Message from @Josh
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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
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
If we knew each other in person, you could drive to my house and present me with a recipt though
It is quite plausible
it's like trying to prove that you're 1 day older
you can't see it right now, but it's still true
it's like proving to a 9 year old that there's an age above 10
He can see 11 year olds
He can see his fucking parents
exactly
Who can show me a monkey becoming a man?
so you're looking at all this **evidence** that kids turn into adults
No
pictures, people, etc
I am looking at the existence of adults
Proving that adults exist
I said nothing about children turning into adults
You're putting words in my mouth
it's exactly the same principle