CRIPPLING EMOTION

Ralph Di Fiore co332@freenet.toronto.on.ca
Thu, 11 Feb 1999 06:26:43 -0500 (EST) (00918754003, Pine.3.89.9902110626.D28558-0100000@queen) 


	May I just throw in my humble opinion on your discussions.  One 
has to realize that an individual who believes the bible to be god 
inspired has a different approach to reasoning when discussing the bible 
and its errancy/inerrancy, that he or she does when discussing another, 
non biblical subject.
	I have found certain individuals who can counter arguments and 
display grand logic against the atheist position, suddenly refuse to 
apply this same critical analysis to their own beliefs and the bible.
	Can anyone who has studied ancient middle eastern history not see 
that the bible is not an original work, and that its ideas are derived 
Babylonian, Persian and Egyptian thought.
	
	Ralph Di Fiore