why is the atheist obsessed with the Bible

Yes, that's right. The only problem is that you never get to tell us about the wonderful things in bible. Obviously, since we don't believe, we simply haven't heard it yet. All you need to do is start a thread about the "exceedingly positive" things in the bible and we'll all fall into lock step behind you, marching off to war with the cross of Jesus going on before.Has it ever occurred to you that we in fact have heard it all and simply find it unconvincing? I for one will acknowledge absolutely that there are some wonderful things in the bible. Were it not so, it wouldn't be so widely accepted. But some positive things things that can also be found in many other religions and non-religious systems of ethics are hardly sufficient to convince us of the value of the rest of the nonsense.In any event, by all means, share your "exceedingly positive" things from the bible. I daresay most of us will agree there are "exceedingly positive" things in the bible. But be prepared to explain why we can't simply take the "exceedingly positive" things to heart and ignore the rest. For example, the crap you shovel about gay marriage.

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Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. -- Thomas Jefferson

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We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat

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It has always struck me as odd that fundies devote so much time and effort into trying to find a naturalistic explanation for their mythical flood, while looking for magical explanations for things that actually happened. -- Dr. Adequate

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...creationists have a great way to detect fraud and it doesn't take 8 or 40 years or even a scientific degree to spot the fraud--'if it disagrees with the bible then it is wrong'.... -- archaeologist

No, the words themselves are fine. It's the order in which you choose to put them that's giving me trouble. Sorry, but that's a bunch of incomprehensible word salad to me. Can you put it in English?There is one bit in there that I understood: Sorry, but there's nothing "exceedingly positive" to me about needing to believe in a being for which there is no objective evidence before you can be happy. The idea that that may actually be true saddens me profoundly. And the idea that anyone would call such a being a loving father sickens me.

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Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. -- Thomas Jefferson

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We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat

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It has always struck me as odd that fundies devote so much time and effort into trying to find a naturalistic explanation for their mythical flood, while looking for magical explanations for things that actually happened. -- Dr. Adequate

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...creationists have a great way to detect fraud and it doesn't take 8 or 40 years or even a scientific degree to spot the fraud--'if it disagrees with the bible then it is wrong'.... -- archaeologist

-Paint Your Wagon

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Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. -- Thomas Jefferson

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We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat

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It has always struck me as odd that fundies devote so much time and effort into trying to find a naturalistic explanation for their mythical flood, while looking for magical explanations for things that actually happened. -- Dr. Adequate

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...creationists have a great way to detect fraud and it doesn't take 8 or 40 years or even a scientific degree to spot the fraud--'if it disagrees with the bible then it is wrong'.... -- archaeologist

Atheists don't scold gods, because we don't believe in gods.

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Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. -- Thomas Jefferson

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We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat

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It has always struck me as odd that fundies devote so much time and effort into trying to find a naturalistic explanation for their mythical flood, while looking for magical explanations for things that actually happened. -- Dr. Adequate

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...creationists have a great way to detect fraud and it doesn't take 8 or 40 years or even a scientific degree to spot the fraud--'if it disagrees with the bible then it is wrong'.... -- archaeologist

I doubt it. He doesn't strike me as being particularly Toppish.

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Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. -- Thomas Jefferson

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We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat

​

It has always struck me as odd that fundies devote so much time and effort into trying to find a naturalistic explanation for their mythical flood, while looking for magical explanations for things that actually happened. -- Dr. Adequate

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...creationists have a great way to detect fraud and it doesn't take 8 or 40 years or even a scientific degree to spot the fraud--'if it disagrees with the bible then it is wrong'.... -- archaeologist