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Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt
I seem more ignorant than anything else. But just because I simplify it doesn't mean pretention or ignorance.
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You attack something you clearly know nothing about. It seems like you are trying to sound smart by attacking something which is regularly attacked. Of course, these days one can bull**** there way around a true argument by just spouting out cliches.
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Yes I've opened the bible.
I liked the story about the snake and the apple tree.
And the one about Samsun, who had strength in his hair.
Lovely fairytales.
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What about Greek Mythology or Norse Mythology for that matter? They are just as much fairy tales. Albert Camus writes, "Myths are made for the imagination to breathe life into them." If you take the Bible as myth, you should be able to find some value by breathing your own life into it.
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Does studying the Bible subdue prentense or does it merely inflate pretense?
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Neither. I was pointing out the fact that all he is doing is reciting the cliches to make himself look like a
smart atheist.
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I do agree with the statement that faith can not be owned, necessarily--but why would someone choose a particular religion if they didn't have a reason?
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You could have a reason such as your family choosing it and such. You can't have a real reason though. What I mean is that the choice's will would have never originated in you. Take for instance the idea that you choose a religion because it has a morality you agree with. Well, why didn't you just use that morality in the first place without believing in a god?
The reasons are illogical and therefore irrational.