[ExI] atheists declare religions as scams.

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... On Behalf Of Stathis Papaioannou
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>...There is no contradiction in accepting a religion but rejecting its ancient beliefs as literal truth. Some theologians take the Bible about as seriously as classical scholars take the Iliad and the Odyssey; that is, they take it very seriously but they don't actually believe that any of the supernatural stuff happened...Stathis Papaioannou


Stathis I think this is an understatement.  I would say *most* theologians, particularly the fundamentalist variety, discount the supernatural.  I might be projecting, but I don't see how they could miss that if they really study the hell out of the bible.  

Hmmm, study the hell out of the bible, that has a delightful double meaning.

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