Sunday, December 31, 2006

Divine revelation, oh my

  • If I lived in Egypt in 1500 BC, I would have had an absolute and unquestionable belief in Amon-Ra.
  • If I lived in Persia in 1400 BC, I would have had an absolute and unquestionable belief in Zoroaster.
  • If I lived in Babylon in 597 BC, I would have had an absolute and unquestionable belief in Marduk (but I would have liked Ishtar better!).
  • If I lived in Greece in 435 BC, I would have had an absolute and unquestionable belief in Zeus (but I would have liked Venus or Pallas Athena better!).
  • If I lived in Scandinavia in 700 AD, I would have had an absolute and unquestionable belief in Odin (but I would have liked Thor better!).
Living in the USA of today, should I have an absolute and unquestionable belief in YWHW the God of the Bible?

So much for the faith and tradition of our Forefathers.

A faith that started around 100AD for Westerners. Got legitimacy around 313AD with Constantine’s Edict of Milan. Broke up in Roman Catholic and Protestant main sects with the advent of the printing press (1400’s) and is almost ignored in Europe now. Leaving the US as the “true believers” on par with the “fanatical” Moslems.

Just think how much more advanced we would be if instead of all that wasted time and energy studying the Bible, believers applied themselves to science and mathematics!

The sane and proper thing to do with all the bibles is to recycle them into toilet paper thereby saving a few trees.

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