Remember when America's dollar was the most powerful dollar?

[AquaEyes]

Quote:
Equating calling a text "fiction" with "trashing" is quite a stretch. We all know there is stuff in the text (and other religious texts) that is not true, thus it does contain fiction. Whether people hold the text to be important or not is independent of whether it's true or not. There are lots of texts that are fictitious, and acknowledged to be so, and still held in high esteem. And there are many non-fiction books that get barely read.


How you get to that from what I wrote wrinkles my brow. Advice or lessons learned from stories by the reader aren't fiction or nonfiction. Stating something happened or didn't happen is fiction or nonfiction.

 

[Q9]

Quote:
Chickened - I'm unsure. Quite frankly, it's difficult to tell what Revelation is ABOUT - but as others have mentioned, this would best be discussed via PM.

Medicine Man - It would be much appreciated if you would show some more respect about others' beliefs. I'm all for debate and discussion, but it is unacceptable to trash a religious text as a piece of fiction. It's rude and will not win any friends, and this applies to any religion, not just mine. (I know what you guys are thinking - "Since when has Q9 cared about that?" For a while, actually, and I'm currently working on being more respectful in my posting.)

Equating calling a text "fiction" with "trashing" is quite a stretch. We all know there is stuff in the text (and other religious texts) that is not true, thus it does contain fiction. Whether people hold the text to be important or not is independent of whether it's true or not. There are lots of texts that are fictitious, and acknowledged to be so, and still held in high esteem. And there are many non-fiction books that get barely read.

Stating that it contains fiction is completely different from calling the entire thing a piece of fiction. Obviously there is SOME fiction - the parables, for example. But calling the entire thing a piece of fiction? That's just rude. I would consider it just as rude if someone told a Muslim that the Koran is a piece of fiction. People put a lot of emphasis on religious texts, so I think it is perfectly fair to say that slapping a "fiction" label on the whole thing - instead of just saying that many would disagree - is "trashing" it.

 

[AquaEyes]

Quote:
Equating calling a text "fiction" with "trashing" is quite a stretch. We all know there is stuff in the text (and other religious texts) that is not true, thus it does contain fiction. Whether people hold the text to be important or not is independent of whether it's true or not. There are lots of texts that are fictitious, and acknowledged to be so, and still held in high esteem. And there are many non-fiction books that get barely read.

Stating that it contains fiction is completely different from calling the entire thing a piece of fiction. Obviously there is SOME fiction - the parables, for example. But calling the entire thing a piece of fiction? That's just rude. I would consider it just as rude if someone told a Muslim that the Koran is a piece of fiction. People put a lot of emphasis on religious texts, so I think it is perfectly fair to say that slapping a "fiction" label on the whole thing - instead of just saying that many would disagree - is "trashing" it.

He said "that piece of fiction" and I took that to mean, specifically, the "Revelation" to which chickened referred. No one said "the bible." Go back and look for yourself.

I loved reading Anne Rice's novels. Her vampire stories, especially, are steeped in history to the point that you think "wow, did this really happen?" while you're reading it. Historical events and people and places abound. But the book is still considered fiction, despite containing lots of true facts -- because it is "non-fiction" when there is "no fiction" in it.

 

[WooingWyandotte]

Well, I don't want to waste my breathe arguing about a debate on the computer, but it sounds like your saying for the most part, the bible isn't true, except for some of the 'facts' contained in it?

 

[DuckLady]

Closed at OP's request