Suppose I said that the spirit had revealed to me that man was created by the process of natural selection, do we still have a problem?
- Ummm… there are Christians who are not scriptural fundamentalists. In fact, only a minority of Christians are literal fundamentalists.
But you wouldn’t know that from P&T’s overly broad paint strokes.
- If you used their Elvis analogy of how even within a generation, you can have inaccurate accounts of historical events (Elvis didn’t do no drugs), then that would call into question every other piece of history along with the Bible.
Socrates didn’t drink no hemlock!
- Also, they were targeting historical accuracy of the biblical texts and wound up attacking religious faith in toto. So, this episode certainly was the ‘witnessing’ of atheists. Of course, their same arguments against faith can be equally applied to believing in justice, love, and meaning of life. So, if atheists are happy with their angst over existential skepticism and materialism… good for them.
Peace.
- Ummm… there are Christians who are not scriptural fundamentalists. In fact, only a minority of Christians are literal fundamentalists.
But you wouldn’t know that from P&T’s overly broad paint strokes.
- If you used their Elvis analogy of how even within a generation, you can have inaccurate accounts of historical events (Elvis didn’t do no drugs), then that would call into question every other piece of history along with the Bible.
Socrates didn’t drink no hemlock!
- Also, they were targeting historical accuracy of the biblical texts and wound up attacking religious faith in toto. So, this episode certainly was the ‘witnessing’ of atheists. Of course, their same arguments against faith can be equally applied to believing in justice, love, and meaning of life. So, if atheists are happy with their angst over existential skepticism and materialism… good for them.
Peace.
I have been an agnostic/atheist for many years, but after watching that episode, I became convinced that there is a god.
I missed the Thursday airing, so I tuned in last night. A thunderstorm had just started, and in the first few minutes the picture started breaking up. About ten minutes into the show (as Dave Barry says, I am not making this up), there was a lightning strike nearby, and the power went out for a second. It came right back on, but the cable box was dead. I tried several things to reset it, but nothing worked. I resigned myself to having to call for a repair the next day.
I was scanning through the basic cable channels I can get without the box for about 10 or 15 minutes, when the cable box recycled by itself, and started working again! Time: 10:30, just as P&T was ending!
So, obviously, there is a god and he doesn’t want me watching Penn & Teller. Lord be praised!