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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 01/02/2008 : 09:00:59
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Link to Economist article
Great read, very interesting. I thought it was noteworthy that only 50% of Americans can name the first book of the Bible, even though 85%+ of them claim to be Christian. Strange, I bet 95% of the members of this forum would know that answer.
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"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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JohnOAS
SFN Regular
Australia
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Posted - 01/02/2008 : 14:18:53 [Permalink]
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I thought it was good too, thanks for the link.
| This needs to be kept in mind when considering who is winning the battle of the books. For some, the question is an abomination. Can't both sides win by converting the heathen? And aren't Christianity and Islam fellow Abrahamic faiths—different versions of the Truth? |
Classic. Scientology is also the truth*.
* For certain values of "true".
| Some Evangelicals produce counterfeit Korans that are designed to plant doubt in Muslim minds. |
I certainly didn't know that. It doesn't entirely surprise me, but it's a pretty risky proposition. |
John's just this guy, you know. |
| Edited by - JohnOAS on 01/02/2008 14:19:48 |
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Article on Bible/Koran literacy and distribution
