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Originally Posted by eddly
If there was undeniable evidence I guess the religion would be in hot water.
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Not really IMO, one simply has to change the interpretation of the scriptures. To me it's amusing when interpretation of scripture changes organically over time to reflect the changing morals of society and that's fine, but when changing in response to new scientific evidence is suggested, people get all upset.
That's why I was asking about the Mormon view on scripture.. only if a religion views its scripture as inerrant and infallible is it in trouble if a fact contradicts it.
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Originally Posted by eddly
But, what if there was undeniable evidence that there is no God, all religions would be pretty well screwed.
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I guess, but in general you can't prove a negative.. well you can but not this kind of negative (there is no God).
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Originally Posted by eddly
What if there was evidence that the Bible was a work of fiction? Well I guess that would hurt a lot of religions as well.
The what if game is pointless.
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I don't think it is, what if's are useful in finding flaws in reasoning. If my world view depends on something to the point that I can't even contemplate a "what if" question around changing in a way that would contradict my view, then that's a pretty good demonstration that my world view is flawed: "My world view cannot be wrong because if there was something that invalided my world view my world view would be wrong!"
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Originally Posted by eddly
But perhaps you feel like you have this undeniable evidence against the Book of Mormon?
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Not at all, I haven't read the Book of Mormon. I only picked that example as something I recalled from years ago (something that could be verified or dismissed based on evidence) to get to my question about how Mormonism views its own beliefs and scriptures.