Quote Originally Posted by Ignatius
Krogith I find your suggestion (that if not for a wrathful God then man would have no reason to do good instead of bad) to be quite risible. Is that what you're basing your faith on? Fear?

Here's just one "fact" from The Bible which I find hard to swallow.

Methuselah lived to be 969 years old.

Do you believe that to be true? Or do you think the age is meant to be symbolic?
The Bible was not mean to be taken literally. Fundamentalism is a relatively recent movement. The Bible was meant to be a collection of stories which have relevance to modern life, and I think some of them (i.e. the Good Samaritan) do.