All of that makes sense to me, but you lose me when homeboy lives inside the belly of a whale for awhile. Jonah, I’m calling bullshit on that my dude.
What % of the Actual Church Going Public Believe in a Virgin Birth, Burning Bushes, etc.?
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If you don't believe it, then I say don't waste your time at church. If you're still a moral person, you are better off spending that time with family or doing things for your family, helping the needy, etc. Going to church to "be seen" or to keep up with the Joneses is silly and vain.
Mass/worship should be a welcome occasion and time of peace for the attendee.
Reconciliation of the story/event being contrary to science is more of a feature than a bug. Part of the hook of any religion is that it is offering you some insight to a supernatural "thing" that runs contrary to the ordinary observable rules of the universe, which in part signifies its importance. You can't ever truly reconcile the happening of these events with science, and you must rely upon the testimony of the individuals who saw them happen, who felt compelled to retell their experiences and pass them along to future generations.
The virgin birth is a biggie. If you don't believe in that, then there's really no use in claiming to be a religious Christian, IMO.
I'm not sure belief in the burning bush is tied to Christian dogma (it might be), but I'll go with it, as it's no less believable than the virgin birth.
A lot of people have fled from churches over the recent decades. I'm inclined to think that most of the nonbelievers have already stepped out, and the ones who are left are mostly the faithful, truly on board with "all of it", or at least "most of it".
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If you’re using the idea of ‘just a theory’ you don’t understand how solid something has to be to become a scientific theory.
