On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, Andrew Lias wrote: > >I stay as far away from most fundamentalists as I can, but I would think > >just the opposite. Close textual analysis may indicate contradictions and > >inconsistencies, and the idea that there would be contradictions and > >inconsistencies is anathema to people who believe that God dictated the > >Bible and that its every word is law. > > At the risk of touching off a flamewar, my experience with fundamentalists > would suggest that they do, indeed, read all of the passages most closely in > order that they might then explain all the inconsistencies away. Not that I'm trying to add to a flamewar, but the fundamentalists I've come across read a lot, but either don't read enough or don't think about what they've read. Personally, I prefer to use the "If God is omnipotent, can he create a boulder too heavy for him to lift?" And the variations thereof. Obviously it's nowhere near a good argument, but at least you know that's one question they can never answer! ****** NyteMuse "Call her life unnatural, feel her undead breath. Color her black for sorcery, color her gray for death." AIM: NyteMuse139 / ICQ: #21966269 (NyteMuse) MSN: NyteMuse / Yahoo!ID: NyteMuse http://www.crowfire.com