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Originally Posted by Shades
A while back someone posted a graph of "inaccuracies" of the bible. If someone took to the time to research them, 95% would be explained and eliminated within minutes. But it's easier to just post an overwhelming graph with hundreds of scriptures and present that as evidence without looking it over oneself, isn't it?
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I studied apologetics and hermeneutics in my younger life and I came away completely unable to defend the bible any longer as anything more than a man-made document and the faith that it espouses to be nonsensical and illogical to my own convictions. That is my own conclusion. You are entitled to your own if you strongly believe that it is the inspired work of god as transmitted by man. Those are two positions that cannot be reconciled unless one side concedes.
It would be nice to have a theological discussion without the tension and belligerence. Your faith should stand for itself. There is no need to attack other posters on an internet forum or for Kirk Cameron to attack Stephen Hawking. Atheists aren't attacking religion, they are simply pointing out why it makes no rational sense to them. If Christians find that offensive, is it due to any lingering doubts? Is their own faith not strong enough?
Ultimately, Christianity cannot be defended by logic and science because those arguments will fail. They exist in separate domains. It boils down to faith.