well you either believe in talkings snakes , virgin births, walking on water and corpses coming to life and disappeariing into the clouds....or you don't.
..if you don't believe such , then how can it not be considered nonsense by you?
Simple minds caricature theological parables as a way of compensating for their lack of the capacity to acknowledge the inherent truth contained within the parables.
It interferes with their desperate need to feel superior.
I have the capacity to respect others by not denigrating their particular faith, tho I might not be of the same faith.
I agree, no need to denigrate anyone for their beliefs. Just out of curiosity, do you consider the stories of Genesis to be fact, as written,or allegorical? I find this is the thing that really seems to separate people, the ones who beleive it is real history and the ones who believe it's allegory/parables. I don't mean to denigrate those who believe it's true stories word for word,my whole family falls into that camp and they are good,smart people, I'm just curious where people stand on this.
