Why do you allow people to attack and ridicule Christianity?

@poshsnobtwit Can you link to that thread, please?

@Limesodaagain "There is value in poetry, literature . Not everything has to be “verifiable “ in a scientific way.
Many religious people do not take the Bible literally ( the earth was made in 7 days etc) but think the Bible is a poetic expression that conveys a different kind of truth."

I think @BarHumbugs and I were responding specifically to @Soitis83 post about the Bible being verifiable and science needing faith.

I haven't RTFT but there was a thread in the religion/spirituality board recently where a christian was asking for a christian perspective on something and the level of mockery and disrespect from people (claiming to be athiests) was very shocking.

You don’t seem to place any value on the Bible so I brought it up? You seem determined to control even the words used . I’m not trying to evangelise here … but you seem determined to prove you are right .
Sometimes it’s good to agree to disagree…

It didn't need bringing up. Nobody was suggesting fiction isn't of value.

Fiction can be of value .

Except nobody has said anything about value.
The bible is not a different form of truth, it's a work of fiction.

There is value in poetry, literature . Not everything has to be “verifiable “ in a scientific way.
Many religious people do not take the Bible literally ( the earth was made in 7 days etc) but think the Bible is a poetic expression that conveys a different kind of truth.

Not at all! Scientific experiments have to be repeatable and have the same results for them to be accepted and published as fact, no faith is required. There is very little of the bible that is verifiable and the bits that are usually have been found to be wrong.

@Soitis83 "Well of course they do. Faith in what they're saying is correct. The Bible is also verifiable in so many aspects."

No, you don't have to have faith in science. The point of science it is evidence based. If more evidence emerges then science changes. No faith required.

The Bible contains some verifiable geographical and historical fact. Nothing else verifiable.

Science books are based on factual information, correct at the time of printing. They may be updated or modified with new information, and thus date of publication and author(s) credentials must also be considered. Scientific papers have more up to date and novel information. Science encourages us to question.

A religious text may have some historical accuracies which (might) make it a historical text. It's a big step to then say it's the divine word of a god however. A big step and a dangerous step. Religion encourages us to blindly accept.

Actively studying science books help me become a scientist.
Actively studying the bible helped me reject it as anything more than stories with some historical accuracy (perhaps).

Well of course they do. Faith in what they're saying is correct. The Bible is also verifiable in so many aspects.

Science books do not require faith, all the information in them is verifiable.

Indeed.
But the bible, quran etc on are the only man made books which are apparently also the only divine word of a god.

Nobody is suggesting a science book is the divinre words of a god though.

All books are man made.

Science books are man made

No, I don't have faith in any man made book or gods.
Why would I?

No, people coming after Christians is in the Bible.
You put your faith in a man made book too, no?

Yes, I was agreeing with you. 😁

Do you always see reasoned arguments as insults then?

@Werweisswohin "The bible is cleverly worded to keep people under control.
Questioning isn't persecution though"

I know. I was just providing context for @Soitis83

Well, no they weren't actually.

What context(s) is she actually referring to when stating that 'it depends on the context, surely?'

Nice try though. 🫣

I thought @Limesodaagain 's words were quite obvious.

Sorry! Couldn't help myself. I'll go and sit in the corner and think about what I've done. 😂

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