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I'm familiar with the termIt's called "willing suspension of disbelief."
I'm familiar with the term
Without it, fiction would be ineffectual.
Show me the Bible being sold in the FICTION section at a bookstore.
Are you implying the Bible is the greatest piece of fiction on earth?
Reminds me of a joke from red dwarfI'm familiar with the term
Without it, fiction would be ineffectual.
Show me the Bible being sold in the FICTION section at a bookstore.
Are you implying the Bible is the greatest piece of fiction on earth?
In spite of the Bible, or with respect to It?Good. Then you'll understand when I say that some religions rely on an enforced suspension of disbelief.
If you say so.TLK Valentine said:Dissent, doubt, and of course, disbelief are disgouraged... sometimes rather harshly.
Looks like we both lose in the "show me" category, doesn't it?TLK Valentine said:Show me why bookstores are your yardstick for determining truth.
Must not be very good fiction then, eh?TLK Valentine said:Of course not -- it's disjointed, full of undeveloped characters, and riddled with gaping plot holes.
Is that why almost every person in America has a copy of Moby Dick on his bookshelf?TLK Valentine said:There's much better fiction out there.
I'm glad you brought this up.Reminds me of a joke from red dwarf
Newsreader: Good evening. Here is the news on Friday, the 27th of Geldof. Archaeologists near Mount Sinai have discovered what is believed to be a missing page from the Bible. The page is presently being carbon dated in Bonn. If genuine it belongs at the beginning of the Bible and is believed to read "To my darling Candy. All characters portrayed within this book are fictitious and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental." The page has been universally condemned by church leaders.
Maybe, but if one of those pages is the one in Red Dwarf...I'm glad you brought this up.
One theologian (Chuck Missler) describes the Bible as "written in spread-spectrum" design.
That means that you can tear a single page out, even several pages, and still get the message God intended.
... it would fall victim to:Maybe, but if one of those pages is the one in Red Dwarf...
Only if the page was not original to the book, but I joke and apologise for digressing from the op.... it would fall victim to:
Revelation 22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
Not a problem!Only if the page was not original to the book, but I joke and apologise for digressing from the op.
The Bible belongs in a section all Its own.Show me the Bible being sold in the non-fiction section of a bookstore.
QV please:SOURCE
Yes.So the Bible says God is real, therefore the Bible is right when it says God is real?
Ask your daughter what those flaws are.KTS said:My daughter can see the flaws in that argument.
If it was good enough for the likes of Abraham, Moses, David, and Paul, it's good enough for me.KTS said:You'll have to do better.
There are plenty of good dictionaries on the Net.KTS said:And it still didn't give me a working definition of God.
If you say so.I notice religious folks never do provide such a definition.
In spite of the Bible, or with respect to It?
Must not be very good fiction then, eh?
Is that why almost every person in America has a copy of Moby Dick on his bookshelf?
Yes.Does it matter?
Yes.
Did Al Capone work with respect to the law, or in spite of the law?
Yes.Did Jesus?
Yes.
... it would fall victim to:
Revelation 22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
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