On 28 Jul 2007, at 20:16, Nick Arnett wrote: > On 7/27/07, William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >> I'm not arguing with that. I'm arguing with the fact that religions >> present their stories as being actually true > > > That is patently untrue.
Religions don't present their stories as being literally true? They don't claim that supernatural entities meddle in human affairs? They don't claim that miraculous events actually happen? They don't claim that divinely inspired prophets said things we must pay special heed to because despite appearances they aren't the ravings of charlatans or the mentally ill? The Koran, Tripitaka, Bhagavad Gita, Bible et cetera are just texts written by people and have no more claim to divine afflatus than the Norse Eddas, the secret texts of Scientology or even my shopping list? > > Hey, you just told an untrue story! It seems not. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Theists cannot be trusted as they believe that right and wrong are the arbitrary proclamations of invisible demons. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
