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You should look up various translations of the Bible. They are not all thee's and thou's.
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I think the ones with the most followers have kept them, I like them because it takes you back to a time when the Bible was considered to the whole truth and nothing but the truth, if you questioned the Bible you questioned the whole fabric of society.
I thought we had moved on from those times but it would seem that I was wrong, some of us haven't.
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You do know that there are plenty of modern translations of the Bible, don't you? And you also know that there are plenty of other religions besides Christianity, many of which not only do not feature books written in early modern English, but also lacking any of the features you attribute to "Religion".
Allow me to ask you a personal question at this point, dingdong:
how old are you, exactly?
It's not that I'd wish to discriminate against you based on your age or anything. There's plenty of wisdom to be found in unlikely places, regardless of physical age. It's just that... well, knowing your age might actually restore some of my faith in humanity.
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My age has nothing to do with it, in fact I could ask you the same thing, what are you doing still believing the stories you were told as a child? and if you were not told the stories what are you doing believing them now? you are grown up now and should know better.
Please tell me where the wisdom is in old myths about supernatural beings, I don't deny the Bible and the other religious books contain some solid ideas about life and living but the idea that there is another life after this one is nothing more than wishful thinking.
I truly believe that religions do more harm than good.
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SmileAndAHandshake
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Why bother? You're an atheist, you believe in nothing (of a spiritual sort, that is).
I don't mind that you're an atheist. I have no "crazy Christian impulse" to convert you. I'm a live and let live kinda gal. If you believe there's nothing, I really don't have any interest in trying to change your mind.
Happy atheisting!
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And Lo! What cracks me up is more recent scripture thats penned in this anachronistic diction, to lend it a veneer of authenticity.
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It's not me saying there are supernatural beings flying around, if I said I believed in the FSM you would be well within your rights to ask me where he was, so, where is this God everyone keeps talking about? anyone seen or heard from him lately?
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She should know better than to ask for proof for OR against gods. We all should.
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A really good friend of mine thought the same thing for years. Then she realized it was just her best-conscience she was talking to, or something like that. It sounds like such a "relationship" can be very valuable.
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No one can prove you wrong, though.
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So you believe not because there is a God but because no one can prove that there is no God,
that sounds about the only thing you could do when there is nothing there to believe in anyway.
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Isn't that what you are saying?
So you dont believe not because there isn't a God but because no one can prove that there is a God,
That last sentence you wrote is bad, by the way...u left some words out or something...but I can't prove it, just seems based on my experience with sentence structure that there is something there that is missing but important to the understanding of the sentence.
Sure wish I could put my finger on it, but....
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Take a look around the world and you will see that the most desperately poor countries on earth are the most religious (apart from the oil rich countries, and they would be if they didn't have oil)
even in America the desperate parts are where religion thrives and academic achievement is lowest.
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