So did a great many Deists, yet you never here about them do you? It's all about how the founding fathers wanted a "Christian nation," even though some of the the most predominant despised Christianity.
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I agree with you , but when someone provides evidence against their, the fundamentalists' beliefs some respond with the weathered expression, "It is all according to god's will." I refuse to accept that as a rational explanation, and demand that they provide me with the tiniest piece of solid evidence. There is no way to back a literal translation of the Bible other than their twisted, unfounded, ideology. We all know the stories and there repeating does not strengthen the case. We all perceive the Bible as we wish, and that is our prerogative. While, it is their right to try and sway those who dissent, they have done nothing but regurgitate, in my mind, drivel. They have NO eyewitnesses, they only have a book that has been translated and rewritten hundreds of times. Consider the source, and you will soon agree with Professor Ehrman that the Bible is clearly a secondary source that contains its own bias. Do you think that the writers and re-writers would not try to change the Bible for their own motives? I can only surmise that if they take the bible at face value they could also take "Jack and the Beanstalk" at face value. Yes, they are correct many places in the bible have been found; or rather it is believed that they have been found. There is no evidence, however, that proves these are the same places. Even if they are, what does this prove? There are a lot of historic accuracies in the bible, but that does not mean every word of it is true by default. "Oh My God! The Garden of Eden was a real place (Bahraih). Therefore, the story of Adam and Eve is true!" That is a ludicrous conclusion. The problem is that the evidence is not something that can be used today, and therefore their