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Post by general313 on Apr 28, 2019 21:12:21 GMT
Repeat this one hundred times to reinforce your delusion: This image is not of an old man with long white hair and a beard who lives in the clouds or it wasn't sponsored or revered by Christians. I see that things on Planet Arlon aren't so different than they are in Trump-land. <image from Sistine Chapel> Did you know that there is nothing stopping you from growing up mentally? At least that is what I had believed. I'm starting to doubt you can. No, intelligent people do not believe "god" is an old man with long white hair and beard who lives in the clouds. Yes, children and mentally retarded adults, and perhaps internet trolls, do believe that is a "literal" representation of god. It is not a "literal" representation. It is a "symbolic" representation often found in art which is often highly symbolic by its very nature. That you are incapable of seeing the difference is the problem here. Yes, some religious art is "revered" by Christians, but that in no way requires that they take it literally. Do many of them take it literally? Yes, because they are children or mentally retarded adults. Food for thought. Ok, you make a fair point here. I'm reminded of my own conceptions of Jesus and God when I was a Christian, and, except perhaps when I was a child, I didn't think so literally. I think one of the problems that many atheists have with understanding Christians is that there are very many of them that take a very literal interpretation of the Bible (and they tend to be among the most vocal). The Bible and most of its proponents don't seem to go out of their way to encourage a non-literal interpretation. In any case, there seem to be adults that take the Noah's Ark theme park in Kentucky quite seriously.
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