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And what if both X and Y are correct? What if God (X) exists and created the rules (Y) that defined the natural world. Open your mind.Here we go again.
Religious guy makes statement "X" about religion.
Non-religious guy says, "No, not 'X' at all. It's 'Y.'"
Religious guy says, "Oh, yeah?! Well, you've failed to back your statement up with specific evidence including detailed citations.
Moral (I guess): Religious types are exempt from rules (their bizaareness is a different issue here) they want to apply to non-religious types.
Scoreboard: The religious types are losing.
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What I find interesting is that a book written many centuries ago explains the formation of the universe and the splitting of a single-cell organism, yet it was more than 1600 years before science discovered it to be true. I, for one, don't believe in this level of coincidence. So, I decided to read the Bible. I mean, if I'm gonna have a position on this issue I better know what I'm talking about, right? So if someone wants to argue points of religion, Christianity, atheism or what the Bible is or isn't, they should have at least read-up on the subject.
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The Bible is a collection of stories. There are many more that didn't make it into the book. Most of these writings of the same times confirm various parts of the historical record in the Bible.