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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (779045)	4/8/2014 2:25:42 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574485

What I tell my atheist friends is this. If you are really a scientist and intelligent thinker, then the most you can say is that you don't know if God really exists, because you have no repeatable evidence. So being atheist makes no sense. Being agnostic might make sense instead. For me, I believe in God for reasons I don't need to go into here. Suffice it to say, I am comforted by my beliefs. But I don't find any conflict in my belief in science either. But if you ask me if the Bible should be taken literally, I'll tell you not to be a silly goof. Of course, the Bible shouldn't be taken literally. We have evidence that completely contradicts many things in the Bible. For example, the Earth is around 4.5 billion years old. We have the ability to date the Earth pretty accurately. It was not created in 1 of the Bible's famous 7 days and it is not 10 thousand years old. Anyone who thinks that has lost a few marbles. What the Bible is is a collection of parables and teachings by wise men doing their best to interpret the Word of God millennia ago. Many of its teachings are very applicable today. For example, the 10 Commandments are excellent rules to live by. Jesus' teachings are also excellent to live by. It's what makes this world a better place. But why do we have to go to extremes, such as Bible literalism? I recall that the Bible also teaches us to be "temperate in all things", which nowadays many interpret to mean "moderation in all things". Good lesson to also live by.