Originally Posted by Thunderstick
Originally Posted by DBT
Originally Posted by Thunderstick
Originally Posted by DBT
Originally Posted by Thunderstick
An avowed skeptic reading the Bible is similar to an avowed communist reading our constitution.


Nothing like it. Believers reading the bible interpret its narrative through the filter of their own beliefs, their faith, which often means ignoring or dismissing all that is inconvenient.

The proof of that lies in the numerous interpretations and offshoots in Christianity, which began almost immediately. Plus of course, Judaism does not recognize Jesus as the prophesied Messiah.

And skeptics and communists don't have a filter lol?


Where did 'communists' come from? Did you slip that in for dramatic effect?

As for skepticism as a principle, not an ideology, that is just a way of examining claims in a logical and rational manner.

Given all the things people try to sell us as truth, a bit of applied scepticism is a healthy thing.

Look at the original post it was there all along.when I compared an avowed skeptic reading the Bible to an avowed communist reading our constitution. Critical thinking that requires evidence based conclusions is a good thing. Skepticism as system does not compare with critical thinking. They have a clear anti-religious agenda and therefore they are closer to Communist thought which has the same premise than impartial critical thinking. I have yet to dialogue with a skeptic who made an honest impartial inquiry to find truth.



Only because you happen to personally disagree. You express your own perspective without regard for the perspective of others.


When it comes to impartiality or objectivity, the sceptic can say exactly the same about you, except the sceptic would be right and you would be wrong.

You would be wrong because you interpret the bible through the filter of your faith while the sceptic justs sees what is written. There are many sceptics who were once Christians and it was the contradictions and the absurdities of the bible that brought about their de-conversion.

As I mentioned before, the cruel vindictive nature of the old testament god was noted very early in the development of Christianity. As it split into opposing groups, the Gnostics relegated Yahweh to the status of a lower god, an evil Demiurge.

''In Gnosticism the Demiurge created evil as in the Apocryphon of John (in the Nag Hammadi library), the Demiurge has the name "Yaltabaoth". Through arrogance born of stupidity, he proclaims himself as God:''


''In the Gnostic view, there is a true, ultimate and transcendent God, who is beyond all created universes and who never created anything in the sense in which the word “create” is ordinarily understood. While this True God did not fashion or create anything, He (or, It) “emanated” or brought forth from within Himself the substance of all there is in all the worlds, visible and invisible. In a certain sense, it may therefore be true to say that all is God, for all consists of the substance of God.''