I just finished Genesis. And boy do I have questions. This topic is probably the biggest one since at least from my point of view, it's a big blemish on the book of Genesis. From the beginning of the book to the end.
Now as for debate, there are things I may disagree with atheists about, and...
Any other nontheists reading the Bible?
My biggest reasons for coming here, a.) as I said in my intro thread, I'm a new agnostic, but also b.) I'm reading the Bible. I would say that I'm rereading it, because I was a Christian, but no, this is my first read through.
I gave Christianity 35...
I'm not even sure if this is much of a debate. Most people claim they've arrived at their religious beliefs or lack of beliefs for the right reason, and it'll probably turn out that those reasons are the same as mine.
The Right Reason - Examining the actual beliefs. What do the "sacred" texts...
It might be a weird title for this thread. But it means that while I'm new to this forum, I'm new to the "freethinker" path.
My life in three sections (so far): fundamentalist Baptist Christian (was raised that way until high school), then the sort of Christian that was evolving into the...