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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Yeah, it's true I was being a little bit cheeky comparing the monotheistic God of the major Western religions to the Easter Bunny or the Flying Spaghetti Monster, but what about my latter example? How is the God of Abraham really any different from Zeus and Apollo? If someone were to genuinely, truly believe that a thunderstorm is caused because Zeus is hurling lightning bolts from atop Mount Olympus with the same conviction that Christians believe that Jesus died for their sins and Moses parted the Red Sea, most religious people wouldn't respect that belief, would they?
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I don't know if most religious people would respect that belief or not. I'm sure the hardcore Christians wouldn't. But...
There is a big difference between "believing in God" and "believing all that stuff in the bible actually happened".
I would definitely question the intelligence and even sanity of someone who believes that the story of the Ark actually happened in reality.