i just don't believe the bible was the beginning of man

What is that if not a rejection of religion?

Assuming you mean "bibles", not just the christian bible

this is of course a very bible-absolutistic pov

Which bible(s) did you mean?

any really

So they are all wrong? But science is correct?

a great deal of religious people don't necessarily take the bible to be a literal account of events

Those are called heretics

lol yes

If majority rule does not apply here, why does it apply to barney theory?

"Well I fondly remember the land before time from my childhood"

that wasn't the basis of my argument

No

It was not

I'm just asking

i didn't mean it as any evidence. i just wanted to open you up to the idea that some people interpret the bible metaphorically

so they might get benefits in that way

That's heresy

and they might call you an extremist

What benefits will they get by lying to themselves that the book is true and not true at the same time?

as much benefit as you would anything else

"Only the nice parts were real"

You cannot grow as a person if you reject "unhappy bad bads"

sometimes the lessons aren't so nice

so i'm not sure why them being nice would even relate to being true

The lessons are always nice among these metaphorical christians

Which is an apt name, as they are only metaphorically christians

How do we know Darwin wasn't speaking in metaphors?

because he has documentation of things that currently exist

He didn't actually see those really old turtles, he was just being metaphorical

you can easily tie the reports with other things we can observe

We can't observe monkeys turning into people

a senior citizen building a gigantic ark and rounding up two of every animal is a little less easily proved

According to the theory of evolution, recorded history starts quite some time after monkeys turned into people

It really is just blind faith

Herd mentality

Other people believe this, so it must be true

again, you're saying you can't observe it but you can

Can you show me a monkey becoming a man?

no, and i also can't show you a receipt for my groceries