Quote for the day

When it comes to Christianity, the less you know the better.

Bruce Gerencser

Yep. Suppose you find yourself idly wondering one day, as I did, why the version of the Bible used by Catholics includes texts that aren’t included in the Protestant version of the Bible. Maybe you find a simplistic explanation on the Internet that points toward a book that you think might be interesting.

BANG! Next thing you know, you’ve read a half-dozen books about inconsistencies in the Biblical texts, fights over the meaning of inerrancy, fights over which books should belong in the canon, church history … on and on. For somebody born skeptical, like me, it’s an irritating experience; after all, Pastor Bubba must know all this stuff — and has never said a word about all the uncertainties. For somebody reared from infancy to be a True Believer, though, it has to be devastating.

Christianity sustains itself with lies, and the psychic cost of maintaining all those lies must be terrible. If they didn’t so often do such terrible harm to the people around them, I’d feel sorry for Christians.

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