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- From: heflin@rtsg.mot.com (Suzanne Stratton Heflin)
- Subject: Re: Atheism and Intelligence
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- References: <1992Dec13.061001.18766@linus.mitre.org> <a6J2VB4w165w@iowegia.uucp>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 17:12:10 GMT
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- quest@iowegia.uucp (Steve J. Quest) writes:
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- > Check out the library- how many factual verses fictional
- >books are there? My opinion holds that the bible is about 10
- >percent fact, "jazzed up" with fiction to make their god represent
- >more power than the other gods of the time. A bit of the old
- >childhood "my Dad can beat up your Dad" scenerio. Fiction is
- >important and prolific in our society. It is no wonder why the
- >bible is filled with it.................sq
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- Which 10% would you say is fact? How do you explain the hundreds of
- prophecies in the Bible that have proven true, verified by other ancient
- historians and even modern archaeologists? Many people, myself included,
- wonder why there is so much "boring fact" in the Bible, particularly in the
- Old Testament, when we'd rather have just the good "God stuff" Well, that
- "boring fact" is looking more and more interesting to those that feel, as
- you do, that the Bible is 90% fiction. Don't judge the Bible, or the
- Christian faith, by hearsay alone, or what you see one believer do.
- Investigate it as you would anything, by rigorous study and scientific
- method. I think you'll be surprised at astronomers and archaeologists that
- have set out to disprove some aspect of the Bible, only to become believers.
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