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Originally Posted by johnny?
Also, Alex.. it's fairly childish pointing out contradictions in a book translated several times, where many different versions exist and a book that a majority of free-thinking 'morons' (as you nicely put it) do not take literally, whatsoever.
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Although most do not take it literally, the vast majority I have discussed it with believe it to be the "infallible word of God". It is 100% accurate and correct. Once you highlight one error it becomes 99% accurate and open to interpretation, from there on it is a downward spiral of percentages. I think Alex put it in the thread too early and I haven't spotted anyone making that argument but it is worth referencing as one of the argument patterns used by devout believers, that of shifting goalposts once they realise they are losing ground.
Its is the most obvious example of it too as "its in X Holy Book" is the standard response to many questions you may have so to have them give ground on its accuracy during a discussion then leaves an open path to return to the previous questions which were brushed aside with this answer.