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Jimmy Higgins · 05-28-2003, 02:00 PM

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Originally posted by Radcliffe Emerson
The bible is a superstitious book of myths, written in an age when people thought hurricanes, lightning, etc were called down upon them by angry gods, nothing more.

Actually it has some softcore porn too.

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The more we learn about the universe through science, the more obvious that becomes.

There is a dash of botany within Genesis 1 where it seperates plants into two groups, plants with seeds and plants that grow fruit with the seeds.

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The bible does not deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence as science, there is no science there, just make-believe.

The bible is full of old science. The original first story of creation was the explanation of how the universe was formed and was to be taken literally. The science in the bible has been shown long ago to be devoid of information, though not all of it is wrong. But he is a fool who builds his house on sand? I'd say not. He is a fool who builds his house on peat or other organic material or who founds his pipes shallower than the frost depth, etc...

Radcliffe Emerson · 05-28-2003, 03:02 PM

ps418 · 05-30-2003, 08:24 AM

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Originally posted by Doubting Didymus
Whenever I read any theology, I'm reminded of what an utterly pointless and useless endeavor it is. If anything can be called empty, purposeless pontification, it's this.

How true. . . for you. But its far from pointless if you have a great psychological need to reconcile two beliefs/observations that seem to be in conflict, like a creation story and modern science, or a loving, omnipotent god and a cruel, uncaring bitch of a universe.

Patrick

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