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#977207
Berny
It was humans who wrote it, so there is bound to be misprints.
It was written by primitive humans, so it's bound to be bullshit.
Case closed.
6/26/2009 1:36:16 PM
#977210
Headache
It was humans who wrote it, so there is bound to be misprints, but it makes sense.
Well, yes it makes sense... if you are 5 year old and retarded!
6/26/2009 1:44:45 PM
#977212
Drax
So close....now if you could just see that it doesn't actually make sense, you'd be well on your way to joining us.
6/26/2009 1:53:08 PM
#977225
N1hlum
So close, yet so so far.
6/26/2009 2:20:22 PM
#977227
LabRat
Some people can be so binary.
On, off. Yes, Either, or. 100%, 0%.
Sheesh.
6/26/2009 2:27:37 PM
#977231
breakerslion
Spacedaddy Magicsuperman makes a man from dirt and then takes a rib away and makes woman, presumably because he has run out of dirt. Men and women have the same number of ribs, but women have 1 more "floating" rib, so their rib cage looks different to someone who can't count and whose grandfather had a bone through his nose.
... but it makes sense.
YEESH!
6/26/2009 2:34:06 PM
#977239
Doctor Fishcake
You came close, but in the end you just didn't get it.
6/26/2009 2:46:29 PM
#977244
Lunar-Xero
"Well, if the Bible is not 100% accurate, how can we believe any of it?"
Exactly
6/26/2009 3:00:10 PM
#977247
Horsefeathers
"Well, if the Bible is not 100% accurate, how can we believe any of it?"
Damned fine question. My answer is: you don't.
Now obviously this applies only if you're one of them goofy fuckers who thinks the Wholly Babble is inerrant to begin with or that it was, literally, written by Gawd himself. Otherwise, who the hell cares if it's not 100% accurate?
"How do we know what is accurate or not."
I find that reality tends to be a good litmus test.
"I believe in Adam and Eve, and we were created from dust."
See, this would be a fine place to apply the above mentioned litmus test of reality.
You'll note, I'm sure, that humans are not composed of dirt. Reality, thus, disagrees with your Babble. Your Babble is therefore fucking wrong.
"It was humans who wrote it, so there is bound to be misprints, but it makes sense."
Yes. Humans did write it and yes, there are "misprints" as you call them. The book, however, in general most certainly does not make sense for a good portion of its contents. Try reading Revelation sometime and tell me that makes sense to anyone who is either not psychotic or stoned out of their mind on acid.
6/26/2009 3:12:08 PM
#977250
Dr. Razark
"Well, if the Bible is not 100% accurate, how can we believe any of it? How do we know what is accurate or not. ... It was humans who wrote it, so there is bound to be misprints..."
Yes. You've got it. You have learned something, reasoned well, used your intellegence, and reached the conclusion that...
"I believe in Adam and Eve, and we were created from dust. ...it makes sense."
Nevermind. Keep working on it.
6/26/2009 3:24:23 PM
#977251
D Laurier.
"Well, if the Bible is not 100% accurate, how can we believe any of it?"
By testing each statement to compare it against observable reality.
"How do we know what is accurate or not"
By comparing each statement against reality.
"I believe in Adam and Eve, and we were created from dust."
Then you believe one of the least plausable parts. Which makes you look rather foolish.
"It was humans who wrote it, so there is bound to be misprints, but it makes sense."
Well you got the part about humans writing it correct, But the fact is that the bible makes no sense what-so-ever.
6/26/2009 3:27:44 PM
#977253
Zeus Almighty
"Well, if the Bible is not 100% accurate, how can we believe any of it?"
Obviously you've never been on a jury. A person serving in that capacity often hears conflicting stories from different witnesses, and part of the juror's job is to decide who is credible and who is not.
In the case of the Bible the choice often comes down to a book written thousands of years ago by wandering goat herders against, well, reality, things we can observe personally, scientifically proven fact, logic and reason.
"How do we know what is accurate or not."
See above. Also, a sentence in which you ask a question is properly punctuated with a question mark.
"I believe in Adam and Eve, and we were created from dust."
... Obviously I just wasted my time writing my previous two responses.
"It was humans who wrote it,"
Blasphemer!
