Atheists do better at IQ tests

Originally posted by @suzianne
Now, explain YOUR "interpretation".

Originally posted by @eladar
If your interpretation means what is actually written in the Bible is incorrect then your interpretation denies what the Bible says.

Originally posted by @suzianne
Answer the question.

Originally posted by @eladar
I did.

Originally posted by @suzianne
You did not.

Do you, in fact, believe that the earth was created in six 24-hour days?

Originally posted by @divegeester
This would have fitted well into my Biblical literal-isms thread.

By the way, I don't believe in the 6 days literal days. However I do believe that God could have created it in 6 seconds had he chose to.

I also don't believe the Tree of Life is a literal tree with roots and leaves. Nor will I contort myself to accepting there are multiple Trees o ...[text shortened]... odate the visions in the first book of the bible with the visions in the last book of the bible.

Originally posted by @suzianne
More literalism.

The Bible was written for ancient man, and for modern man. It was clearly expected that man would learn a few things along the way. Well, I guess maybe not.

Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
The universe is approximately 13.8 billion years and 4 days old. (Give or take 4 days). Religion does indeed need to absorb this to be relevant.

Originally posted by @eladar
How old would Adam have appeared minutes after he was created? This assumes of course the creation account is true.

Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
Sorry, I'm not willing to make that assumption.

Originally posted by @eladar
Circular reasoning at its best. Atheists are definitely smart people. The inability to view things from different perspectives is definitely a sign of intelligence.

Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
Your assumption requires me to suspend all sense of reason. Where's the intelligence in that?

Originally posted by @eladar
You are obviously too smart to be able to see things from other perspectives. You are so smart that you believe your assumptions about reality are absolutely true without need of proof.

After all if a smart person like you believes it then it must be true.

Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
Thank you.

I believe in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with the fates and actions of human beings.

Albert Einstein