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Matt Dillahunty - Are We Like the Foolish Man Who Built His House Upon Sand? (youtu.be)

submitted 6 days ago by Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world to c/atheism@lemmy.world

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[–] Stache_@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

“Other kings said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show 'em. It sank into the swamp. So, I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So, I built a third one. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp, but the fourth one... stayed up! And that's what you're gonna get, lad: the strongest castle in these islands.”

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Not to mention those HUGE... tracks of land!

[–] solidgrue@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

If the premise of the question suggests the Bible is a rock upon which a strong house is built then I submit, rather, that house is built upon the clouds. The Bible itself is an assemblage of self-congratulatory and often self-contradictory allegory with the minimum viable basis in fact compiled over centuries to the benefit of a cynical, theocratic ruling class.

Is it not better to stand firmly on the ground and regard your peers with one simple rule: to treat with them in all dealings as you would be treated, to deal in objective fact, and to eschew hypocrisy and cynical blandishments?

No, as an atheist I don't think it is I who has a house upon sand, neither clouds.

(Edit: I'm grumpy today)