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--IrishRockhound
Although Faith may be rock-steady in her belief, there are many, many more who are not and can be dissuaded by evidence and scientific reasoning. How many stories have we heard of fundamentalists who, in the face of the evidence, abandoned the creationist position and became theistic evolutionists instead? They perform these contortions in an effort to stop this.
And I'm one of them. And you know what finally got me to realise there is more evidence for the Loch Ness monster that there is for Jesus and 99% of the bible?
This thread, thanks to Iasion. From that thread I found a link to
the Jesus puzzle website too, and with me already wondering how nobody ever told me how bogus half the stuff was, that website sealed the deal. And you know what? I feel so much better about my life than I ever did as fundamentalist, knowing that I am living THIS life, not just carefully setting everything up in the hope I do well enough for the next life. I'm living now, not preparing for the next one.
But, because I have come from the same position as people like Faith, I can see why they believe so strongly. The simple fact is, the bible is not wrong. It's 100% right. No matter WHAT evidence you can come up with, it has to somehow fit around the bible. I know (knew) it is 100% correct, and just because you find some bones that say otherwise, your misinterpreting them. If you told me rocks prove how old the earth really is, you’re wrong because the bible says other wise. You might have tons of evidence that Noah was not real, but your and the evidence is wrong because the bible says otherwise! And then when faced with evidence that is absolutely condemning to areas of the bible and cannot simply be ignored, I would use the same line I see so often around here: “God made it like that”. Bull. Your just saying that so you can conveniently side step any possible doubt that creeps into your mind.
Unfortunately you can never get away from this position and see that maybe, just maybe, the bible is not all it's cracked up to be because that means doubting your faith, and that will send your ass straight to hell. It’s a wonderful little catch 22 the church has made, and no matter how much you bash people in the head, even people who still believe in the Loch Ness monster, telling them ”They used satellite navigation technology to aim 600 separate sonar beams through Loch Ness to ensure that none of the loch was missed and found no trace of the monster”, but it wont make a damn bit of difference. No, just like I had to, you have to figure it out on your own. You have to realise that ”what if?’ your own way, and not be scared by the church or by fears of God condemning you to hell if you see the bible from the other side and realise it’s pretty damn bogus.
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