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Quote by: anmon This is how I see it too, but explaining stuff scientifically was beyond most peoples comprehension then so storys were used instead.
For instance, Gen 2.7 could be interpreted for extremely small- 'dust' like molecules DNA, and we are know that human beings broken down to the solids are actually just a lot of minerals including iron, just like dust which is from the earth. |
gee, I actually (somewhat) agree with you for a change.
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Quote by: rez Aw your a worse literalist than the creationist you hate |
I find that isn't uncommon for Atheists who really don't like Christians to try and tell them to be the Christians that are easy to dislike.
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Quote by: Zhavric Nope. Not without sacrificing any and all intellectual honesty. |
For you, believing in God by itself sacrifices any and all intellectual honesty.
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Quote by: Zhavric Furthermore, this line of reasoning falls apart when we look at how most Christians treat the rest of the bible because you're establishing a dangerously honest precedent. What you're effectively saying is "a passage in the bible that science has determined to be impossible is likely figurative and doesn't literally mean what it says." However, you still need many critical bits of the bible to be literal for Christianity to work. If you have a figurative fall of man then why do you need a literal savior to sacrifice himself. For that matter, how can you claim that Jesus came back from the dead? Isn't coming back from the dead every bit as impossible as the Earth forming in a day or Noah building an entire ark with his bare hands? |
This isn't really the purpose of the thread.
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Quote by: Zhavric Is that why Islam exits? To control? To have power over the masses? It seems to me Islam exists to give hope. |
Extreme Atheists and Extreme Christians share an alarming number of view points.
Islam was based off of the the teachings of Mohammad (mostly), and you tell me what his goal was. I think it may have been hope.
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Is that why Scientology exits? To control? To have power over the masses? It seems to me Scientology exists to give hope.
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Scientology isn't a religion by itself Zhavric.
no offense, but aside from being obnoxious, that is just lame.