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Oh, here we go with that good old standby, "If you read the Bible, you'd be a believer!"
Newsflash: I have read the Bible, and I found it to be rather boring and certainly not the font of spiritual enlightenment you and so many others believe it is.
Why is it that so many believers can't comprehend that others can read the Bible and NOT get the same results they did?
That seems rather circular. I have to believe in order to get what I need in order to believe.
Sounds to me like it's just saying that once I believe, I'll be willing to embrace anything that supports my preconceived notions, so I'll latch onto the flimsiest things to retain my beliefs while going out of my way to dismiss even the strongest evidence that contradicts them.
Sorry, but I have more intellectual integrity than that.
Most of the bible is easily understood by anyone. But it takes the Holy Spirit indwelling to really "get it".
I said nothing of the sort. You don't have to believe a word. Many study evolution and pass the course...and don't believe a word of it.
Intellectual integrity doesn't translate to moral integrity (see my many posts concerning our dirty lakes).
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