- 08 Feb 2018 01:59
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My apologies for the name-calling(generalizing) but I am most passionate on this topic. I despise willful ignorance. We are lucky to have great technology and knowledge. When people throw that away in favour of the dogma of a book written and re-written over 1000 years ago, I tend to get a little, testy.
Your holy book does not dismiss science. You merely have to understand that the science isn't there to disprove the bible and that it can co-exist with modern science as long as you don't seek to corrupt modern science with it's primitive dogma.
The bible is full of stories and metaphors. Jonah was not actually swallowed by a whale. A great flood did happen, but it happened in THEIR small part of the world, and not everywhere.
The bible is neither a history, nor a science text. It was never made as such. It's a book about how to live your life, and not a book to explain the world around us. Take it in the right context and it doesn't come off as looking stupid.
“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson