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		<title>By: Guy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Guy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great responses GG!

I would add, speaking specifically to the claim of science and round Earth, that we can&#039;t know when that single passage in Isaiah was written. We DO know that the texts were translated, retranslated and altered. The earliest transcripts we have are dated much later than the idea of a spherical Earth first came to the Greeks in 6th century B.C.E. And, as far as I can gather, most biblical scholars believe the oldest parts of the Old Testament were not written before 6th century B.C.E.

There also are numerous passages in the bible that suggest a flat Earth, as opposed to the one that mentions a circle. http://www.answering-christianity.com/earth_flat.htm

Even if it was written before the Greeks and really means what it is claimed to mean, so what? Most things discovered by science were unproven ideas beforehand. That&#039;s kind of what philosophy is. No sane person thinks the Greeks were divinely inspired because they thought the Earth was round before it was scientifically established.

That&#039;s also kind of what fiction is. It would take long to find many examples in sci-fi and mythology of things that turned out to be right.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great responses GG!</p>
<p>I would add, speaking specifically to the claim of science and round Earth, that we can&#8217;t know when that single passage in Isaiah was written. We DO know that the texts were translated, retranslated and altered. The earliest transcripts we have are dated much later than the idea of a spherical Earth first came to the Greeks in 6th century B.C.E. And, as far as I can gather, most biblical scholars believe the oldest parts of the Old Testament were not written before 6th century B.C.E.</p>
<p>There also are numerous passages in the bible that suggest a flat Earth, as opposed to the one that mentions a circle. <a href="http://www.answering-christianity.com/earth_flat.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.answering-christianity.com/earth_flat.htm</a></p>
<p>Even if it was written before the Greeks and really means what it is claimed to mean, so what? Most things discovered by science were unproven ideas beforehand. That&#8217;s kind of what philosophy is. No sane person thinks the Greeks were divinely inspired because they thought the Earth was round before it was scientifically established.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s also kind of what fiction is. It would take long to find many examples in sci-fi and mythology of things that turned out to be right.</p>
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		<title>By: Golmer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 05:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Every &quot;good&quot; myth has a vague nugget of truth behind it for someone to plug updates into later. The ark story - sure there was a flood in Mesopotamia. It wasn&#039;t a worldwide flood, but it was a good nugget. God getting the tablets from god on the side of a mountain where god spoke? A volcano complete with burning bush. Sodom and gommorah getting destroyed by fire and brimstone? An actual meteor impact observed by the Chinese and others in it&#039;s passing. The star of Bethlehem? A supernova, again eecorded independently by the Chinese and Egyptians. 

Thatdoesnt make the bronze age ignorant tripe that comprises the bible proof of any diety&#039;s existence. It does prove the superstitious gullibility of bronze age thinkers though, and the willingness for people to willingly remain ignorant ages later.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Every &#8220;good&#8221; myth has a vague nugget of truth behind it for someone to plug updates into later. The ark story &#8211; sure there was a flood in Mesopotamia. It wasn&#8217;t a worldwide flood, but it was a good nugget. God getting the tablets from god on the side of a mountain where god spoke? A volcano complete with burning bush. Sodom and gommorah getting destroyed by fire and brimstone? An actual meteor impact observed by the Chinese and others in it&#8217;s passing. The star of Bethlehem? A supernova, again eecorded independently by the Chinese and Egyptians. </p>
<p>Thatdoesnt make the bronze age ignorant tripe that comprises the bible proof of any diety&#8217;s existence. It does prove the superstitious gullibility of bronze age thinkers though, and the willingness for people to willingly remain ignorant ages later.</p>
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		<title>By: Todd</title>
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		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 05:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Look into dangerous memes..  Dan Dennett has some interesting things to say about religious memes.   (great TED talk)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Look into dangerous memes..  Dan Dennett has some interesting things to say about religious memes.   (great TED talk)</p>
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