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Ignition · 13-02-2004, 00:51

Presumably carbon dating is a fallacy, Darwin's theory of evolution is nonsense, dinosaurs did not exist.

Jerrek all the Christians I know regard the Bible as metaphor, I haven't met anyone who considers it the absolute truth. You are entitled to your beliefs of course but to base a rational argument on the book of Genesis is very dangerous territory.

My belief for what its' worth is that Christianity etc. are the latest version of the human race comfort blanket that there is some kind of existence after death and it's going to be a wonderful one if one is virtuous. Greeks and Romans had their theories, now regarded as the myths of Greece and Rome, Christianity will be the same story eventually or will be replaced by a more relevant at the time theory.

That's outside of this thread though, but thought I should explain why it's hard to believe that comment regarding Genesis.

Religion: both an opium to the masses and a way of setting behaviour standards, and sadly at its' worst a way to justify the most horrifying atrocities in the name of a deity.

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Ignition Permanently Banned Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: South-East London Age: 48 Services: Depends who's being serviced :p Posts: 2,588	Re: In Defense of the Marriage Presumably carbon dating is a fallacy, Darwin's theory of evolution is nonsense, dinosaurs did not exist. Jerrek all the Christians I know regard the Bible as metaphor, I haven't met anyone who considers it the absolute truth. You are entitled to your beliefs of course but to base a rational argument on the book of Genesis is very dangerous territory. My belief for what its' worth is that Christianity etc. are the latest version of the human race comfort blanket that there is some kind of existence after death and it's going to be a wonderful one if one is virtuous. Greeks and Romans had their theories, now regarded as the myths of Greece and Rome, Christianity will be the same story eventually or will be replaced by a more relevant at the time theory. That's outside of this thread though, but thought I should explain why it's hard to believe that comment regarding Genesis. Religion: both an opium to the masses and a way of setting behaviour standards, and sadly at its' worst a way to justify the most horrifying atrocities in the name of a deity.