Post by Filter on Jan 18, 2005 13:36:05 GMT -5
This is more of a philosophy thread than a theist debate. Afterall, to most of us the Bible has enough errors to warrant disbelief. Knowing that the more curious one is, the more likely they are to find fault with the Bible, I thought how it might have been written better to make it harder to challenge... (not implying it would be closer to any truth)
comments?
Simplicity – Keep it short to lessen the potential for contradictions.
Certainty – Avoid broaching topics that might lead to misinterpretations or ambiguity.
Facts – Avoid depicting events that one would expect to leave a physical trace or residue that could later be checked or searched for (archaeological evidence). If historical references are necessary, ensure that they tie in to actual or real events that occurred (pyramids perhaps, but not an earth encompassing flood)
Time – Avoid chains of evidence or documenting bloodlines that might serve as a secondary method of verifying a timeline or way to date an occurrence that might contradict current or future scientific knowledge.
Justice – Instill the idea that a fair and consistent judgment will be administered, ensuring that behavior is continuously self-monitored.
Faith – Invoke some mechanism of *believing in that which is hoped for* to protect the belief system from outside inquiries by non-believers.
Supernatural Forces – Avoid terminology that might be construed as achievable by technology at some point in the future (i.e. travel faster than the spoken word – supersonic flight, or reaching all points of the globe at once – radio/television or the Internet).
Mystery – Invoke a catchall mechanism to account for seemingly random, unprovoked and unnecessarily gratuitous events occuring in nature.
Options:
Reproduction – Ensure that relationships and institutions are optimized to grow your ideals through dominance of the population.
Heresy – Ensure that a falling out would spell disaster for the individual.
comments?
Simplicity – Keep it short to lessen the potential for contradictions.
Certainty – Avoid broaching topics that might lead to misinterpretations or ambiguity.
Facts – Avoid depicting events that one would expect to leave a physical trace or residue that could later be checked or searched for (archaeological evidence). If historical references are necessary, ensure that they tie in to actual or real events that occurred (pyramids perhaps, but not an earth encompassing flood)
Time – Avoid chains of evidence or documenting bloodlines that might serve as a secondary method of verifying a timeline or way to date an occurrence that might contradict current or future scientific knowledge.
Justice – Instill the idea that a fair and consistent judgment will be administered, ensuring that behavior is continuously self-monitored.
Faith – Invoke some mechanism of *believing in that which is hoped for* to protect the belief system from outside inquiries by non-believers.
Supernatural Forces – Avoid terminology that might be construed as achievable by technology at some point in the future (i.e. travel faster than the spoken word – supersonic flight, or reaching all points of the globe at once – radio/television or the Internet).
Mystery – Invoke a catchall mechanism to account for seemingly random, unprovoked and unnecessarily gratuitous events occuring in nature.
Options:
Reproduction – Ensure that relationships and institutions are optimized to grow your ideals through dominance of the population.
Heresy – Ensure that a falling out would spell disaster for the individual.