Comments on: Yikes!

By: Mason

Mason — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:10:22 +0000

That was fun to read. I also think it is sad that so many people just reject the fact that everything was created scientifically and not religiously. We have proof that it was scientific. Why can’t people get that through their heads?

By: PiB

PiB — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:01:09 +0000

Actually the rant was regarding how so many people take the Bible at face value, being a book written by man for man. That in modern western society people continue to believe as fact the stories written 2000+ years ago to control myriad groups of people that until the religious texts were drafted had no other rules to follow. It bothers me to think that a majority of the people in the most powerful nation in the world would truly believe that evolution is a farce (despite mountains of evidence to the contrary). I have read liberally the arguments presented by Creationists as counter-points and they are weak at best. The experimental model is so loosely followed and then glazed over it sometimes hurts to even read them. So, yes I believe in God. However I also believe in science and that God allowed us to have the mental capacity to separate fiction from reality and moral parables from certain truths.

By: Bemused

Bemused — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:50:41 +0000

So what exactly are ranting about here? You say you were brought up believing the Bible and yet now you claim only some of it is true and most of it is an instruction book of metaphors? As for those actions you claim the Bible allows those who follow its “guidelines” to do, yes, I will be one of those people who will tell you all of those things mentioned were in the Old Testament and some actions were NOT of God (Lot’s daughters sleeping with their father) and some were rules made up by vaious ancient communities that the *people* had created for their own law. God did allow people to govern themselves with their own jurisdiction, even if their laws were not relevent to His Word. However, I am still confused as to what exactly your argument is? Are you just saying you’re amazed at how many people actually believe every single word in the Bible and should abide by every rule? I think most believers would say that the New Testament rules plus the Ten Commandments apply to the era we all live in, and the Old Testament is the history and lessons we should learn from. Please be more specific on what aspect of your topic people should comment about. If the whole post was just to wonder how many people beleive ALL events inside the Bible happened, then I am one of them. However, if your blog entry was asking if I believe all the rituals and customs that the ancient civilizations practiced, that we of today should follow, then no, I do not.