Originally posted by Andrew HamiltonDo you have any reason to believe that your opinion is valid?
I think the words came only by people (i.e. no “god” involved in any way) and that those people often actually believed (erroneously) that those words actually came from “God” (possibly sometimes from hallucinations or possibly sometimes from superstitious misinterpretations of something they actually heard/saw in real life?) although I am guessing ...[text shortened]... es it was simply made up by less than honest people (possibly sometimes for political reasons?).
Would 'I don't know' perhaps be more economical and truthful?
Originally posted by Bosse de Nage……Do you have any reason to believe that your opinion is valid? ...…
Do you have any reason to believe that your opinion is valid?
Would 'I don't know' perhaps be more economical and truthful?
yes;
I first reason that the existential claim that there exists a god has a vanishingly small probability of being true (just like and for the same reason for all such existential claims that have no premise). So, therefore, I assume there is no god, -so, therefore, I deduce from this premise that only people wrote the Bible and no god was involved because if there is no god then, obviously, only people could have made those words -who else?
……Would 'I don't know' perhaps be more economical and truthful?..…
no -because that would be a lie and i don't like telling lies.
Originally posted by Andrew HamiltonThat does seem likely. However, that doesn't explain where the words came from or why they came at all.
[b]……Do you have any reason to believe that your opinion is valid? ...…
yes;
I first reason that the existential claim that there exists a god has a vanishingly small probability of being true (just like and for the same reason for all such existential claims that have no premise). So, therefore, I assume there is no god, -so, therefore, I ...[text shortened]... d because if there is no god then, obviously, only people could have made those words -who else?[/b]
Originally posted by Bosse de Nagewhat do you mean?
That does seem likely. However, that doesn't explain where the words came from or why they came at all.
the words came from peoples minds and peoples lips -I don’t see how I can elaborate on that for I don’t see what there is to elaborate on.