories of the Bible a "myth" is to call the author of those stories either "misinformed" or a "liar". No other religion has a documented record that comes remotely close to that of the Bible.
26 posted on 03/09/2007 12:21:35 PM PST by Sopater (Creatio Ex Nihilo)
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To: Sopater
Only that the God of the Bible is a myth since the things that it says that He did is a myth. Right?

I'm not sure I understand the distinction. God can certainly be responsible for biblical myths that teach us something, right?

There are many reasons to believe that the Christian flood story is less mythical than any other religious flood story.

Guess we'll have to agree to disagree on that one. There are numerous scientific problems that don't get resolved if you believe the entire earth was flooded with water. If you are saying that science doesn't matter because it was a miracle, then we're back to the Christian flood story being basically like any other religious flood story. If you believe that everything in the bible is literally true, and that there are no myths in there, that's another thing we would have to agree to disagree on. I don't believe that, nor do I believe such should be taught in public schools.
27 posted on 03/09/2007 12:55:10 PM PST by Stone Mountain
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