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not myopic at all,
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Judging by the posts I have read. I would agree.
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i have no problem with religion existing...
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I believe you don't.
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...but when people try to force others to act according to religion there is a problem.
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I agree with this also. I am pretty sure Jesus called those people "white-washed graves".
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...youre response to my post is to say the bible is unique and well distributed, and old.
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I do have issue with this statement. I am sorry I didn't type my words better. I think I said that all of these qualities make the Bible "unique in all the world". Arther Conan Doyal's writings are unique, old and well distributed. But if you add his writings and also the scale of no. 2 through 10 you wouldn't even come close to the Bible's stats. And you missed, "most accurately translated from the ancient text".
The Bible's uniqueness doesn't force people to believe it, however I do believe it's uniqueness deserves a better assessment than the unscientific crytiques offered by CNN and the Discovery Channel.
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the danger with entertaining irrationality is you encourage it.
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I guess you and I are here for the same reasons.
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...this touches on something i forgot to mention earlier, creationism in schools. simply absurd, backwards.
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I appreciate statements like this. It helps me guage the quality of the criticism I am being given. If I say that Joseph Smith was a liar and a sharleton. In order to establish credibility, I need to pull out one of those 3 dollar bills he tried circulating in Illinois.
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...the destruction of the bible isnt being sought. whats being sought is equality and/or objectivity.
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I found this statement interesting. Do you feel your comments demonstrate equality and objectivity?
My experiences tells me that making blanket inflamatory statements without carefully considering what is being said may hurt or injure the position of the opposing side, is a clear sign of wanting to destroy something.