Is the Bible Literally True? No, of Course Not!

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Poor anchovies... walking like a lispy leftist... quacking like a lispy leftist...

I think The Sock has run out of lefty lispy buzzwords for you. I noticed you haven't found any new ones from him in quite awhile.

 

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"Ahhhh, the ol' patented "you believe you know more than [inthert thum thooper thmart perthon(th) here].

Why YES, YES I do.



This is why there's no reason to continue this conversation. Best of luck when you consult a mechanic for your chest pain!

Best of luck when you consult a doctor to fix your car.

 

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Apparently, it says “do it our way, or else”. At least, that’s your take on it.

The theology of reward and punishment. A god made in man’s image.

Obviously, you have never read it.

 

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Why would I consult a mechanic for chest pain?!

TOO FUNNY!

Maybe the chest pain is because a car is on top of you?

Or perhaps another mechanic has a better way to reach that part than leaning over the fender that far and giving yourself a chest pain.

 

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"It could be as "recent" as roughly 6,000 years old"

What is the scientific basis for the possibility that the Earth "could" be roughly 6,000 years old...you know.... since you put significant importance on scientific evidence.

RQAA. Stop asking the same question over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over.

 

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Apparently education and experience in a given profession isn't important to you. How else could you claim to be better equipped to translate/interpret the Bible than people who are actually knowledgeable in that area? Do you believe that the different translations/interpretations of the Bible are being done by podiatrists?

Claiming that only the Holy Learned Priest knows anything about the Bible isn't going to work, Sock.

You DO love to worship educational institutions that have difficulty teaching people 2+2.

Reading the Bible doesn't require a degree, license, certification, or any other sanctification.

You can't use that excuse to change the Bible, Sock.

 

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Unlike you I will answer the question:

1. No (there is no reason to believe there is "eternal life")
2. The Bible contains a lot of really good rules for living a decent and kind life
3. The Bible contains a lot of really bad examples of people doing horrible things in the name of their God

You continue to show that you never read the Bible, Sock.

 

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The only way the earth could be 6000 years old is if the entirety of physics, chemistry and hydrology were all a giant lie. (Even if one believes God made it despite the laws of physics it's bad theology because it makes God into a liar.)



You don't know the science.

You are not discussing science, Sock. Religion is not science.

Science doesn't care how old the Earth is. Whether it's 6000 yrs old or 6 million, nothing changes in physics or chemistry. Hydrology is not science.

 

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If a study of the universe and its contents, whether it be at a micro or macro level, isn't in the purview of science, what area of study is it?

Religion.

 

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So how do you explain 10,000 years of seasonal varve deposits?

Religion.

How do you explain radiometric dating?

Religion.

 

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Wow..... just wow. I'm speechless.

There is clearly no path forward for a useful discussion.

Running away again, Sock?

 

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People who can enjoy the benefits of nuclear medicine will fight to the lengths of credulity to deny nuclear science when it conflicts with a literalist interp of the Bible.

There is no 'nuclear science'. Nuclear reactions have nothing to do with the Bible and do not conflict with the Bible.

 

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Absolutely NONE OF WHICH YOU UNDERSTAND.

But I bet if the doctor told you that you needed a PET scan you'd do it no problem whatsoever. Because you don't know anything about any of this stuff.

(Feel free to google what a PET scan is)

You would lose your bet.

I happen to know a lot more about medical scanners of all types than you do. I build instrumentation for them.

 

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Are you coming down with a cold?

Maybe it's COVID... no wait, it's definitely COVID... Have you had all your jabs? Of course you have... that's why you're getting sick... AGAIN....

 

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I'm not being dishonest about anything and my reaction has nothing to do with a basic fact that you're being honest. My reaction is due to the content of your honesty. I'm rarely shocked. I've debated with white nationalist/neo-nazis who have honestly expressed belief in conspiracy theories that left my jaw on the floor. I know of Muslims who have justified a level of immorality, in the name of religion, that were so abhorrent that I thought I misunderstood.

What you honestly expressed, in the year 2024, was the most shocking thing I've heard/read in a decade.

He's not a Nazi, Sock. Nazis were socialists, like YOU.

 

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An atheist might be tempted to respond "HE IS LEAVENED!!!" ... although said atheist might also refrain from such.

Looks like this atheist took the first course of action.

 

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I hear that a lot from racists, white supremacist, conspiracy theorists, religious extremists, the far rights and far left.

Stop making shit up, Sock.

The Democrat party is a conspiracy. They are also racist.

 

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A leftist? Based on what? Is it because I think climate change might be real?

Yup. 'Climate change', of course, is a meaningless buzzword. Climate cannot change.

Is it because I think Trump is a 275lb pile of shit?

Yup. Believing that also makes you a leftist.

You think you have to be a leftist to recognize that?

Yup.

You don't even have to be a Democrat to see that.

How do you know? You're a Democrat.

I haven't voted for a Dem for President since BILL Clinton....his first term. I didn't vote for Gore, Obama, Hillary or Biden.

Don't lie, Sock.

And what does climate change or gender dysphoria have to do with race?

Nothing, but you equate them to somehow be the same.

 

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Interesting. What would you call someone who pretends to be baffled by the simplest of terms to avoid answering the simplest of questions?

You.

I've never commented on how good of a president Trump was. Says the person who continues to pretend to be confused by the most basic of words.No. The potential is equal. The current leader of the Republican party is setting the standard for dishonesty. Because they can't, you impossibly dishonest fool.

You are describing Biden again. You cannot project YOUR or Biden's problems on Trump.

Nope. I, as you know but pretend you don't, was just pointing out that lots of shitty people take issue with me..... because I'm not generally a shitty person.

Blatant lie.

 

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So you are a literalist? (You know there are many sects of Christianity that are NOT literalist,right?)

Buzzword fallacy, Sock. YOU don't get to define a Bible literalist, since you have never read the Bible.