“Would you be willing to stand in a court of law and say that, yes, Jonah did in fact spend three days in the belly of a great fish?”
Sooner or later, every high-school charlie trots out this ancient cliche. They hug themselves, grinning at the thought of how they’ve just cut the floor out from everyone who believes the Bible.
If there’s one thing worse than an idiot, it’s a boring idiot. At least give us some fresh, creative idiocy–not this old stuff that’s been going round and round since 1563.
So a “court of law” is to be the high authority? For most of American history, a witness in a court of law had to swear on the Bible, by almighty God, that his evidence is true. Would the witness ever have been asked to swear on the Bible that the Bible isn’t true? Political correctness has in recent years moved us to abandon this practice; but to this day, the President of the United States takes his oath of office with his hand on the Bible.
But if the court of law really is the high authority, does every witness tell the truth? Are we sure of hearing nothing but the truth in any court of law?
The Bible must be fiction, reasons the fool who is wise in his own eyes, because it includes accounts of miracles. A miracle is something that our experience of the world tells us cannot happen. More–it’s something the Experts tell us cannot happen. Miracles happen in the Bible, therefor the Bible can’t be true.
But the Bible attributes miracles to God, and recognizes them as rare exceptions to the laws of nature. That’s what makes them miracles. Indeed, Moses got in serious trouble for taking credit to himself for one of God’s miracles–“Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?” (Numbers 20:10)
So let’s ask the Bible-basher a question.
Would you be willing to stand in a court of law and say, yes, life arose from non-living materials and “evolved” into dinosaurs, rosebushes, and Mozart?
Now who’s talking miracles?
I laughed all the way through your comment about Bible UNbelievers. Honestly, if they were to stand in a court of law and give “evidence” the way they criticize the Bible, they’d lose every case. Many, many attorneys have set out to disprove the Bible using their expertise and became not only believers in the inerrancy of the Word of God, but born-again, solid Christians. Folks who only listen to negative things from untrustworthy sources need to wise up.
Wise up, O men of God!
It takes more faith to believe in evolution than to believe in the Bible.
And when they thought to create on their own, God said – get your own dirt.
What’s sad is that many of them WOULD be willing to stand in a court of law and swear that evolution brought dinosaurs, rose bushes, and Mozart out of non-living matter — and in fact brought non-living matter out of nothing. To paraphrase an old song, “How do they know? Science told them so.”
Oh, and in case you don’t recognize the song, it was a popular song played on the radio in the 1940s or early 1950s: “Faith, hope, and charity, / That’s the way to live successfully. / How do I know? / The Bible told me so.” Yes, believe it or not, religious songs were popular on the radio in those days! And atheists didn’t demand that the songs be banned or the radio stations be shut down. Imagine that….
I remember that song! Maybe I’ll post it.
Hey, the ’60’s had some religious songs that were popular. How about Norman Greenbaum’s “Spirit in the Sky?” with this memorable lyric: “Prepare yourself, you know it’s a must, Gotta have a friend in Jesus.” And Science can’t even agree on a definition of “life.”