You need to be corrected on something which is quite foundational. Don’t come here expecting wishy-washy “oh gee, maybe the Bible is wrong” — “maybe we are smarter than God—” At this time you have aligned yourself with being a part of the problem...
There are some 40 authors for the 66 books in the Bible. A part of it was even written by God’s own finger! Doesn’t it seem like if just “some of it, gosh, might be, you know, nice to read and learn from, when we feel like it, except when it differs with human consensus—. (is that what you believe!?)—” - (To continue - ) Doesn’t it seem like if just “some of it—” is true, that this would include the part written by God’s own hand!?
Then read and learn from the middle of the Ten Commandments: Exodus 20:11a “For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is—”
In other words Creation is a non-negotiable. Think Biblically. Think scientifically. Become a creationist.
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For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is
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But where in the Bible does it say what a "day" is? And where does it say how "the heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is" was created - either immediately or by kicking off a self-perpetuating process that resulted in the appearance of the heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is?
My rejection of the bible is non-negotiable.
Think Biblically. Think scientifically.
One or the other, Ed. One or the other. "Think biblically" is patently oxymoronic. And no, you aren't going to redefine science.
BTW, what part was written by g0d's own...finger?
"There are some 40 authors for the 66 books in the Bible."
Is he actually admitting that the Bible is not the unexpurgated, inerrant Word of God (TM[)/b]?
"Think Biblically. Think scientifically. Become a creationist."
The bible doesn't go very well with the principle of hypothesis, observation, theory and validation.
Sorry.
Think scientifically. Become a creationist.
BOOM!
Dammit, Ed, you owe me a new irony meter.
How many times???? God iz real coz it sez so in teh BIBLE!!! and thats tru coz it woz ritten by GOD!!1!111!1!
Fail. Next.
There are some 40 authors for the 66 books in the Bible
I love how we have to lay down the law first, and establish what, exactly, we're not allowed to believe. I'm sure everything runs a lot smoother once you've made sure we all know which topics are unassailable.
But you can't use a book written by God to prove that He exists. Although computers can apparently magically bootstrap, in real life, it's called circular reasoning, and it's a logical fallacy.
It's like if I wrote on a piece of paper, "Troy is always right and everything he says is always true." It wouldn't make me right and I couldn't prove the piece of paper was right by referencing it.
There are some 40 authors for the 66 books in the Bible.
Yes, authors like Moses, who supposedly wrote an account of his own death and burial.
"Science has nothing in common with religion. Facts and miracles never did, and never will agree. They are not in the least related. They are deadly foes. What has religion to do with facts? Nothing. Can there be Methodist mathematics, Catholic astronomy, Presbyterian geology, Baptist biology, or Episcopal botany? Why, then, should a sectarian college exist? Only that which somebody knows should be taught in our schools. We should not collect taxes to pay people for guessing. The common school is the bread of life for the people, and it should not be touched by the withering hand of superstition."
Robert Ingersoll
.........."Some Mistakes of Moses", 1879
"Think Biblically. Think scientifically."
Can't, one contradicts the other.
"Become a creationist."
No, really I enjoy being a rational being.
If the part written by god is the ten commandments, sure, they're not too bad. The rest is, as you admit, written by people. People like you. I'm not listening to them.
In other words Creation is a non-negotiable.
Yes, it is.
Think Biblically.
If by that, you mean worship the KJV Bible, then no.
Think scientifically.
That's why I believe Evolution.
Become a creationist.
No. Hell, even my Church speaks out against Biblical literalism.
"Think Biblically. Think scientifically"
Well, make your mind up FFS, which one do you want ?
How does one count authorship exactly? You've got at least four for the Torah and two for Isaiah, but then you've got Chronicles-Ezra-Nehemiah, Luke-Acts, about half the letters of Paul (the others, presumably, written by a different author each time), and not a damn clue about how many of the different Johannine books were written by who...
"In other words Creation is a non-negotiable. Think Biblically. Think scientifically. Become a creationist."
Prove your claims. Drink poison. Don't die (Mark 16:15-19).
Wow, you've actually totally convinced me. I mean if part of it was written directly by God himself how can we argue with that ?? Oh yeah, just one more thing, forgive me if this is a stupid question but ... how do you know that part of this book was written by God ?? Huh ?? The ... book ... told ... you ??? Aaahhh, ummmm I'm just gonna go stand over there for a minute, nice meeting you.
40 authors, and god writes with his finger. Let me see if I can make fundysense (there's an oxymoron) out of this - god & jebus are the same guy, 10 fingers and 10 toes each, if we are created in the same image as him/them - and they write with whatever appendage they choose = 40 authors. Awesome. Contradictions arise because the right hand knoweth not what the left hand doeth.
(Hey, it ain't MY fault the bugs' legs got miscounted, my big left toe must have written that part. Or ask the kid, he had a part in this shit too.)
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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