Comments on: Pro-Bible Atheism

By: Johan

Johan — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:43:15 +0000

I am something of a pro-Bible atheist myself. I will enjoy reading your perspective, especially as a “Christian” atheist who still think of the Hebrew Bible as the Old Testament.

I will add one thing however. I think Dawkins is right to criticize the moral standards of God, as portrayed in the Bible. This says nothing about the Bible as literature.

“A Clockwork Orange” is a great piece of fiction, but if a large number of people claimed to find Alex a morally inspiring character I would probably write something similar as Dawkins did.

By: Humanist Symposium - from the highway edition | Terahertz

Humanist Symposium - from the highway edition | Terahertz — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:04:25 +0000

[...] I really enjoyed the post where Michael challenges atheists with Pro-Bible Atheism at a Nadder! He provides a table explaining which Old Testament Books can be considered as a possible inspiration for modern blockbuster films to remind us the inherent literary value of the bible. He also intends to show the number of stories and genres covered is often greater than people tend to assume. [...]

By: michael

michael — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:12:42 +0000

Thanks Ian. I’m not as familiar with the NT (maybe if someone has suggestions for parallels put them in the comments?) Also I think the NT is more limited in terms of genre variety (there’s basically gospel narrative, letter and eschatology).

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:59:47 +0000

Great post, you should continue through the NT.

You’ll be featured in Sunday’s Humanist Symposium at my blog.

By: The Word - According To Me » Where was the Lord of the stampede?

The Word - According To Me » Where was the Lord of the stampede? — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:25:13 +0000

[...] In a slightly similar vein, I was greatly entertained today by Michael Fridman’s post at A Nadder!, where he equates books of the Bible with their very modern counterparts. Why are some mythologies still causing deaths by the thousand while others are considered nothing more than fairy stories? After all, a religion is nothing more than a myth that some people still believe to be the truth. [...]