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Oh...

So you're one of those people who take the Bible literally?

Pope says not to...

Yes!

I don't take the pope as my ultimate authority. I take Gods word as my ultimate authority.
Revelation 22:18-19
For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:

And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

Another interesting article.

I'm not sure I believe he is but Christians believe he is God. My point was about how a lot of Christians believe that because that's how they were raised. Much like I'm a Bama fan because my Dad is, some people are racist because their parents are, some people are Christians simply because their parents are.

My point is had a lot of Christians in the US been born in a mostly Muslim country or to a family of a different religion in America, they likely wouldn't be Christians. I think it's as coincidental as most things in life yet most Christians will argue to the death that Jesus is God. Just an observation.

To the guy who answered my Big Bang question, I agree. My main issue with the Big Bang and evolution is where did it all come from? Someone or thing had to create something for it to expand or evolve. That's why I believe there is a God or creator.

I see, but isn't that the parents job as a Christian to bring your children up as Christians? I was and I did.

Haha! Love your answer. Out of all knowledge in the universe, how much do you possess? Being overly generous Id say 1 percent for me

Hah! I have no doubt you are smarter than me lol My question would then be, is it possible that out of the 99 percent of knowledge you don't know, could something contradict and falsify everything you think you do know?

Given how much evidence there is against so much in the Bible, and particularly the idea that the Earth is only 6000 years old, I don't know how anyone would take it literally. I mean you have to be wilfully blind to do so.

If you believe that your faih goes against all reason and logic, which is not a good thing as that's when you get into the fanatical areas of any religion which we've all seen end poorly.

Everyone keeps stating that the Bible has been proven wrong time after time. Stating something doesn't make it true! I have no clue what you are or claim to be but without God you cannot account for logic.

The fact that Methuselah lived to be 969 years old is just one example of the "non-literalness" of biblical time periods. Numbers were in fact very symbolic in early Judaism (watch Darron Aronofsky's first film Pi) and probably carried on into early christianity as well.