Ignorance and the Bible

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domer76

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It is quite humorous that those who are the most ignorant on the Bible are those who profess to be Bible thumping Christians. The scholars, people who actually STUDY the Bible for a living, are mostly atheists. And they became atheists only AFTER their deep study led them to that conclusion.

If the Bible stories that defy all laws of science and nature were written today, by an author we could actually talk to about his veracity, we would label it as science fiction.

But, since it was written by several unknown authors 2000 years ago, the believers take it as fact. Delusional. Willfully ignorant. Intellectually lazy.
 
domer76 said:
It is quite humorous that those who are the most ignorant on the Bible are those who profess to be Bible thumping Christians. The scholars, people who actually STUDY the Bible for a living, are mostly atheists. And they became atheists only AFTER their deep study led them to that conclusion.

If the Bible stories that defy all laws of science and nature were written today, by an author we could actually talk to about his veracity, we would label it as science fiction.

But, since it was written by several unknown authors 2000 years ago, the believers take it as fact. Delusional. Willfully ignorant. Intellectually lazy.
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domer76 said:
It is quite humorous that those who are the most ignorant on the Bible are those who profess to be Bible thumping Christians. The scholars, people who actually STUDY the Bible for a living, are mostly atheists. And they became atheists only AFTER their deep study led them to that conclusion.

If the Bible stories that defy all laws of science and nature were written today, by an author we could actually talk to about his veracity, we would label it as science fiction.

But, since it was written by several unknown authors 2000 years ago, the believers take it as fact. Delusional. Willfully ignorant. Intellectually lazy.
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Too many people lack the ability to think critically.
 
domer76 said:
It is quite humorous that those who are the most ignorant on the Bible are those who profess to be Bible thumping Christians. The scholars, people who actually STUDY the Bible for a living, are mostly atheists. And they became atheists only AFTER their deep study led them to that conclusion.

If the Bible stories that defy all laws of science and nature were written today, by an author we could actually talk to about his veracity, we would label it as science fiction.

But, since it was written by several unknown authors 2000 years ago, the believers take it as fact. Delusional. Willfully ignorant. Intellectually lazy.
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For me my transition to atheism came after years of self-reflection but definitely when I set out to read the Bible from cover to cover I came to realize that the primary source document had some theological "issues" (not even to mention the historical hit-or-miss aspect or the scientifically bankrupt aspect, but those were easy enough to dismiss as "allegorical" or "metaphorical")

The difference between approaching the Bible as just another bunch of old scrolls cobbled together and approaching it as the key document of all humanity is down to whether someone told you it was the critical document of all humanity. There is nothing within it that indicates deeper insight that couldn't be garnered through non-supernatural means. There's every aspect of human-fingerprints all over it. A vituperative god who acts like a human in one part of the document and then is all-loving and beyond understanding in another, flawed history, made-up just-so stories to explain otherwise normal things, fantasy stories and some good advice mixed in with bad advice.
 
domer76 said:
It is quite humorous that those who are the most ignorant on the Bible are those who profess to be Bible thumping Christians. The scholars, people who actually STUDY the Bible for a living, are mostly atheists. And they became atheists only AFTER their deep study led them to that conclusion.

If the Bible stories that defy all laws of science and nature were written today, by an author we could actually talk to about his veracity, we would label it as science fiction.

But, since it was written by several unknown authors 2000 years ago, the believers take it as fact. Delusional. Willfully ignorant. Intellectually lazy.
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I'm not Christian, so I have no reason to take anything written in the bible as fact just because it's in there. That being said, I've recently come to believe that while I certainly don't trust anything in there to be fact by default, it may well have been talking about very interesting things that did happen but were distorted due to various reasons. I really found Zecharia Sitchin's theories to be quite interesting. I don't know how much of what he believed is true, but it certainly got me thinking. The creator of the well known youtube channel The Why Files made a great video on his conclusions, which can be seen here:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZBRMcUkqNA&t=83s&ab_channel=TheWhyFiles
 
domer76 said:
It is quite humorous that those who are the most ignorant on the Bible are those who profess to be Bible thumping Christians. The scholars, people who actually STUDY the Bible for a living, are mostly atheists. And they became atheists only AFTER their deep study led them to that conclusion.

If the Bible stories that defy all laws of science and nature were written today, by an author we could actually talk to about his veracity, we would label it as science fiction.

But, since it was written by several unknown authors 2000 years ago, the believers take it as fact. Delusional. Willfully ignorant. Intellectually lazy.
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Agree. I have read parts of New Testament in the original Greek. More I learned about Christianity the more I thought it was pure idiocy.
 
Hume said:
Agree. I have read parts of New Testament in the original Greek. More I learned about Christianity the more I thought it was pure idiocy.
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You read Greek? Interesting. What are your favorite Greek writings? Lots of wisdom to be gleaned from ancient writings. Good to find a fellow seeker.
 
Hume said:
back to ignore you piece of shit
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Your choice. It's your life to live. I advise taking a few risks in your personal life. Nothing weird. Something simple such as sitting next to someone you like and saying, "Are you using that salt shaker?"

Among the best advice people who I respected was this: "Take more risks"

The advice being that we can't learn as much or as fast if we keep avoiding mistakes. By taking risks and making mistakes, even if just small ones, we learn and grow.

Taking a risk can be seen both professionally and spiritually, such as a leap of faith.
 
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