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128. Psssst....

Tue Nov 14, 2017, 06:47 PM

Nov 2017

The Bible is a metaphor. The Bible was written by Bronze Age dudes who knew nothing about quantum physics and singularities or even elements or molecules or atoms. But they did have poetry and metaphors.

Granted, outside of the Song of Solomon, Biblical prose sucks. That right there proves it's not the direct word of God.

So they used "God" as a sort of undefined variable in their intuitive linear regression. Sure, you could put "singularity" into their variable but why?

Joseph Campbell said it best, I think. Religions are like word processing programs. Different keystrokes are used by each, but any of them will get you to the same place if you know how to use them. In my case God put a little bit of herself in every person's heart, and therefore serving people is serving God.

Who cares what God Is?

Oh and if the Bible were literally true, that God is a motherf*****. Fortunately it cannot be literally true.

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That's a different theory. MineralMan Nov 2017 #21

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I already did just that. guillaumeb Nov 2017 #79

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The Great Spirit is here, there and everywhere throughout the Cosmos. democratisphere Nov 2017 #11

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I cannot answer for the authors. guillaumeb Nov 2017 #93

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An interesting bit of illogic you displayed. guillaumeb Nov 2017 #109

Illogic? Please explain. Act_of_Reparation Nov 2017 #110

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No, this one requires some explanation. Act_of_Reparation Nov 2017 #115

No explanation needed, AoR. trotsky Nov 2017 #116

Look at #1, where I offer a personal opinion. guillaumeb Nov 2017 #123

Do I need to define "incredulity" for you? Act_of_Reparation Nov 2017 #129

Again, I cannot understand your leap of 'logic". guillaumeb Nov 2017 #130

Perhaps it is because you seem to believe opinions are justified by virtue of their own existence. Act_of_Reparation Nov 2017 #131

I have previously answered that one also. guillaumeb Nov 2017 #132

Ahaha. 😉 You ain't 👴! eom sprinkleeninow Nov 2017 #103

There are those who do not. n/t sprinkleeninow Nov 2017 #102

Clearly true. guillaumeb Nov 2017 #111

Do you understand that EvilAL Nov 2017 #107

Do you understand that what I wrote is my opinion? guillaumeb Nov 2017 #112

So God inspired them to write a particular story.... Act_of_Reparation Nov 2017 #117

Figurative language and symbolism. Because. End of message. sprinkleeninow Nov 2017 #118

Yeah, OK. Act_of_Reparation Nov 2017 #121

Wottt? sprinkleeninow Nov 2017 #136

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I have no idea what point you might think you are making. Voltaire2 Nov 2017 #153

I understand all that regarding canonical gospel, and when they were sprinkleeninow Nov 2017 #154

I should refrain from posting when nearly incoherent. sprinkleeninow Nov 2017 #155

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Is good a time traveler now? Lordquinton Nov 2017 #161

To be fair, this God we're talking about is completely incompetent. Act_of_Reparation Nov 2017 #162

So that's it a spelling mistake? Lordquinton Nov 2017 #167

One thing is for sure. Eko Nov 2017 #17

Nah. God was and then was not. MineralMan Nov 2017 #20

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My brother is a pantheist - OhZone Nov 2017 #33

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The ORIGINAL singularity. Nitram Nov 2017 #56

No. I'm asking a question. What if? MineralMan Nov 2017 #65

You can look at my questions as commentary if you wish. Nitram Nov 2017 #67

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Psssst.... Cary Nov 2017 #128

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