April 6, 2009: The Day in 100 Seconds

Day in 100 Seconds for April 6, 2009

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[Chaperonizz]

Since when has any religion been about logic...

[pauls74462]

The sad thing is when you figure out the BIBLE is totally true it will be too late to accept the belief of the BIBLE.

[taoofmichael]

12 months, 12 tribes, 12 disciples..etc. etc. Just a few stories in the Bible which are obviously mythological: The creation story Adam and Eve Noahs Ark Job Jonah and the Big Fish The Tower of Babel Moses and the plagues of Egypt David and Goliath Jesus virgin birth Jesus ascent into heaven. etc etc etc

[taoofmichael]

Some definitions of mythology:

Stories which, after being passed down orally for centuries, and are finally written down.

Cultural stories whose purpose is to pass along culture to children.

Stories told by primitive people to explain conditions of Nature and human nature.

Stories told using poetic devices, which alert the reader to their metaphorical and figurative nature. Devices like numerical motifs: 3 days, 3 wishes, 3 sisters, 7 brothers, 7 days, 40 days and 40 nights, 40 thieves...

[JBKnepp]

Tao, curious to why you believe the Bible to be mythology?

[dmc9021]

lol

[taoofmichael]

It is a very good thing that modern morality has progressed light-years beyond the primitive morality of the Bible, which, if taken literally, in a childish, simplistic way, is very morally problematic by today's standards.

Hurray for modern morality, critical thinking, pluralistic democracy, and cultural diversity.

Hurray for love, and learning from other cultures and reading the sacred books of other religious traditions.

The Bible is mythology. Hurray for mythology!

[taoofmichael]

I understand that you have to go back to work. No problem, brother.

But, oh my, why the vitriol? I thought this was an exercise in critical thinking and debate, all in good sport. You are wiping the dirt off your feet? Does that mean that it will be better at the judgment for Sodom and Gomorrah than for me? Whoa, harsh, brother! I would never wish that on anyone. Of course, the way I interpret the Bible, no such sentiment would ever be literally believed -- that would be grossly immoral.

[taoofmichael]

So, all I must do is read the Bible and do that which I understand from it?

Cool! That is what I do! And, of course, I always challenge everything I understand from all my reading. I go out of my way to read authors with whom I disagree. I never want to think I know what I dont know for sure. And I never claim to.

Can I also read the Tao Te Ching? The Bhagavad Gita? The Iliad? Early manuscripts of the Gospel of Mark that dont include the resurrection? What am I allowed to read?

[TedinLasVegas]

You can't tell me that you still want to argue that I blindly follow my pastor? Do you?

There are none so blind as those who chose not to see.

I have got to get back to work; I'm obviously blogging with a wall here because you never accept anything that outside the dogma the public schools have given you.

If you had ANY critical-thinking skills, we wouldn't be stuck in this rut.

I'm done with you. I wipe the dirt of this conversation from my feet and will no longer blog with you.