Reply #27: Why is it that a made-up story like Xenu's is recognized as fiction...

[Zhade]

...but virgin births and resurrections are not?

This is a serious question. There is no more evidence for those purported miracles than there is for "body thetans".

Why are, say, Muslims atheists when it comes to all belief systems but their own?

What enables a believer to discard one obvious myth but accept another?

Again, this is a serious question. I honestly don't understand how believers can pick and choose what they profess to deeply believe, often even within their own belief system!

For example, the Christian bible states that all contained within its covers MUST be taken as true. Thus, according to the holy book Christians use, there can be no Christians who don't believe in the divinity of Jesus, or don't believe the Great Flood actually happened.

Now, I know there are Christians who don't accept the bible as literally true. From what I know about early Christianity, that's much closer to the purported words of Jesus than the Paulian doctrine that followed his alleged crucifixion.

How do believers reconcile their holy books' demand for fidelity and loyalty to the entire text with their natural inclination not to accept every bit of a myth as factually true?

I stress once more, not a flame, but a serious question.

(Btw, funny note: an alternative for 'Xenu' in DU's spellcheck is 'Xena'.)