DogmaHunter
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Do we need evidence for that? Not really because a story does not have to be true to be significant.
Did you really just say that it actually doesn't matter if the bible is correct or not?
What about Noah 4300 years ago? Was Noah a real person, did the flood really take place? I say it does, but it does not matter because it is 4300 years later and we are still telling the story of Noah and all of his animals on the Ark. Because the story rings true in the collective consciousness of every man, women and child that has ever lived from every tongue, nation, tribe and people. This is a story that has mass appeal in the collective consciousness of all people.
Indeed, it seems that that is exactly what you are saying.
Well, in that case, there is nothing left to talk about. If you are flat out admitting that you don't care wheter or not these stories are actually true, and you are simply content in believing them anyway, then....yea....
So IF the story is true or not does absolutely NOTHING to diminish the power of the story. You simply do not have a better story. Evolution has come up with some good stores and evolution has survived for over 100 years now. But evolution has a long way to go because Moses and the stories he told have lasted for 3500 years now and those stories continue to be told and they go from generation to generation.
The difference is, off course, that scientific theories are actually helpfull. They actually contribute to knowledge and practical applications. They actually have explanatory power.
Scripture-story-beliefs won't help you in flying a spaceship to the moon. In some cases though, it will only help you flying a plane into a building. While both the plane and the building exist thanks to science.
Nothing is going to stop that. The stories will continue to be told and you can react anyway you want to react. You can receive that story any way you want to receive that story. But in the end nothing is going to stop the Bible and Bible stories from going from generation to generation.
I'm sure Vikings once felt the same way about Thor and Whalhala.
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