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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,318 posts)191. Yes, Biblical literalists - the people who believe every letter is true
I gave the link to the Gallup poll, not you, in #120, and it clearly says it's the people who say "The Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word".
You are repeatedly getting it wrong. You are the one who reads what you want to see.
You said "the Creator created matter and existence. End of the Creator's part. The rest, meaning the last however many million years, followed with no input from the Creator" in #173, and then claimed in #177 that's a majority view in the USA, with only 28% disagreeing with it. But that's not true. We find that 42% think God created humans in the last 10,000 years, and another 31% think God guided the evolution of humans.
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Antitheist arguments against literalists are as pointless as they are predictable.
AlbertCat
Aug 2016
#26
First, he's talking about the "bible as literal truth" people who do think it's a science text
Warpy
Aug 2016
#9
I'll continue to point out exactly what it is you're saying for as long as you say it.
trotsky
Aug 2016
#85
Funny how the same people who indignantly state that theology should be left to the theologians...
trotsky
Aug 2016
#88
"The doctrine of the Trinity ... is stated in the Bible". No, it's not.
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2016
#13
I didn't change the conversation. You did in 33 and 42 when you tried to pretend that
AtheistCrusader
Aug 2016
#163
Yet again, you're falsely claiming the "28% say every single word of the bible is true" number
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2016
#183
Yes, Biblical literalists - the people who believe every letter is true
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2016
#191
That is the catholic view, that the creation and rules are fixed by a creator and the results must
AtheistCrusader
Aug 2016
#172
The vast majority of people who use "the vast majority" as a statistical percentage...
Iggo
Aug 2016
#23
It's always funny to watch a believer say their holy texts don't mean what they say....
cleanhippie
Aug 2016
#18
You mean like believing that Jesus literally died and was literally resurrected?
trotsky
Aug 2016
#53
It proves that only a minority of Americans don't think Adam and Eve were real
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2016
#45
The Gallup figure is for people who believe every word of the bible to be literal truth
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2016
#120
If you look at the transcript I've given you in #127, you find he was addressing the literalists
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2016
#128
The "snake waving Biblical literalist" is a great example of what is wrong with religion.
trotsky
Aug 2016
#89
You said you didn't watch the video in #8, and the poster thought it was a different one
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2016
#74
OK, what you've put in the OP is a slightly longer version of what I posted in #45
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2016
#127
What part of "it's the fundamentalists who want to say that the bible is the literal truth of God"
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2016
#133
But if you could have been bothered to link to the video, we'd have seen your opinion is bizarre
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2016
#143
He explicitly said he was addressing fundamentalists, not educated Christians
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2016
#154
“What I saw that morning persuaded me that the scrivener was the victim of innate and incurable
rug
Aug 2016
#77
Perhaps you could link to the OTHER two videos in which you claimed he did the same thing.
trotsky
Aug 2016
#158
I'd be happier to accept the notion that religious faith doesn't conflict with science...
mike_c
Aug 2016
#76
Moses KNEW the burning bush (allegedly) was of god/god's angel messenger.
AtheistCrusader
Aug 2016
#160