“What the Bible is saying is that one who does not believe is both stupid and blind.”
Noted.
I mean, I’d have to have some reason to think that what the Bible says is meaningful to me. I do not. So, you know, insult away from your confident, smug position.
“ He does not see what there is to see.”
Oh, I see what’s there. I just don’t see any justification for you assigning it to your skybeast for credit.
“Not only is he blind, but he is also likely to act blindly.”
‘blind,’ here, meaning ‘NOT IAW your superstition.’ Got it.
“ He does not recognize any purpose in existence,”
that’s incorrect. I just don’t recognize any externally assigned purpose.
“ and is therefore likely to act without direction.”
Have you ever MET an atheist?
“ He does not recognize Truth,”
No, i do not believe that everything YOU say is truth is anything more than you being credulous.
“ and is apt to do everything wrong.”
Everything, huh?
I’ve never cheated on my wife.
I’ve never beaten my kids.
We live well within our means.
I had a security clearance that was above Top Secret and never violated national security.
Never smoked, never used illicit drugs, only drunk once in high school despite making several port visits in the Navy…
I think you’re talking out your ass, here.
“He is so unperceptive that he cannot be trusted.”
Above Top Secret for 20 years, Secret right now.
“ He says that there is no God because he is a fool.”
No. I say I have no reason to believe in any gods. Your conviction isn’t convincing.
“He is too blind to see God all around him;”
Meh. You’re overimpressed by complexity, I’d guess?
“ or else he is too selfish to share his own world with its Creator.”
Give me a reason to think there IS a creator to share it with…
“In the entire Bible, you will not find a single philosophical argument for the existence of God.”
Most apologist posts, too.
People believe because they were trained to believe before they really thought about it, and don’t know how to question it.
I had questions. No one could answer them, and mostly they blamed me for ASKING the questions. Left the church, and somewhere in my search for God, realized I’d lost all interest.
“It is simply assumed.”
Well, yeah. If they published a decent argument, they might have to face a decent rebuttal.
“ The Bible does not waste time trying to convince the atheist that he is wrong.”
The bible is not for the atheist, nor aremost apologists. Ray Comfort, for example, only appears to argue against Atheists, but he’s really just convincing his flock that there ARE decent arguments.
“He is considered a fool, too dull to understand, or too wicked to want to.”
Yeah, that’s me. I do crossword puzzles in ink because I’m a dullard.
I worked a suicide hotline because it’s all about me.