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Quote by: texasdave  Try reading the book and THEN judging it. |
txsdv, life is way too short for me to start through your reading list of "just so" stories.
When I was taking my undergraduate degree I took four advanced courses on religion and religious philosophy in order to help better understand some of the issues you raise. People like you kept telling me that I should study the works of more informed people than themselves, and then I would understand. So I did.
Well, txsdv, I do understand. All--and I mean ALL--religious thinking and dogma of all religions through all of human history comes down to blind faith in a "story" about one or more supernatural beings that cannot be supported with any independent evidence.
In all the visible Universe, not one scintilla of evidence has ever been observed that supports your--or anyone's--religious notions, regardless of how strongly you or they believe them.
So, why would I continue to invest time in more of the same, in particular reading a commercial, fund raising Baptist preacher's best selling "story" (to Christians) about how he died, went to heaven, and came back to life?
After all the Christian texts I've read in order to graduate, the notion of reading one more is as appealing--and would be about as useful--as traveling to New Jersey to join thousands of Christian pilgrims gathering to see the weeping faces of Jesus and Mary in a pizza.
Regards
S.