Re: Religion Thread: ...and suddenly, everyone's a theology scholar
Thanks...it was an off the cuff comment. But I think its valid.
I believe most atheists do think in terms of a literal view of the Bible. I would guess there are some who sign up for a literal Bible first...and then reject the overall premise and become atheists. And others who decide more vaguely that a God can't exist...and use a strawman of a literal Bible (7 day creation story) to validate their position.
Either way, in my experience atheists who argue their case frequently rely on literalist evidence to make their case of how 'ridiculous' the Bible is. The odd thing is that this results in atheists who have a very rigid, strict definition of Christianity in which they don't believe...and in fact, I have been told several times that I'm not a true Christian by atheists.
Thanks...it was an off the cuff comment. But I think its valid.
Originally posted by burd
View Post
Either way, in my experience atheists who argue their case frequently rely on literalist evidence to make their case of how 'ridiculous' the Bible is. The odd thing is that this results in atheists who have a very rigid, strict definition of Christianity in which they don't believe...and in fact, I have been told several times that I'm not a true Christian by atheists.
Comment