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<blockquote data-quote="lhvinny" data-source="post: 2638690" data-attributes="member: 888670">&quot;we also believe the Bible and are saved by our faith.&quot;&nbsp; Faith is belief without evidence.&nbsp; It is another word for gullibility.&nbsp; You accept, as true, whatever you want to believe, regardless of it is true or not.&nbsp; Believing something by faith means you don&#039;t have an intelligent reason to believe what you believe.&nbsp; Thus, your question about the &quot;mental block&quot; is mute.&nbsp; It is you, the believer, who is putting up a mental block.I care if my beliefs are true. I care if my beliefs can hold up against investigation and scrutiny.&nbsp; The Bible horribly fails under investigation and scrutiny.&nbsp; Most of the prophecies you mentioned, especially those mentioned in Matthew, are obvious forgeries and misrepresentations of the Old Testament.&nbsp; The Bible is demonstrably a cultural text, edited, written, and rewritten by humans, for humans, as a means to an end.&quot;people who are in jungles/third world countries can receive revelation from God about salvation through the Power of the Holy Spirit even though they may not ever see a Bible&quot;&nbsp; Nice claim.&nbsp; Now, where&#039;s the evidence?&quot;Why must you attempt to limit the Power of God to enlighten people?&quot;&nbsp; I don&#039;t limit the power of any supernatural being.&nbsp; I&#039;m simply not convinced that there is any such being that has the power in the first place.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lhvinny, post: 2638690, member: 888670"] "we also believe the Bible and are saved by our faith." Faith is belief without evidence. It is another word for gullibility. You accept, as true, whatever you want to believe, regardless of it is true or not. Believing something by faith means you don't have an intelligent reason to believe what you believe. Thus, your question about the "mental block" is mute. It is you, the believer, who is putting up a mental block. I care if my beliefs are true. I care if my beliefs can hold up against investigation and scrutiny. The Bible horribly fails under investigation and scrutiny. Most of the prophecies you mentioned, especially those mentioned in Matthew, are obvious forgeries and misrepresentations of the Old Testament. The Bible is demonstrably a cultural text, edited, written, and rewritten by humans, for humans, as a means to an end. "people who are in jungles/third world countries can receive revelation from God about salvation through the Power of the Holy Spirit even though they may not ever see a Bible" Nice claim. Now, where's the evidence? "Why must you attempt to limit the Power of God to enlighten people?" I don't limit the power of any supernatural being. I'm simply not convinced that there is any such being that has the power in the first place. [/QUOTE]

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