HK wrote:
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"John H." wrote in message
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What?

Are you saying the bible is NOT the word of god taken down by man to be
believed literally and followed precisely, no matter how many
translations and mistranslations and myths and folklore tales it
contains?

I'm shocked.
And JimH considers you such a tribute to mankind.
--
John H


Q: If I could prove the existence of god, would you then have faith?

A: If you could prove the existence of god, I wouldn't need faith.



It's not even the detail of the existence or non-existence of a creator.
I don't have any problems with the idea of a creator. Why not a creator?
It is as good an explanation as any.

It's the absolute stupidity involved in actually believing that the
bible, with all its books and all its conflicts and all its translations
and interpretations and all the different ways ordinary people decided
what went in and what was kept out, and the utter silliness over popes
that could get married and did and popes that could not and did or
didn't, and the never-ending fights between these Christians and those
Christians and my Christians versus your Christians and so forth and so
on, ad nauseum, that makes me say "a pox on all your houses," and "keep
your crap far away from me."

And that's one of the reasons I am so god-damned offended when religious
simpies try to shovel their beliefs onto and over society.


Do us and yourself a favor and go to the other side and let us know
what's there, if you can actually come back.