Quote Originally Posted by psychology student View Post
It uses a bible quote thats says that all those who don't believe in God are "vile" e.t.c, but without the acknowledgement of context. In the time it was written, more or less everyone was religious, and atheism was unheard of. Today this is not true, atheists are common thing and they are not "vile", they are normal people. The bad thing about this is that it implies that all religious persons have bibles for mouths and are defunct of independent speech; and that they all hold this intolerant view that all athiests are "vile", evil bastards who are going to burn in hell (thats the gist of it). It completely fails to acknowledge any diversity in the Christian, even theist perspective. Which is ironic, as I am a big fan of Steven Pinker, who was mentioned in the video, and yet I am a theist.
I keep coming across that sort of argument. Every time I see somebody posting a freaky quote from the Bible, a religious person jumps in and talks about how that is just how people thought at the time. Is the Bible the word of God, or is it not?