13 Nov '06 14:33>
Originally posted by cashthetrashThere are many former beliefs I discarded when learning they were false. I used to believe in Santa Claus. Now I don't. As my knowledge expands, my beliefs are altered accordingly. But christians are unable to do that. Despite finding out that their bible has a plethora of errors, contradictions, and heinous cruelties, they cannot update their beliefs to accomodate new knowledge, or they're unwilling to do so. They're locked into coming up with increasingly more outlandish apologetics to try to reconcile their bible with the way the world actually is.
In all honesty have you ever believed any falsehoods to be true at any point in your life? And latter reversed your thinking? If so then why should we have any trust in what you disbelieve as accurate? You seem to believe antichrist but reject pro-christ. I say by your own theory that everything you say should be rejected because you or someone you bel ...[text shortened]... scovered a mustard seed to small for you to know about at this time. Wouldn't you look foolish?
If the bible is admittedly written not by god, but by man, and it can be demonstrated to contain many errors, contradictions, and heinous cruelties, then why should anyone be expected to take any of it seriously?