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Logical fallicies in the bible

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DBlevins
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08-31-2003 10:06 PM 		Reply to: Message 19 by 1Godbeliever
08-31-2003 7:38 PM

Yeh I don't think Thomas Paine had much "faith" in what the bible had to say. He doesn't put much stock in those who refuse to put forth reason when examining the truthfulness of the bible either. How many poeple lie to themselves about how the world really is?
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"Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what one does not believe. It is impossible to calculate the moral mischief, if I may so express it, that mental lying has produced in society. When man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to subscribe his professional belief to things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the commision of every other crime.
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he also wrote:
Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and torturous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness with which more than half the bible is filled, it would be more consistent that we called it the word of a demon than the word of God. It...has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind.
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I'd almost go as far to say that without him our country might never have been. (not that I don't recognize the contribution of anyone else. His words just kept that spark of liberty flowing )
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DBlevins
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09-02-2003 1:41 AM 		Reply to: Message 49 by TheoMorphic
09-02-2003 1:20 AM

It looks to me like the "also" clarifies his statement that Evolution is "also" a religion. When the "also" is omitted it becomes kind of vague. Is he talking about creationism being a religion and therefor shouldn't be taught? Or is he refering to evolution being a religion as well as creationism? Or is he saying evolution vice creationism is a religion and shouldn't be taught? The "also" clarifies the context he was placing evolution in.
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