Apparently some in the Mormon church believe that Bigfoot is Cain, and is real
January 20, 2008 — L. Ron BrownWhich leads one to wonder: Are these Mormons trying to be laughed at? To be fair, though, it’s no more ridiculous than the core truth claims of Mormonism, or of the trinity, archangel Gabriel, Noah’s Ark, Adam and Eve, and, well, you see where I’m going with this…
Hat tip: Pharyngula
February 9, 2008 at 10:03 pm
Bigfoot / sasquatch / whatever you want to call it…..
The facts of what we know about this being, fit with the King James Version, of what is described in the old testamant writings of humans that were a people then.
It may or may not hold up to the teachings of any modern “church”…including, but not exclusive to, the “mormans”.
But then, the biblical definition of “church” doesn’t hold up to any modern religious teachings” now, either…..
Doesn’t make any of THE BIBLE less true… just less known to man… Or more pointedly…people simply don’t actually read it anymore.
The truth is, and has always been there to read.
And the “bigfoot” are also there… and have been..
God does not change….
just “people in thier understanding”..and there mistaken perseptions…that are usually based on some one elses words, that they have read and believed….rather than them studying the bible themseves.
You can choose to dog a “morman, baptist, catholic”…or any “religion” we have today.
But if you take the time to “ACTUALLY READ THE BIBLE FOR YOURSELF”…. You will know the truth…. and wil no longer feel the need to post simple singular corrections to any one false religion….
Don’t blame the “mormans”… they actually have hads it closer, than any of todays false teachings… but none are true.
The Bible, and the Lord are true.
“The Church” is the people who really believe in Christ, and God.
No “buildings”, no “memberships”, “no strings attached”.
That is the “SIMPLICITY OF CHRIST”… that is in the bible.
No “religion” to this day, has grasped it…simply because they have all gotten caught up in making money.
God, does not need your money…. or will ever care about it…. find him beyond those requests..and you will know the truth….. and the “BF”…will seek you… because they already know.
February 10, 2008 at 11:15 am
As I say constantly, the Bible has every indication of being fictional. Make an argument for it that does not fall into one of these traps:
1. being an argument from ignorance (I don’t know how the universe got here, therefore god did it)
2. an argument from convenience (e.g., we need a moral code as without one there would be no absolute right and wrong which would be very impractical and uncomfortable, therefore god)
3. an argument from authority (e.g., this high-status person says it, therefore it must be true)
4. argument from popularity (since a high proportion of the population believes it, it must be true)
5. argument from personal experience (personal experience is not a strong source of evidence because such experiences are had by people of all faiths, by secular meditators, and by the users of some elicit drugs; moreover, given the pervasiveness of Christianity in most Western nations (esp. in the US, but also Canada, Australia, UK, etc) it should not be surprising when one has a God dream (just like it should not be surprising when one has a dream involving Bush, Tom Cruise, Hulk Hogan, Justin Timberlake, Sidney Crosby, or other cultural icons); moreover, given that God is believed in by many and is said to be all-powerful and all-knowing, it is not surprising that many people will cite in him in explanation of improbable events); lastly, the argument from personal experience stands against the admonishment to “just read the Bible and you will believe”. Any religious person of any faith could say this. We need a tie-breaker, and it’s not going to come from these books. It has to come from outside of them.
6. argument that atheism is itself a religion; firstly, agnostic atheism makes no faith claims and has no stances on morality, so it’s not a religion; second, even if it was, that would be meaningless to the truth value of Christianity.
7. arguments based on misunderstandings or misrepresentations of science.
8. And of course the circular argument: God wrote/inspired the Bible, and the Bible says that it is true in all of its worths, and we can be sure of that because God wrote it,….
Every argument for any religion has always fallen into one or more (usually more) of these holes. If you can put forth a rational argument that steps outside of these traps, you sir should write a book.
Regarding Big Foot: Until you can argue effectively for the Bible, I personally will not accept it as sufficient evidence for the extraordinary claim of Big Foot.