I agree that by in large that was most probably the view held by the Israelites, though it may have been debated by scholars at the time (would have to poke around the Talmud and the like to see what was debated then). Also it is quite clear what the Roman Catholic church believed at that time as we still have many records of heresy and witchcraft trials, along with scholarly writing of the time. The trials also certainly did happen.
Quote:
No, the people who annoy me more than anything are Creationists and Biblical fundamentalists (people who think Noah's ark and the accounts of Genesis should be taken as fact). Have you seen some of the stuff they preach? Look here:
Doesn't it just sicken you? And the fallacies they use infuriate me even more, especially that dumbass Ken Ham. Mr. Ham, I hate to tell you this, but if dinosaurs and humans lived together, we'd be dead. The dietary habits we know they had prove that we would have been a very short-lived species.
And to the woman at 1:51, you might want to recheck the scientific evidence. And I don't mean consult Ken Ham or Kent Hovind (who is currently serving a prison sentence for over 50 counts of tax evasion), I mean actually go to a museum or a scientific institute and get the facts.
|
I pretty much agree, and would add that my biggest pet peeve is those who proclaim their religion to be the sole one true religion and everyone is stupid and wrong and should either be tortured, die, and/or burn in hell/whatever for it. In spite of the fact there have been hundreds to thousands (depending on how far back one goes) of religions before it claiming the exact same thing.
In my view everything should be taken with a grain of salt, including science (which does share a lot of similarities with religion). Otherwise everything stands still if taken as an absolute.