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g1ngertim t1_ixv1oqd wrote

Reply to comment by AtomBubble in TIFU by making a comment about a star. by noahboi1917

Wait wait wait, are you telling me that there's Christians who understand that the fantastical and often conflicting stories of the bible aren't historically factual?

Fuck, why couldn't you be around when I got a month of detention at a Catholic school for questioning some of the conflicting accounts. (Also, my detention punishment was to read the bible, which I don't think they grasped the irony of...)

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AtomBubble t1_ixv26io wrote

Unfortunately a lot of us believe that faith is enough to excuse a considerable lack of thought. It’s one of the main reasons why Christianity as a whole gets such a bad rep.

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Bedbouncer t1_ixv54is wrote

>that the fantastical and often conflicting stories of the bible aren't historically factual?

I personally believe that the conflicts are deliberate, God's message to us to be cautious in being convinced that we know his will. He could appear tomorrow and clear it all up if it was just an accident.

"A zealot does what he thinks God would do if only God had all the facts of the matter."

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