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Responding to Atheism

I'm going to keep it rolling. Keep it moving. My response to atheism is strictly [ha] a response to Biblical criticism. I was an unbeliever [I prefer the term unbeliever because most atheists are non-militant and more agnostic or apathetic than atheistic] most of my life, and though isolationism has always been my MO the few family and friends I've had have been almost exclusively atheists. I can relate to the skeptic but that has little to do with it because all of the atheists I've known couldn't care less. They see science and religion as pretty much the same as me. Nonsense. Ideology. they don't start out like that, they become that when appeal to the masses has been achieved. They are, in effect, politicized.

So, when an atheist, or theist for that matter, agnostic or whatever, anyone, says the Bible isn't factual because it says light was created after plants, I say, no it doesn't say that. Very basic stuff. Then, if we choose, we can hammer out the details. On forums like this, it's best to do that in small steps. No one wants to drown in text.
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hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
In my Christian mind I find atheists lacking in intellectual vigor. They think they have some great 'proof' of the Bible being in error. Well point one. I don't worship the Bible. It is a wonderful text intended to teach me Spiritual Truths but that does not mean that I have to examine every word in form and context and definition. The Bible I read is in English. The Bible was written in early Hebrew through to koine Greek. Not a big deal for God but a big deal for those who would faithfully translate it. Subtle shades of meaning that are in one language are not in a different language. Then there is the cultural connotations that we don't grasp because our culture has changed. Paul wrote about "Kicking against the goads" Most modern people would have no idea what a goad is. Jesus said that His yoke is easy. Many people have no idea what a yoke is either.