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RE: Astounding Bible Verses Many "Believers" Don't Even Believe...and Dont' Want to Believe

in #religion8 years ago

These are fairly common 'gotchas' used by atheists. It always makes me ask whether they're consistent in other aspects of their lives. It appears you're an anarchist, so you're a step ahead of most other atheists in your consistency.

My response to these criticisms is that you're missing the forest for the trees. There is a lot of context to these positions. I don't think it would be valuable to debate each and every point, but the easiest one I think to see would be the claim to stone a disobedient child. Thats really not much different than what the government does by locking away people in prison for victimless crimes. Surely you wouldn't think a parent is obligated to care for a lazy and alcoholic child for their entire lives? Stoning might not be what you would think appropriate, but hopefully you can see the need for some sort of separation/banishment.