For the last time, we ARE NOT evolved from monkeys!

[blahflowers]

Something that occurs to me as a result of chatting about religion elsewhere:

How do Christian fundamentalists reconcile the events in the English version of the Bible that are due to mistranslation, such as Mary being a virgin?

Comments

[iliadawry.livejournal.com]

You're assuming that fundamentalists read the whole of the Bible. I find that to be an unwise assumption.

[mistressmousey.livejournal.com]

I agree. They generally mark a few valuable passages for use in argument later (and for personal inspiration) and leave the rest unread, or only generally skimmed, glossing over any bits that don't make sense. Selective memory and all that. The majority of the scary believers are generic followers who believe anything they're told by people they trust, who are generally priests/preachers who *have* read the whole of the bible and carefully either don't discuss the parts they don't like, or creatively re-interpret them so that they can mean something other.

I have much tolerance for religious people who are willing to let other people do/believe what they want (and I really don't care if they think I'm going to Hell - a truly good Christian would simply worry and pray for me on their own time, understanding that God has a master plan and only He can control the universe), but the blind followers who only believe what they're told without putting any thought into anything for themselves... they scare me. A lot.