"so there is bound to be misprints, but it makes sense."
Yes, I often find that printed material filled with mistakes makes sense.
NOT!
6/26/2009 3:43:53 PM
#977254
Alethe
How do we know what is accurate or not.
Real easy. Just compare the Bible to God's other revelation: his Creation (objective, observable reality) and see where the two agree and where they don't.
It was humans who wrote it, so there is bound to be misprints, but it makes sense.
Actually, transcription and translation goofs, not to mention deliberate changes to defend a particukar point of view, are much more likely than misprints, as the printing press was only invented a good many centuries after the events recounted in the Bible, but I'll let that pass.
6/26/2009 3:49:24 PM
#977258
Zimmer
This book is old and untrustworthy, but I'm going to believe it anyway because:
1. It's what society expects of me.
2. I really really really want to believe it.
3. I have no spine.
4. I am a complete idiot.
5. All of the above.
I'm guessing you went with 5.
6/26/2009 4:00:26 PM
#977261
Matt
I can't begin to comprehend this statement. Reminds me of the old gem...
'Everything in this sentence is false.'
6/26/2009 4:26:22 PM
#977262
Captain Obvious
wait wait wait
Premise #1: "Well, if it is not 100% accurate, how can we believe any of it?"
Premise #2: "It was humans who wrote is, so there is bound to be misprints,"
In other words
P1: If the Bible contains errors none of it can be trusted.
P2: The Bible contains errors
Therefore: None of the Bible can be trusted.
6/26/2009 4:29:17 PM
#977265
The Watcher
I'll leave most of this to those who came before me, but this statement doesn't really make much sense:
Well, if the Bible is not 100% accurate, how can we believe any of it?
That's a non sequitur argument. That's like asking how there can be a car in Parking Spot A if there isn't one in Parking Spot B. Why does the whole thing fall if one part of it does? (Unless, of course that part is "This book is perfect," in which case, yeah, you can't believe anything in it!)
6/26/2009 4:46:20 PM
#977266
John
Well, if the Bible is not 100% accurate, how can we believe any of it?
The Catholic Church realized this problem 1,700 years ago. They also realized that as science improved, more and more of the Bible would come under question. Their solution was to abandon literal interpretation of the Bible and to adopt the attitude that if the Bible appears to disagree with reality, you've misinterpreted the Bible. Most Christians have accepted this attitude. Only a handful of fringe groups (e.g., Baptists, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, etc.) continue the opposite approach and try to alter reality to agree with the Bible.
6/26/2009 4:52:27 PM
#977291
Doctor Whom
6/26/2009 6:00:11 PM
#977293
Osiris
The historical bits of the Bible are inaccurate and we know this based from archeological evidence. The Greek story of Troy is more accurate then the Bible in most regards, and even then there probably wasn't a immortal warrior like Achilles.
6/26/2009 6:01:47 PM
#977299
Musicalbookworm
Sure the Bible makes sense...if you eat enough 'shrooms
6/26/2009 6:43:13 PM
#977300
tracer
"I believe in Adam and Eve,"
... not Adam and Steve, right?
6/26/2009 6:52:05 PM
#977303
Shann
Well, if the Bible is not 100% accurate, how can we believe any of it? How do we know what is accurate or not.
I see daylight!
I believe in Adam and Eve, and we were created from dust.
But wait...
It was humans who wrote it, so there is bound to be misprints, but it makes sense.
Damn. You were so close there for a minute. So close!
6/26/2009 7:03:52 PM
#977304
Papabear
"Well, if the Bible is not 100% accurate, how can we believe any of it?"
Exactly.
"I believe in Adam and Eve, and we were created from dust."
If you believe in nonsense such as that, why should we care what you think?
"It was humans who wrote it, so there is bound to be misprints, but it makes sense."
Uh, no. Much of the Bible is utter ly ridiculous.
P.S. Grammar is your friend.
6/26/2009 7:05:29 PM
#977308
Zoo
'Well, if the Bible is not 100% accurate, how can we believe any of it? . . . The Bible is not 100% accurate because people wrote it and people mess things up.'
Do you even realize what you just said?
6/26/2009 7:18:35 PM
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