I like this point very much and agree with you. I do wish there wasn't so much contradiction in the books of the Bible
I suppose you can find contradictions if you want to. But a literal reading will
ofcourse bring them. For example, the lamb of God - is it literally a lamb? Ofcourse not. But
rather, when we use the bible for what it's meant for; Prophecies, and the necessity of a walk with God, and the spirit revealing the meanings thereof, then you'll find these contradictions are esteemed highly, by the quote minor, but not the wisdom seeker.
I do that to balance out the tendency of christians to adopt the innocent martyr role based on a few periods in history and to leave out the larger chunks of history when it was the church doing the persecutions.
Well, yes - good point. Only one is good, God.
And I won't even dare mention this "church" as it is an alien to me. Yet I am also sinful.
But if you can't establish the actuality of Satan, it doesn't matter how many offices an imaginary demon holds
Well, we establish that evil is evidence of satan, but convincing you guys that 1. Evil exists, and 2. The owner of it does also, is a hard task.
Not sure how you define fool. I count you as someone who finds such personal satisfaction in believing the christian story that you are willing to set aside science, rationality, logic, and fact in order to have faith that that story is really really true.
Science, I accept it. Rationality, I can also know about reality. Logic, I know many modus ponens.
These are assumptions Ifen. I will give you the benefit of the doubt, and presume that you think I am a creationismist.