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I Belive in a God, used to call my self a christain at one point, but long abandoned that title. I am at best agnostic, I belive there is a devinity in the universe, but I don't profess to understand it's nature.
Hmmm, that's the first time I have ever known someone to profess belief in the supernatural and also call themselves an agnostic.
To me, you are a Theist, because you believe in God. Of course, you can call yourself anything you want!
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In any case, I have allways found it interesting when confronted by fundamentalists why they feel Evolution is at odds with Christianity. It seems rather silly to base your whole religion on the verasity of easely dispovable myths put forth in a 4000 year old text, especially when the heart of christianity are it's tenats: Love one another, Love your neighbor, etc.
Whouldent Jesus rather you follow his teachings about morality than bickering about the errancy or inerrancy of a bunch of old folk tales?
Why do Christians concentrate so much on nitpicky subject such as "biblical facts" rather than trying to glean the moral and spiritual truths that the bible certainly has?
Because that's scary, uncomfortable, and takes a lot of emotional and intellectual effort.
It's much easier to not have to figure anything out.
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Why do Christians feel that in order for there to be truth and validity to Christianity, every word in the Bible must be litteral fact when it clearly isnt? Likewise, why do they feel the Bible, like any other text, shouldent be criticaly, or figuratively, aproached?
I would say, actually, that most of the world's Christians do not have any or much objection to science, and do not take the Bible literally.
Biblical literalists, or maybe fundamentalist Christian, are the folks you are talking about.
However, anyone who says they take the Bible literally never actually seems to be consistent. They interpret just like everytone else; they just do it in different places and come to different conclusions.
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Evolution is a science, a fact, and a theory in the same sense as the Theory of Gravity. the Bible surely contradicts Gravity more than once, yet I see no Christians denying it's exitance.
Like the passages were the sun stands still, or when in moves backward.
Yes, that is strange, isn't it?
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So I ask, why do Christians feel that the bible has to be litteraly true for it's moral teachings to be true? Isn't that building a religion like a house of cards?
Yup. It's missing the point of Jesus and his message entirely.
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