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That's nice Faith but once again you simply failed to answer or address the questions.What does thinking biblically even mean? How is that different than thinking or being honest about what is actually written?In addition, what would that have to do with whether or not the Bible the inerrant word of God or is it the words of men?

Too funny.Did GDR use the term faith to describe the source of his beliefs?Didn't GDR say:

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In the end though it is a faith, and as I have said numerous times here my faith is based on the understanding of the nature of God is that He is loving, just and merciful, and as a Christian I have faith that God resurrected Jesus which affirms and validates the life and teaching of Jesus Christ.

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So again, thinking Biblically means to shut down any critical thinking, ignore all evidence and reality and instead believe personal fantasies. Got it. We know though that you do NOT believe what the Bible actually says. You prove that with almost every post you make.Are two fowl and seven fowl the same number of fowl?

That's close but in my experience it is seldom a matter of wanting to believe. Correct, but again, that is not so much a fault of the Bible (the topic of this thread) but rather of their education. But the Bible (remember there is no such thing as The Bible^TM ) is evidence; often not evidence that supports their assertions, often evidence that refutes their assertions but still evidence.Again, the issue is a matter of learning how to think, of education, not of the Bible or Bible stories or particular Canon itself. Folk say the damnedest things.Edited by jar, : fix formatting

Then why does it contain contradictions, falsehoods and errors?Are two fowl and seven fowl the same number of fowl? Is God unable to count?

You may be missing NoNukes point.Let me try a few questions that may help.Are there people today who believe in ghosts?

Were they more superstitious than the general population today?Remember even the concept of science had not been developed at the time most Bible stories were written yet today, even with all the scientific knowledge we have developed there are still folk that believe horoscopes, fortune cookies, palmistry, ghosts, big foot, alien abduction, that they will win the lottery, Publishers Clearinghouse, Professional Wrestling, that 9 out of 10 doctors ..., that natural foods have no chemicals or drugs, that we should be "Up for anything" and that Lite beer is not an abomination.What evidence is there that the general population today is less superstitious then it was back then?Have you watched TV commercials lately?

Look at what you posted.

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I ask again, how many of that list I gave can we expect the general population believes today?
Throwing arrows to predict the future. Consulting the dead for future events. Reading the liver for future predictions. Unicorns, half men half goat, fire breathing dragons,

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The specifics might change but superstitions are still superstitions. Is there a newspaper that does not have horoscopes? Are there fantastic claims made in advertising? How is one superstition more superstitious than a different superstition?Have you listened to the televangelists?

But I know what general environment must have existed then.Have you actually read the posts here?Are there people today that believe the stories in the Bible are all literally true, that snakes talked and demons were cast into pigs?Do you remember our discussion on the Talmud? Do you remember there were folk way back then who questioned whether things should be taken literally?Sure we have learned stuff over the last few thousand years but that does not mean everyone agrees with reality.Look at how much states make each month from lotteries? In 2009 eleven states brought in more money through lotteries than they did from State corporate income tax.Can you see a pattern?

What is the difference between "God favors me" and "Luck will favor me"?Do you think there are no people today who think God determines what happens? Actually I don't know that and I'm not at all sure that was true. There were vast libraries, walls and stele covered in writing, business correspondence, graffiti left by the pyramid builders who were just labors hauling stone. Reading and writing seems from the evidence to have been very common. In addition, the evidence is that many folk were not just literate but multilingual.As recently as WWII it was necessary in the US to drop the enlistment and draft eligibility requirement of literacy to meet quotas and instead set up schools to teach readin and ritin to the inductees. We know that is your opinion but so far all you offer has been opinion with little evidence or reasoning to back it up.

So the god you try to market says two fowl and seven fowl are the same number of fowl. Got it.

Except Faith, that is not what the Bible actually says, is it?Here it is yet again since it seems you have never read the Bible. Note two fowl, not two clean fowl and seven unclean fowl. Seven fowl, not two clean fowl and seven unclean fowl but seven fowls.And the stories in Genesis 1 and Genesis 2&3 are completely contradictory, The gods are different, the orders are different. In Gen 1 the god is competent, aloof, overarching, creates by thought alone and without error or hesitation but does not interact at all with the created while in Gen 2&3 the god is personable, intimate but somewhat blundering, unsure and learning on the job.Have you ever read the Bible Faith?Shall I post Genesis 1-3 for you?

You are the one claiming that the Bible is god's word not I and it is what is actually written in the Bible that I have posted.

jar just posts what the Bible actually says and not what millions of people think it says.Sorry if you cannot handle what the Bible actually says and have to make shit up instead.

That's very likely Faith but it is clear that my views were shared by the authors of the Bible stories.Have you ever read the Bible Faith?