Religion gravely stunts your growth
In the moral sense, the Bible was instrumental in teaching me morals.
It taught me that Christianity was a great religion before it turned from it's Chrestian and man God roots, to it's Christian supernatural and fantasy God.
It showed me why Gnostics hate the Roman Yahweh/Jesus God, while liking the Gnostic Jesus.
“So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence”
BERTRAND RUSSELL
As far I know there is a distinct lack of humour in the Bible . The absence of intelligence and humour may be considered the hallmark of authoritarianism.
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Of what? Your penis?
If that were even a rumour, the chuches would empty overnight forever.
@Fernapple That would be great!!
They say, extraordinary claims takes extraordinary evidence. Please prove verfication. Thanks.
Who were the “they” who said that?
Please provide verification. Thanks. (grin)
@yvilletom The Sagan standard is the adage that “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence” (a concept abbreviated as ECREE). This signifies that the more unlikely a certain claim is, given existing evidence on the subject, the greater the standard of proof that is expected of it.
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Here is a small sample of your requested ECREE...