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- From: gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart)
- Subject: Re: Atheism and Intelligence
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 22:29:22 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.222922.24255@cbnewse.cb.att.com>
- References: <1992Dec13.061001.18766@linus.mitre.org> <a6J2VB4w165w@iowegia.uucp> <heflin.725649130@cherokee30>
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- In article <heflin.725649130@cherokee30> heflin@rtsg.mot.com (Suzanne Stratton Heflin) writes:
- >quest@iowegia.uucp (Steve J. Quest) writes:
- >
- >> 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
- >
- >
- >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
-
- In all fairness, the "proofs" of these prophecies are generally debated
- themselves, and are considered by the opposition to be more of the stuff
- that the previous poster has referred to.
-
- >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
-
- Here, you are agreeing with the previous poster if you make a distinction
- between "fact" and "God stuff".
-
- >"boring fact" is looking more and more interesting to those that feel, as
-
- There you go. "Boring fact" apparently has less of an effect on you and
- those you are referring to than the more dramatic material, and again,
- this certainly isn't surprising, and agrees with the original poster.
- I'd certainly be more impressed with a burning bush than with a guy
- telling me he's "heard tell" of something.
-
- >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.
-
- I'd be interested in some names. Perhaps you could post some? You might
- also be interested in the recent issue of Time that discusses that very
- thing and exactly how the various scientists describe their personal
- views of "god" and the Bible.
-
- GMS
-