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Nothing will confuse you more or make you an Atheist faster than reading a little of this chapter. I tried to read it when I was younger, but even then I knew it was nothing more than a scripture written to try and control the populace.
So if a teenager -- I am now 40 -- can figure out they not the words of some God or a true disciple, why do intelligent adults keep grasping this ridiculous idea of an imaginary man in the sky? |
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exposure, the same rational can be applied to people who don't believe in the ridiculous man in the sky, the conceptual persuasion of having a more "logical" reality in it self is contradicting. just because some people can not retreat from a fantasy does not mean your automatically not in one. example, i don't believe in god, but i also don't believe in a linear time line, honestly we all are a bit crazy, but its probably better that most people don't know it yet lol.
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Edited by
massagetrade
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Thu 12/17/09 06:52 PM
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The bible was one of the first books (beyond See Spot Run) which I tried to read, as a very young child. I couldn't get very far, due to a lack of vocabulary, but I tried repeatedly.
I think a lot of children are far more logical than adults; I've been conditioned by life to habits of thought and the acceptance of ideas, and I think I was smarter when I was a kid. Anyway, what I did read of the bible made it clear to that this was a work of fiction, and a mythology comparable to the greek mythology. I thought adults were crazy, and was honestly baffled that everyone seemed to recognize zeus as myth, and no one seemed to recognize satan as myth. It made no sense! I'm also amazed at how few (people who call themselves) christians actually read the bible. I've spent far more time reading the bible, in my life, than the the vast majority of christians I've known. They listen to it being read to them at church on sunday, but so very few read it themselves. So i think thats part of your answer, Peccy. They just believe what their friends, family, and neighbors believe, and many don't really look into what the bible actually says. |
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The bible was one of the first books (beyond See Spot Run) which I tried to read, as a very young child. I couldn't get very far, due to a lack of vocabulary, but I tried repeatedly. I think a lot of children are far more logical than adults; I've been conditioned by life to habits of thought and the acceptance of ideas, and I think I was smarter when I was a kid. Anyway, what I did read of the bible made it clear to that this was a work of fiction, and a mythology comparable to the greek mythology. I thought adults were crazy, and was honestly baffled that everyone seemed to recognize zeus as myth, and no one seemed to recognize satan as myth. It made no sense! I'm also amazed at how few (people who call themselves) christians actually read the bible. I've spent far more time reading the bible, in my life, than the the vast majority of christians I've known. They listen to it being read to them at church on sunday, but so very few read it themselves. So i think thats part of your answer, Peccy. They just believe what their friends, family, and neighbors believe, and many don't really look into what the bible actually says. agreed. |
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The bible was one of the first books (beyond See Spot Run) which I tried to read, as a very young child. I couldn't get very far, due to a lack of vocabulary, but I tried repeatedly. I think a lot of children are far more logical than adults; I've been conditioned by life to habits of thought and the acceptance of ideas, and I think I was smarter when I was a kid. Anyway, what I did read of the bible made it clear to that this was a work of fiction, and a mythology comparable to the greek mythology. I thought adults were crazy, and was honestly baffled that everyone seemed to recognize zeus as myth, and no one seemed to recognize satan as myth. It made no sense! I'm also amazed at how few (people who call themselves) christians actually read the bible. I've spent far more time reading the bible, in my life, than the the vast majority of christians I've known. They listen to it being read to them at church on sunday, but so very few read it themselves. So i think thats part of your answer, Peccy. They just believe what their friends, family, and neighbors believe, and many don't really look into what the bible actually says. Zeus had a rubbish PR man, he didn't claim to be the one and only true god and believe me, it's a god-eat-god world... |
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Zeus had a rubbish PR man, he didn't claim to be the one and only true god and believe me, it's a god-eat-god world... Despite the playful tone, I think this is exactly the issue. Ideas compete and crowd each other out... the 'christian god' idea out-competed the zeus-god idea; not that i'm really anthropomorphizing ideas, but its a reflection of the interplay of ideas/beliefs and people and culture and books and groups and... |
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