Comments on Layman Bible Answers: Bring it Atheists

If God is all knowing, why did he end up regrettin...

2009-10-02T12:47:09.384-07:00

If God is all knowing, why did he end up regretting making Saul King?

I mean, I know Saul didn't follow his orders to kill everyone the way God wanted, but wouldn't have God known that Saul was going to do that?

Why does the church try to paint Mary Magdalene as...

2009-10-02T12:41:36.519-07:00

Why does the church try to paint Mary Magdalene as a prostitute when that's not what the bible says?

How is it that the pope, arguably one of the riche...

2009-10-02T12:39:01.043-07:00

How is it that the pope, arguably one of the richest and most powerful positions in the world, will get into heaven if a rich man getting there is as likely as a camel passing through the eye of a needle?

Why does the pope want abstinence to be taught as...

2009-10-02T12:38:16.521-07:00

Why does the pope want abstinence to be taught as the only safe-sex when the entire religion he represents is based on the idea that a virgin gave birth?

Ok, that one's silly...

If Jesus was the savior of the Jews, why didn't / ...

2009-10-02T12:32:18.675-07:00

If Jesus was the savior of the Jews, why didn't / don't the Jews follow him?

And then: let's say that their not following him doesn't contradict that he was here to save them; they just are ignorant to it...then how did Hitler kill so many of them? Should they not have had immunity to such things?

Why do modern christians only follow the parts of ...

2009-10-02T12:28:32.108-07:00

Why do modern christians only follow the parts of the bible that they want (ie: they're all about "god hates fags", but they don't stone their children for cursing them. those verses are very close to each other in leviticus)?...

How did Noah get all of the marsupials back to Aus...

2009-10-02T12:26:37.074-07:00

How did Noah get all of the marsupials back to Australia?

If the holy spirit has to call on me for me to tak...

2009-10-02T12:26:15.198-07:00

If the holy spirit has to call on me for me to take the word of god as my direction and salvation, but he/she/it doesn't and I go to hell because I don't believe in god, didn't god just set me up?

Why was god not more clear about what he wanted hi...

2009-10-02T12:23:59.019-07:00

Why was god not more clear about what he wanted his church to be, allowing his word to be subdivided a hundred different ways?

If the entire bible is literally true, why are the...

2009-10-02T12:23:30.653-07:00

If the entire bible is literally true, why are there so many contradctions?

Why would anyone follow a god that killed and ensl...

2009-10-02T12:22:51.758-07:00

Why would anyone follow a god that killed and enslaved millions of people (in the OT) just because they didn't believe in him, when he had the power to change their hearts?

Why is the story of Jesus' birth exactly the same ...

2009-10-02T12:21:55.770-07:00

Why is the story of Jesus' birth exactly the same as numerous gods from prior history?

I have specific questions...why does no where in t...

2009-10-02T12:19:13.951-07:00

I have specific questions...why does no where in the annals of history record the Jews as slaves to the Egyptians except in the bible?

"Icelander, Whats the evidence that shows that ins...

2007-10-18T13:51:00.000-07:00

"Icelander, Whats the evidence that shows that insects and flowering plants were around before any animals?"

Fossils of insects and plants predate all vertebrate fossils.

Icelander, I am going to need you to answer Fish's...

2007-10-18T08:00:00.000-07:00

Icelander, I am going to need you to answer Fish's post before I can answer your "contradiction". I have thought about it and I need to be sure your presupposition is true before I can really try to understand it. I don't pretend to know much about science.

I'd say the entire bible is literally true.The Bib...

2007-10-17T17:13:00.000-07:00

I'd say the entire bible is literally true.

The Bible says the Earth is flat.

"The tree grew large and strong and its top touched the sky; it was visible to the ends of the earth."

Daniel 4:11

Christian fundamentalists like Sherri Sheppard, who place the Bible scripture such as Daniel 4:11, over the science behind round Earth theory are fools, plain and simple. There's no nice way of putting it.

Icelander, Whats the evidence that shows that inse...

2007-10-13T07:40:00.000-07:00

Icelander, Whats the evidence that shows that insects and flowering plants were around before any animals?

Hey Icelander, It's been a while. Define "literal"...

2007-10-05T15:15:00.000-07:00

Hey Icelander, It's been a while. Define "literal". We have to have the same dictionary to have an intelligent conversation.
Joe Mc

I'm not Bible scholar, but I'd probably point to t...

2007-10-05T08:28:00.000-07:00

I'm not Bible scholar, but I'd probably point to the contradictions pointed out by SAB.

Then I'd add that I have no reason to think that the Bible is anything more than a work of fiction. It might be a very important and revered work of fiction, but it's still no basis for believing in god. This is especially true in light of the lack of evidence for the existence of a god.

I will try to tackle the Genesis issue the best I ...

2007-10-05T07:05:00.000-07:00

I will try to tackle the Genesis issue the best I can in my next post.

As far as the SAB goes, there are so many supposed contradictions listed in that thing, many of which are ridiculous and don't put up a strong argument, there are also many that do. I would love to do this on a scale that large but at this point I am starting small, with issues that people like yourself have.

Finally, if you want to take on supposed contradic...

2007-10-05T06:43:00.000-07:00

Finally, if you want to take on supposed contradictions, just go to the Skeptics Annotated Bible's Contradictions page

You'll see in most of the 388 contradictions that there's a Christian trying to refute them, usually by saying "Oh, that part's allegory and this other part isn't."

In Genesis, the earth is created before light and ...

2007-10-05T06:30:00.000-07:00

In Genesis, the earth is created before light and stars, birds and whales before reptiles and insects, and flowering plants before any animals.

If this is literally true, why does all the evidence we have seen contradict it?

Yes, the order of creation is true. I think I kno...

2007-10-04T13:24:00.000-07:00

Yes, the order of creation is true. I think I know what is coming but I will await your question.

Is the order of creation in Genesis literally true...

2007-10-04T12:57:00.000-07:00

Is the order of creation in Genesis literally true?

I'd say the entire bible is literally true. In pa...

2007-10-04T12:46:00.000-07:00

I'd say the entire bible is literally true. In parts, there may be imagery used or a parable.

Do you have a specific part of the bible that you question whether or not is literally true?