From: user6340@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   JTEM  posted:   
   > On 12/15/25 10:17 PM, Mike wrote:   
   >   
   > > I feel comfortable with the idea of God, or some force   
   > > or power in the Universe that is far beyond my capacity   
   > > to understand. I see absolutely no reason to believe   
   > > God has anything to do with the fantasies and fables   
   > > presented in the Bible though, or in any other 'god'   
   > > or theory. The Bible explains NOTHING to me!! It does   
   > > not even make rational sense to me, none at all...   
   >   
   > Yeah I'm always shocked when some nimrod or neophyte   
   > finds some factual error or contradiction in the bible,   
   > and thinks that they accomplished something. About the   
   > only thing more ridiculous would be the fundy who thinks   
   > that the more they believe it's all literally true, despite   
   > errors/contradictions/idiocy, the better they are than   
   > the rest of us...   
      
   Do you have an example of any of the supposed errors,   
   contradictions, or idiocy to which you refer?   
   >   
   > So the Protestant bible is the literal word of God, as   
   > bestowed upon mankind by God... why did it take him a   
   > second draft?   
      
   It's not a second draft. The books of the Apocrypha   
   are available to anyone who wants to read them.   
   >   
   > The original version held the so called   
   > "apocrypha." So I guess God got it literally wrong? The   
   > literally true word of God was literally false? He needed   
   > some heavy editing to get it right?   
      
   The books were and are not edited. You can read   
   them to your heart's content.   
   >   
   > Everyone makes me sick, except those who make me ill...   
      
   I wish you could acknowledge the actual source of   
   the "miracles" (as you have described them) that   
   you incorrectly attribute to me.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)