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Antitheist arguments against literalists are as pointless as they are predictable.
AlbertCat
Aug 2016
#26
First, he's talking about the "bible as literal truth" people who do think it's a science text
Warpy
Aug 2016
#9
I'll continue to point out exactly what it is you're saying for as long as you say it.
trotsky
Aug 2016
#85
Funny how the same people who indignantly state that theology should be left to the theologians...
trotsky
Aug 2016
#88
"The doctrine of the Trinity ... is stated in the Bible". No, it's not.
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2016
#13
I didn't change the conversation. You did in 33 and 42 when you tried to pretend that
AtheistCrusader
Aug 2016
#163
Yet again, you're falsely claiming the "28% say every single word of the bible is true" number
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2016
#183
Yes, Biblical literalists - the people who believe every letter is true
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2016
#191
That is the catholic view, that the creation and rules are fixed by a creator and the results must
AtheistCrusader
Aug 2016
#172
The vast majority of people who use "the vast majority" as a statistical percentage...
Iggo
Aug 2016
#23
It's always funny to watch a believer say their holy texts don't mean what they say....
cleanhippie
Aug 2016
#18
You mean like believing that Jesus literally died and was literally resurrected?
trotsky
Aug 2016
#53
It proves that only a minority of Americans don't think Adam and Eve were real
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2016
#45
The Gallup figure is for people who believe every word of the bible to be literal truth
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2016
#120
If you look at the transcript I've given you in #127, you find he was addressing the literalists
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2016
#128
The "snake waving Biblical literalist" is a great example of what is wrong with religion.
trotsky
Aug 2016
#89
You said you didn't watch the video in #8, and the poster thought it was a different one
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2016
#74
OK, what you've put in the OP is a slightly longer version of what I posted in #45
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2016
#127
What part of "it's the fundamentalists who want to say that the bible is the literal truth of God"
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2016
#133
But if you could have been bothered to link to the video, we'd have seen your opinion is bizarre
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2016
#143
He explicitly said he was addressing fundamentalists, not educated Christians
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2016
#154
“What I saw that morning persuaded me that the scrivener was the victim of innate and incurable
rug
Aug 2016
#77
Perhaps you could link to the OTHER two videos in which you claimed he did the same thing.
trotsky
Aug 2016
#158
I'd be happier to accept the notion that religious faith doesn't conflict with science...
mike_c
Aug 2016
#76
Moses KNEW the burning bush (allegedly) was of god/god's angel messenger.
AtheistCrusader
Aug 2016
#160