Comment by Keith A. Szilagyi on April 14, 2010 at 9:01am

Hahahahahahahahahaha................. Then how can they understand it? (baring they know ancient Hebrew)

Comment by Jānis Ķimsis on April 14, 2010 at 9:53am

Guys, how can you hope to understand the wisdom of the creation story if you don't already believe it to be very wise? Oh, you atheists!

Comment by kelltrill on April 14, 2010 at 9:56am

I agree with Keith. What's the point? Did the people who said this to you have some education in translation, transliteration, and ancient Greek and Hebrew? Did they have some Linguistic education that you did not?
And what is that supposed to say for the rest of the world's Christians who read the Bible and believe what it says? Are they just following it blindly because they can't know it's true meaning, or are they settling for believing in a creation myth which they admit has been jotted down and translated in a crude, inexpressive way (which I disagree with btw)?

Comment by Nicholas Sanders on April 14, 2010 at 1:24pm

The person in question does not have any special language skills. My impression is that he would probably go to any length to rationalize his belief because he can't fathom not believing. My response was basically that the Bible has been translated and altered so many times that we can't know for certain what the originals said, there is no evidence to support it, and that I see no reason to believe any of it.

I will probably leave it there for now. He is a friend so I don't want to be pushy. He's smart, so maybe he'll give it some thought.

Comment by pat on April 14, 2010 at 11:53pm

Now christians are stealing arguments from islamists.

Comment by B. on April 16, 2010 at 2:44pm

I wish I knew this magical language.

Is this the same one when you speak in tongues??

Comment by Atheist Exile on April 23, 2010 at 9:14am

I guess Hebrew is better at explaining pretzel logic. Perhaps if we understood ancient Hebrew, we could understand why we're born unworthy sinners.

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