Do poly atheists know the Bible?

[Kidlicious]

My chief objection was that you included a spelling mistake and some horrible sentence structure in your fake quote. Like you just did again here.

Oh good then

[Kidlicious]

You're genius.

[dannubis]

And someone else believes the correct interpretation is to curse god. That's an actual interpretation. But it's stupid just not as stupid as the interpretation that most atheists make.

Do you even have a point ???
If so, please share because Your Clearliness is confusing me.

[Kidlicious]

Do you even have a point ???
If so, please share because Your Clearliness is confusing me.

Aren't you able to interpret my sayings? Maybe you aren't interpreting them correctly. I could make it more difficult so that less people understand.

[Lorizael]

I don't need to prove it. It's as obvious as anything else is.

The philosophy of mathematics is an entire field of inquiry that people have been probing for centuries. Some of the best thinkers in history disagree with you on this point. So no, it's not "as obvious as anything else."

[MikeH]

This thread is like an advert for everyone receiving very basic philosophy education.

[Lorizael]

Yes... from philosophy of mathematics to epistemology to theodicy, this thread is a mess.

[snrjefe]

I'm unclear as to why an atheist should/would read the bible. Seems like a waste of time that could be spent fornicating, stealing and murdering.

[rah]

I'm unclear as to why an atheist should/would read the bible. Seems like a waste of time that could be spent fornicating, stealing and murdering.

Why does anybody read fiction?

[Imran Siddiqui]

In this case the "forest" (eg. God's will) it's an intangible, unknowable thing. So missing it is only natural. What is tangible though is that the source telling us to believe in this intangible, unknowable thing is displaying certain types of ignorance (complete disregard for anyone who isn't a rich male) that makes me very much less inclined to view them as authorities on morality. It's like listening to Rush Limbaugh tell you to trust him about what's moral, even though he's clearly in the wrong about women, minorities and many other things.

Once again, I'm going to chalk this up as missing the forest for the trees. The complete disregard for anyone but Job in the story is a narrative feature of the parable (as was Jesus telling the story of Lazarus and the rich man - in which Lazarus in heaven seems kind of a *****, but that not really the point of the story).

[Imran Siddiqui]

I hate the book of Job with a passion. It shows God to be a complete wanker, it makes no sense and yet Christians keep pretending that people just don't understand it's nuances. Here's a clue, when something is idiotic and contradictory, then not agreeing with it is not the same as not understanding it.

I dunno, when Tennyson calls it "The greatest poem of ancient and modern times", I'm much more inclined to listen to him than you .

[Ban Kenobi]

Why do you think physical objects should be believed to exist if there are no humans around to sense them?

Physical objects are what produce humans in the first place.

This thread is like an advert for everyone receiving very basic philosophy education.

Why would I want to get a basic philosophy education when I can just say my views are obviously true and win every argument?

[Ban Kenobi]

I dunno, when Tennyson calls it "The greatest poem of ancient and modern times", I'm much more inclined to listen to him than you .

Saying it's a great poem doesn't contradict anything Kentonio actually said. It's a good poem, but anyone who can take its message seriously is kind of nuts.

[Kidlicious]

Anyone who can take it's message seriously is ****ing awesome!

[Imran Siddiqui]

Saying it's a great poem doesn't contradict anything Kentonio actually said. It's a good poem, but anyone who can take its message seriously is kind of nuts.

Great poems are great because they tell deeper truths. That's the point of poetry - to get at truths that cannot be sufficiently expressed by prose.