Old and New Testament, and Koran, as a mystical Egyptian initiation

[andy06shake]

Andy my good man I hope the day never comes that you curse the lies you've been taught.
Just a question: No wait, that might be condescending and I don't want that. I'm sure you
realize what you are doing. I'm sure you've read Moby Dick. I'm sure you didn't doubt there
was a whale in the story after you read it. Because Moby Dick is a story about a pssed off
whale. :) Taking out the whale in Moby Dick changes the whole story non fiction or fiction.

On top of that people would look at you with raised eyebrows. The same way I look 
at your words when you doubt what The Bible says an omnipotent God as done.
The same way Moby Dick is about a whale The Bible is about God and his abilities
outside the constraints of natural laws. You make yourself look foolish by doubting the
written word that everyone on the planet knows is about a Creator who makes all things
possible. Take that away and now you're rewriting it and good luck with that. In fact
why don't you rewrite both the Bible and Moby Dick?

Let me know when it's up in thread so I can make a few changes according to my own
personal doubts, inabilities and contempt for context. Also why on Earth would the
scriptures even include miracles like talking donkeys if they were meant to be taken
seriously? There must of been some reason of truth to it. Because if you and I wanted
to be taken at our word, we aren't gonna be making sht up about no damn talking
donkeys. The only way that's coming out of our mouth is if it were true and maybe
not even then. The fact these events are described, if intelligence serves, is more
reason to believe it's true NOT LESS.

Now let that sink in.

That's rather presumptuous, Randy, considering im on the fence about the existance of God. 

But if Moby-Dick proved whales exist because a book says so, then every school library is a zoological disaster.

That argument basically boils down to "the story contains miracles, therefore the miracles are true."

And by that logic, the more absurd the claim, the more convincing it becomes.

Talking donkeys? Strong evidence.

Dragons? Case closed.

Hogwarts? Fund the owl post office.

The people who wrote these tales included strange events because strange stories are memorable, meaningful, and persuasive.

Not because they came with CCTV footage.

The Bible being about God doesn't automatically prove every supernatural claim any more than Moby-Dick proves a giant vengeful whale stalked sailors.

Context matters pal, and so does evidence.

Otherwise, Shrek is a historical documentary...