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It's in fact the Bible that has flaws in it.
This is true for any remotely impartial observer... It's impossible to prove to someone who fervously insists it's the truth, though. Furthermore the meanings in the bible get twisted every which way, depending on what suits the reader. The bad part is that this is somewhat justifiable (since the bible was written long ago, in a language that's not alive anymore).
For example, I personally find the most glaring mistake in the bible's creation story to be that the writers at the time obviously believed in the fishbowl theory, and so god created an expanse called sky to separate the waters above the expanse from the waters below the expanse.[1] Those who insist the bible is factful take this to mean waters in the clouds and waters on the earth.
I'm totally not religious, but I find myself "praying" for a family member to get through surgery alive and such. I don't pray to the god of any religion, it's just the experience of a basic need mankind has had since evolving into clever beings.
Same here.
Thinking about it logically, it's obvious to me that religion is bogus, but on an instinctual level, I can't help but feel that things are "fated" to happen sometimes. I think being a believer boils down to embracing those gut feelings without thinking critically about it. Jesus even says so: Blessed are the ignorant who believe without needing proof.[2]
So in essence, being religious in this day and age (where no tangible proof of god exists) is all about embracing ignorance.
This is true for any remotely impartial observer... It's impossible to prove to someone who fervously insists it's the truth, though. Furthermore the meanings in the bible get twisted every which way, depending on what suits the reader. The bad part is that this is somewhat justifiable (since the bible was written long ago, in a language that's not alive anymore).
For example, I personally find the most glaring mistake in the bible's creation story to be that the writers at the time obviously believed in the fishbowl theory, and so god created an expanse called sky to separate the waters above the expanse from the waters below the expanse.[1] Those who insist the bible is factful take this to mean waters in the clouds and waters on the earth.
I'm totally not religious, but I find myself "praying" for a family member to get through surgery alive and such. I don't pray to the god of any religion, it's just the experience of a basic need mankind has had since evolving into clever beings.
Same here.
Thinking about it logically, it's obvious to me that religion is bogus, but on an instinctual level, I can't help but feel that things are "fated" to happen sometimes. I think being a believer boils down to embracing those gut feelings without thinking critically about it. Jesus even says so: Blessed are the ignorant who believe without needing proof.[2]So in essence, being religious in this day and age (where no tangible proof of god exists) is all about embracing ignorance.
