Asking that someone attempt to prove that Noah’s Arc really existed or if it was (more likely) merely a fable used to teach valuable lessons to children is offensive to you? Come on now, let’s be fair. Next you’re going to ask that this thread be deleted because you are offended, right? But then the board administrator, Russ Tanner, will have to delete his own posts where he’s said evolution is absurd – a comment which I don’t find offensive even if I don’t agree with it. I also don’t find it particularly offensive when people think I’m going to a Christian Hell for being a non-Christian pagan; I simply find this amusing instead.


Because she didn’t say the bible was stupid nor did she come even remotely close to suggesting as much. I don’t want to speak for you, Linda, but it sounds to me like you’re trying to ascertain if people here believe every tale within the bible truly happened (even the most fantastical ones) or if most people simply accept a lot of it as story tales and fables used to teach important lessons. Questioning a thing does not mean one thinks that thing to be stupid.


When someone, anyone, on this forum describes a belief system as stupid, believe me I’ll be the first one complaining. However, I wholeheartedly encourage others to discuss what they agree with and what they disagree with, or what parts of a belief system they find faulty and seek answers for. This is the very nature of a discussion board, after all. To think otherwise is to wish all discussion boards out of existence.

You could always try entering the debate against Linda with answers, rather than simply being offended at inoffensive statements.