I personally think some of the comments on this site can get pretty ridiculous at times, more importantly, they can utterly obliterate an otherwise important message. However, you know what is said about opinions and how they are like a particular body part (everybody’s got one, and they all stink). The thing I have seen that truly ruins credibility is when atheists/agnostics/whatever pontificate about the Bible, yet they don’t believe in it in the first place.
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You can read the Bible without believing certain elements (the supernatural aspects) are true. If you're using facts you found in the Bible to make your argument, what does it matter if you believe Jesus is the son of God?
Does the Bible magically change its contents depending on who is reading it? No.
Just because someone might not believe in the supernatural aspects to the Bible doesn't mean they can't use it as a contemporary text of the time. Some places and people mentioned in the Bible are certainly real, as are historic occurrences. Those things can be used to make an argument no matter if the person making the argument is Christian or not.
As long as someone can differentiate between fact and opinion, it shouldn't matter if a person is Christian or not, in this case.
It's also an issue of being able to use the content found in the Bible as the basis for an argument, even if you don't believe in the supernatural elements of the Bible.
For instance, someone can agree with the teachings of Jesus that are found in the Bible without actually believing in the divinity of Jesus.
Well, it depends on who you depend for a translation.
For instance, Jesus is quoted as saying: truly truly I say to you today you will be with me in paradise.
Knowing that the greek text does not contain interpunction, how this text is to be understood differes depending on persuasion and logical reasoning.
With regards to missing interpunction, especially given the fact that vowels are simply missing in Paleo-Hebrew, Genesis 1:1 could also be read as: in your head is the creation of the powers, heavens and earth.
So, doe sthe content magically differ? I would argue: yes, it could.
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