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It's very old 'news.' What in particular do you find interesting?

One word: eisegesis.

I regard adolescent anti-theism as having a cathartic effect: think sophomoric temper tantrum.

And there is a good deal of antisemitism.

I'm trying to figure out if there is anything intended here other than thoughtful reminiscence.

And here.

And, for some of us, history - our history - has import.

Therefore? It's also true, at least in the US, that many, many hospitals and medical centers have links to religious institutions. You seem driven to ridicule the fringe as your way of demeaning the center.

I always loved Humpty Dumpty, but I'd never venture to have a serious discussion with him. Let others take from my response above whatever they find of value.

No. What do we mean when we speak of something being "the inspired word of God"? The authors clearly had messages (plural) they sought to communicated, messages that were at least in part a function of the time, place, and worldview of each author, and messages that got massaged, refined, and...

Circumstantial evidence v exegesis v eisegesis -- its helps to know the difference while appreciating the possibilities.

Good point.

Apologize, then, for doing it so childishly and with such shallowness ...

Oh my! Such forcefulness! Such bravery!

I gave it all the attention it deserved. As for the concomitant hubris, it's laughable at best.

I would think that the question "can { X } exist without an Absolute, a divine perfect creator?" is unanswerable in the absence on a coherent definition of { X }.

May I ask your definition of morality.

I can't believe you said that with a straight beak. On second thought, perhaps you right. Perhaps the intent is simply to mock. Sad.

You are moving the goalpost - and doing so more or less incoherently. The sad part about it is that you probably don't even know it. The fact remains: the claim that what someone says is false in no way constitutes a claim of knowing the truth.

Why should that hold true? I may not know the truth of what happened to Jimmy Hoffa but I feel reasonably justified discounting alien abduct and death by Lithuanian Zombies.