The bible used as evidence?

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Here's a story. My grandfather died and then a few years later my grandmother's rather scary dog died. A few weeks after the dog died, this elderly Italian Jehovah's Witness (who was petrified of the dog) saw his opportunity to spread the gospel to my Italian grandmother who is hard of hearing and has dimentia. He actually told her once that my grandfather was in hell- but that's another story-

Anyhow one day I got there and he was inside her house - looking through her things - and I said what are you doing? He said talking about the bible. He told me I was a sinner - I don't even know the guy - and that I worship a false God - Jesus.

He proceeded to point out that Jesus wasn't part of the Holy Trinity. For about half an hour he continued accusing me of things before I finally came up with an argument. I asked him if he had seen the movie Superman. He said no. And I said in the movie, Jor-El sends his only begotten son to Earth to help mankind. And there's a great line from Superman...

You will travel far, my little Kal-El. But we will never leave you... even in the face of our deaths. You will make my strength your own. See my life through your own eyes, as your life will be seen through mine. The son becomes the father, and the father...the son.

The JW has never come back.

Stop talking about killing fish! I have a fish only three meters from here and I'd prefer it if he wasn't shot! Although, he's in an aquarium, not a barrel.

By the way? What does "shooting fish in a barrel" mean?

Anyway, I think that the bible is utter crap, not worthy of use as toilet paper let alone evidence in a real argument.

Actually, my sisters boyfriend said something like that that when they were all handed bibles by some Christian missionary at school. "Thanks, I needed some more toilet paper." It was an amusing story to me...

I wonder what the reason is for taking the bible over science, there must be a far bit of brain washing before hand. If you gave the bible to someone who'd never heard of it or the christian faith they'd probably laugh, and wonder how the hell do people believe this stuff. It amazes how people actually become a Mormon because I think (if I remember correctly) the book of Mormon was only written less than 200 years ago, just think how much it would take to convince even the average person on the street to believe and follow it. This book seems to have been written by one man who claimed to have visited by an angel who produced magic tablets with the text on them, now of course the angel took them back afterwords so there's no evidence to back his story. The man was obviously very ill or very clever especially if he died a rich man, this book has literally been made from scratch and very obviously at that! but yet people follow. Is it the case that these people ignore the fact that these books are obviously dubious just because need to feel apart of a group, that they need something to comfort them. What the bible essentially does is offer eternity in paradise all you have to do is behave yourself, is it really as simple as that. Is it all just a tool to control people and keep them in manageable groups.