> -----Original Message----- > From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 10:19 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: ::Sigh:: Tom Cruise Authoritates 9/11 > > On Jan 18, 2008 9:08 AM, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Only high-level members of the church, "Clears" are given that > information > > and by that time they'll essentially believe anything. To be honest > > despite > > its modern sci-fi wrappings the stories of Scientology aren't any > more or > > illogical than the stories in most religions. I mean what's more > > believable: that space plans the size of DC-10's carried a billion > dead > > alisn to Earth or that a guy built a boat that carried two of every > animal > > and thus saved everything from a world-wide flood? > > > I take serious issue with this comparison.
I sorry that you take it personally. It wasn't meant to be. > Jim, most Christian religions use the story of the great flood as a > parable > to teach, not as a historical fact or as a matter of canon. > > Yes, the fundies will believe in the ark as an historical fact, but you > didn't specify that. You were indicting the entire religion on this > belief. > That's not right. I didn't indicate any religion (let's remember that there are actually several religions for which the story Noah's Ark is sacred - not just yours). There are many, many people that consider the flood story as actual, literal fact. Also the concept that these stories are simple parables is relatively modern: for most of their existence they've been taught as fact. Lastly the bible gives no indication of which stories are parable and which are fact: is the nativity story parable? Sodom and Gomorrah? Jonah and the whale? Where's the "fiction/non-fiction" key? But that's all beside the point. I was talking about the ridiculousness of the stories. Nearly all religion is based upon stories or beliefs that non-believers find ridiculous-sounding. Would a community of scientologists that presented the same stories as parable be more acceptable to you? Or if they do believe them as actual fact why are they "worse" than the many millions that believe the bible as literal truth? Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:251304 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
