The problem is that people use scripture as a way of deciding public policy (stem cell research is wrong because the bible tells us so...). Thus, disproving the scripture dispels the argument.
I'm not saying there is no value to it. It (the bible) is a great work of literature. But like any great work of art, you can get something from its intent and message but to take it literally is madness.
-Jeff
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'The most preposterous notion that H. sapiens has ever dreamed up is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of all the Universes, wants the saccharine adoration of His creatures, can be swayed by their prayers, and becomes petulant if He does not receive this flattery. Yet this absurd fantasy, without a shred of evidence to bolster it, pays all the expenses of the oldest, largest, and least productive industry in all history."
-Robert Heinlein |