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Originally Posted by atsonicpark
But, personally, yes, I do believe in God. And I believe he's an asshole.
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That is a more potent declaration of Faith than the Nicean Creed
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Also, this is unrelated, but I don't "believe in" the Bible. I think that was some book written by a bunch of dudes a long time ago, that has almost no real meaning in our lives today. It's like someone worshipping a t-shirt from 2000 years ago or something. There's some wonderful morality tales in it, but there's also lots of contradictions and... uh, let's put it this way, a lot of it is out of date, and the more meaningful stuff is common sense anyway. Laws... "good" people don't need them, and "bad" people don't follow them, so what's the point?
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There are no contradictions in the bible, just things lost in translation. That is why Muslim scholars do not translate the Ku'ran, but make people from Mali to Indonesia learn Arabic to read the holy scriptures, as they do not want to lose anything in translation. But in regards to the bible being irrelevant, nonsense. The bible is the definitive collection of narratives on the Human Experience. It is absolutely complete in this regard.. It is not merely a collection of high-handed hymns and liturgies like the Bhagavad Gita, nor is it a book full of poems and law like the Ku'ran. While the bible has all these things like Liturgy, Hymn, Poetry, and History, it also has all the drama of human life, murder, adultery, jealosy, failure, hopelessness, war, balanced with hope, love, faith, altruism, victory, achievement etc etc. It is a fairly balanced book of philosophy, but not necessarily the best book for dogmatic religion