reply to post by Kiltedninja
And you're right that we'll believe we're willing to believe far more farfetched ideas, because often times, there is more physical
evidence.
Call it intellectual honesty. Faith is stupid because by definition it's belief without evidence and evidence is the only thing we can rely on to
make informed judgements and when it comes to making the biggest bet in our lives - regarding the afterlife, I wanna be informed.
If the principle is in both the Old Testament and the New Testament then it still applies.
Cruelty and violence in the new testament:
skepticsannotatedbible.com...
Cruelty and violence in the old testament:
skepticsannotatedbible.com...
Kinda makes you wish that the almighty had the ability to inspire a non-convoluted book for us to read. Wait a minute, doesn't that seem a little
oxymoronic? Maybe not so much oxy, huh.
[edit on 6/2/2009 by Good Wolf]