Quote Originally Posted by bodhi View Post
actually, no one does any twisting when referring to the bible because there is no need. It contradicts itself in many ways - and, although it has some good to it the truth is that it's still a fictional book created by men who saw potential in it, and possible power to control the human mind
Really? Show me where Paul, Abraham, and John made millions off it.....

You never answered my scenario. Which "serpent" are they referring to in the Bible when it literally tells you that "you should take up serpents"? Is it a Boa or a Rattler? Both are "serpents", right? Is it too much for your mind to phathom that maybe they didn't mean a literal serpent? Could anything else be a "serpent"? Think about it and let me know.

It contradicts when your mindset is convinced that it makes no sense to YOU. I can tell you that Baby J's car is Red. YOU can look it and say it's more Pink. Now, does that difference change the FACT that the car is PAINTED at all???? Well, have you ever thought about the fact that some of the things that the Bible addresses are more than just face value? Their days weren't 24 hours long and their years weren't 365 and 1/2 days then. Does that mean that when they say "a day" or "a year" that it CHANGES what may have happened just because it doesn't match exactly to what we know today to be a "day" or a "year"????

also, what is the difference between believing in a magical being, who sees everything, hears everything, is all powerful and all knowing, and ppl who go to college to create their careers? To make a living off discovering new planets, life, ppl who study the ecosystem, ppl that observe micro organisms, ppl with an open mind who are capable of thinking for a higher purpose -- not just relying on a book to guide them through life and to waste their time praying to someone who'll never respond to your prayers...

is well, a BIG difference...
Once again, young Padowan, I truly believe that some of my prayers have indeed been answered. You clearly do not. That is what makes me a believer and you not. Has it ever occurred to you that God did answer your prayer(s) and maybe A: you weren't listening, or B: you didn't like the answer????

I have just given you "answers" to your questions, right? YOU may not like or agree with my "answers", right? Does that mean that I didn't "answer" them????? Again, apply that to your question to me. Since you are looking for an answer with your head in the sand doesn't mean that the answer wasn't given to you above the sand. This is an analogy, not a diss.