16-Apr-2012, 11:52 AM
Well, yeah, we won't "solve" anything here...but is that what we're trying to do?
Re: eyewitness accounts, I just want to say that anyone who's studied psychology or the law in the slightest knows how unreliable eyewitness testimony is.
Again, I really don't think you need the Bible to lead a good, decent life. In fact, some of the things it teaches are ill-advised at best. A number of people have done deconstructions of the ten commandments, and I think the most obvious one is that you really shouldn't be expected to honour your parents if they abuse you.
The whole fascination with the "end of the world" is symptomatic of the human flair for melodrama, imo. Whether it's people claiming that Jesus is returning, or screaming about how the Commies are going to destroy our way of life...
The whole 666 thing doesn't really interest me. Maybe it reeks too much of superstition (I'll let someone else make the wise-*** comment about superstition as it relates to the main topic of this thread).
Re: eyewitness accounts, I just want to say that anyone who's studied psychology or the law in the slightest knows how unreliable eyewitness testimony is.
Again, I really don't think you need the Bible to lead a good, decent life. In fact, some of the things it teaches are ill-advised at best. A number of people have done deconstructions of the ten commandments, and I think the most obvious one is that you really shouldn't be expected to honour your parents if they abuse you.
The whole fascination with the "end of the world" is symptomatic of the human flair for melodrama, imo. Whether it's people claiming that Jesus is returning, or screaming about how the Commies are going to destroy our way of life...
The whole 666 thing doesn't really interest me. Maybe it reeks too much of superstition (I'll let someone else make the wise-*** comment about superstition as it relates to the main topic of this thread
).
Quote:In Jr. High School, I would take a gummi bear, squeeze its ears into points so it looked like Yoda, and then I would say to it "Eat you, I will!". And of course then I would it eat.