If you haven't figured out the answer, it's that it's not a problem to us.
Yeah.... See, that's what I was getting at... You believe in a personalized version of god, which is going to have different requirements for his followers depending on who you ask.
In which case, either the rules for getting into heaven are pretty loose, or a hell of a lot of Christians are going to hell for believing the wrong things.
There are sometimes disagreements on nonessentials, there are sometimes disagreements on essentials that get resolved over time, and there are sometimes disagreements on essentials that don't get resolved
There are over 50,000 denominations of Christianity based on differing interpretations of the 900+ English versions of the bible.
It seems to me like you never resolve the disagreements, and instead just fracture into a separate branch and then claim the other side aren't real Christians.
in which case over time it becomes realized that one party was not pursuing truth
Since all of you are asserting knowledge of the truth, and none of you are demonstrating a way to verify that knowledge, I think none of you are actually pursuing truth.
If by "fairy tale" you mean an interpretation lacking a full explanation or understanding,
I mean you claim to believe a story chock-full of supernatural elements.... and yet you can't demonstrate the existence of anything supernatural in the slightest. That makes it a fairy tale as far as I'm concerned.
all good scientists admit that their theory of everything is a fairy tale by that definition. But what other definition could there be to distinguish between us two?
The difference is I don't go around professing faith and absolute belief in scientific theories, nor do I waste my time pouring over them thinking absolute truth is buried in there somewhere as long as I magically come to the correct interpretation of what it says.
If you haven't figured out the answer, it's that it's not a problem to us.
Yeah.... See, that's what I was getting at... You believe in a personalized version of god, which is going to have different requirements for his followers depending on who you ask.
In which case, either the rules for getting into heaven are pretty loose, or a hell of a lot of Christians are going to hell for believing the wrong things.
There are sometimes disagreements on nonessentials, there are sometimes disagreements on essentials that get resolved over time, and there are sometimes disagreements on essentials that don't get resolved
There are over 50,000 denominations of Christianity based on differing interpretations of the 900+ English versions of the bible.
It seems to me like you never resolve the disagreements, and instead just fracture into a separate branch and then claim the other side aren't real Christians.
in which case over time it becomes realized that one party was not pursuing truth
Since all of you are asserting knowledge of the truth, and none of you are demonstrating a way to verify that knowledge, I think none of you are actually pursuing truth.
If by "fairy tale" you mean an interpretation lacking a full explanation or understanding,
I mean you claim to believe a story chock-full of supernatural elements.... and yet you can't demonstrate the existence of anything supernatural in the slightest.
all good scientists admit that their theory of everything is a fairy tale by that definition. But what other definition could there be to distinguish between us two?
The difference is I don't go around professing faith and absolute belief in scientific theories, nor do I waste my time pouring over them thinking absolute truth is buried in there somewhere as long as I magically come to the correct interpretation of what it says.
If you haven't figured out the answer, it's that it's not a problem to us.
Yeah.... See, that's what I was getting at... You believe in a personalized version of god, which is going to have different requirements for his followers depending on who you ask.
In which case, either the rules for getting into heaven are pretty loose, or a hell of a lot of Christians are going to hell for believing the wrong things.
There are sometimes disagreements on nonessentials, there are sometimes disagreements on essentials that get resolved over time, and there are sometimes disagreements on essentials that don't get resolved
There are over 50,000 denominations of Christianity based on differing interpretations of the 900+ English versions of the bible.
It seems to me like you never resolve the disagreements, and instead just fracture into a separate branch and then claim the other side aren't real Christians.
in which case over time it becomes realized that one party was not pursuing truth
Since all of you are asserting knowledge of the truth, and none of you are demonstrating a way to verify that knowledge, I think none of you are actually pursuing truth.
If by "fairy tale" you mean an interpretation lacking a full explanation or understanding,
I mean you claim to believe a story chock-full of supernatural elements.... and yet you can't demonstrate the existence of anything supernatural in the slightest.
all good scientists admit that their theory of everything is a fairy tale by that definition. But what other definition could there be to distinguish between us two?
The difference is I don't go around professing faith and absolute belief in scientific theories, nor do I waste my time pouring over them thinking absolute truth is buried in there somewhere as long as I magically come to the correct interpretation of what it says.
If you haven't figured out the answer, it's that it's not a problem to us.
Yeah.... See, that's what I was getting at... You believe in a personalized version of god, which is going to have different requirements for his followers depending on who you ask.
In which case, either the rules for getting into heaven are pretty damn loose, or a hell of a lot of Christians are going to hell for believing the wrong things.
There are sometimes disagreements on nonessentials, there are sometimes disagreements on essentials that get resolved over time, and there are sometimes disagreements on essentials that don't get resolved
There are over 50,000 denominations of Christianity based on differing interpretations of the 900+ English versions of the bible.
It seems to me like you never resolve the disagreements, and instead just fracture into a separate branch and then claim the other side aren't real Christians.
in which case over time it becomes realized that one party was not pursuing truth
Since all of you are asserting knowledge of the truth, and none of you are demonstrating a way to verify that knowledge, I think none of you are actually pursuing truth.
If by "fairy tale" you mean an interpretation lacking a full explanation or understanding,
I mean you claim to believe a story chock-full of supernatural elements.... and yet you can't demonstrate the existence of anything supernatural in the slightest.
all good scientists admit that their theory of everything is a fairy tale by that definition. But what other definition could there be to distinguish between us two?
The difference is I don't go around professing faith and absolute belief in scientific theories, nor do I waste my time pouring over them thinking absolute truth is buried in there somewhere as long as I magically come to the correct interpretation of what it says.
If you haven't figured out the answer, it's that it's not a problem to us.
Yeah.... See, that's what I was getting at... You believe in a personalized version of god, who has different characteristics and requirements than someone else who will profess the same belief in the same god.
In which case, either the rules for getting into heaven are pretty damn loose, or a hell of a lot of Christians are going to hell for believing the wrong things.
There are sometimes disagreements on nonessentials, there are sometimes disagreements on essentials that get resolved over time, and there are sometimes disagreements on essentials that don't get resolved
There are over 50,000 denominations of Christianity based on differing interpretations of the 900+ English versions of the bible.
It seems to me like you never resolve the disagreements, and instead just fracture into a separate branch and then claim the other side aren't real Christians.
in which case over time it becomes realized that one party was not pursuing truth
Since all of you are asserting knowledge of the truth, and none of you are demonstrating a way to verify that knowledge, I think none of you are actually pursuing truth.
If by "fairy tale" you mean an interpretation lacking a full explanation or understanding,
I mean you claim to believe a story chock-full of supernatural elements.... and yet you can't demonstrate the existence of anything supernatural in the slightest.
all good scientists admit that their theory of everything is a fairy tale by that definition. But what other definition could there be to distinguish between us two?
The difference is I don't go around professing faith and absolute belief in scientific theories, nor do I waste my time pouring over them thinking absolute truth is buried in there somewhere as long as I magically come to the correct interpretation of what it says.