Topic: Why?
Inkracer's photo
Thu 03/26/09 07:11 PM
This is something that has been bugging me for a while now. Why is it, that anything we say in the General Religion, we are the ones that are required to show the proof. I'm not talking about the scientific things that we post. But why is it up to me, an Atheist, to prove that certain sections of the bible are truly there. (Like, for example, the numerous passages on stoning that I had to prove to a christian today were there)
huh

KerryO's photo
Thu 03/26/09 07:57 PM

This is something that has been bugging me for a while now. Why is it, that anything we say in the General Religion, we are the ones that are required to show the proof. I'm not talking about the scientific things that we post. But why is it up to me, an Atheist, to prove that certain sections of the bible are truly there. (Like, for example, the numerous passages on stoning that I had to prove to a christian today were there)
huh


Probably because minorities are often scapegoats, and nothing rubs people the wrong way more than uppity scapegoats.


-Kerry O.

Inkracer's photo
Thu 03/26/09 08:30 PM
Of course, the truly ironic thing is the one(s) that tend to demand I show prove of something in the bible is/are the one(s) that claim that because of my beliefs(well, lack of them) that I can't possibly understand the bible..

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Fri 04/24/09 03:39 PM
Because ignorance is bliss.
And so the reverse is also true.

Thoughtfulthug's photo
Tue 05/05/09 09:39 AM
Edited by Thoughtfulthug on Tue 05/05/09 09:41 AM
The bible was written by sheepherds, day laborers, and fishermen for about almost 2000 years ago when the majority of people thought the Sun revolve around the Earth. Must you care to come up with reasonable arguments against people who holds beliefs from reading texts by dinosaurs!?

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Tue 05/05/09 02:24 PM

The bible was written by sheepherds, day laborers, and fishermen for about almost 2000 years ago when the majority of people thought the Sun revolve around the Earth. Must you care to come up with reasonable arguments against people who holds beliefs from reading texts by dinosaurs!?


you never liked school much, did you.