Please cite the examples of these learned Christians, that have acknowledged that the events contained in the Bible are fictional.
Originally Posted by antelope_sniper
It's been the scholarly consensus for some time, by some counts since the 70's that Moses is a mythical character, along with Noah. Ehrman talks about it here, but you have to be a member to read the full post: https://ehrmanblog.org/did-the-exodus-happen/
Interestingly enough, Ehrman’s problems with ‘The Bible’ are ‘not’ what caused him to lose his Christian faith, and he’s made that very clear. He lost his faith because of his inability to reconcile the pain and suffering and injustice in the world with a good and loving God. slumlord is in good company when he questions “God’s Purpose” regarding such.
True. That may have been the straw that broke the camels back, but he's a prime example of a scholars who's totality of faith inversely correlated with his overall level of Biblical knowledge. Even for someone who began at the most fundamentalist of Bible colleges, there comes a point where no matter how hard you try, the biblical claims don't stand up to scrutiny.
Major pillars of the Christian Faith are now known to be Mythical, the 6 days creation, garden of eden, the Flood story, Exodus, Joshua's conquest of Judea are pure myth. Even the tales of King David are now known to be at least mostly if not completely myth, and the current research on Jesus and even Mohammad is moving in that direction as well.
You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it.
You cannot over estimate the unimportance of nearly everything. John Maxwell
