mark@teltone.UUCP (Mark McWiggins) (07/22/84)
<The Devil Made Me Do It...> IF The Bible is a book written by men AND Men sometimes lie and sometimes are deceived AND The Bible is the main basis for belief in Christianity THEN Christianity is on pretty shaky logical ground. (Without even going into its internal weirdness. God is Love, but if you screw up and believe other than the One True Way you'll burn for all eternity. Even though there are many with competing claims for One True Ways.) Objections: "The men who wrote the Bible were inspired by God!" Perhaps, but so is Salvadore Dali. I don't worship him. How do you react to contemporary people claiming divine guidance? ("God and I wrote this book together...") "The truth of Christianity has been revealed to me!" Fine. Such truth has not been revealed to me. If the Truth has not been revealed to you, why are you a Christian? Was Christianity pounded into your little head from the time you were old enough to think? Or what? Just wondering...... -- ....tektronix!uw-beaver!teltone!mark