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The ''Skeptics Annotated Bible'' contains the text of the Bible (King James version), with comments alongside most of the Bible verses. Most of these comments are designed to draw attention to alleged absurdities and inconsistencies in the text based on the viewpoint of the authors. The areas of perceived difficulties are broken down into various 'tags'. | The ''Skeptics Annotated Bible'' contains the text of the Bible (King James version), with comments alongside most of the Bible verses. Most of these comments are designed to draw attention to alleged absurdities and inconsistencies in the text based on the viewpoint of the authors. The areas of perceived difficulties are broken down into various 'tags'. | ||
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| + | "Editorial commentary in the form of pictures and one-sentence comments are not arguments. SAB is the internet equivalent to a brick wall scribbled with graffiti, or arguing by saying, "nanny nanny boo boo." It performs no analysis of the social background, the literary data, or context. It is merely "instant reaction" from angry Skeptics, and that sort of arguing isn't arguing at all. We feel no more obliged to offer a response than they would feel obliged to respond to a preacher whose only argument was, "You're a sinner bound for hell!" By estimate perhaps 40-50% of SAB's comments are either "argument by outrage" or places where SAB takes moral offense, usually against a cultural norm. Most of the rest are easily answered by links, and I would encourage readers to spend their time better reading other material on this site that, while answering SAB's claims, has nothing to do with them directly. SAB also demonstrates the sort of provincialism we would expect of the impenetrably ignorant, as for example, they will insert a "laughing head" icon next to verses which describe some Bible social custom with which they are unfamiliar. Imagine what kind of credibility someone would deserve if they read a history of feudal Japan and put a "laughing head" next to descriptions of people taking their shoes off before they enter a home. That is the level of ignorance to which SAB regularly stoops."<ref>James Patrick Holding [http://www.tektonics.org/sab/sab.html ''Commentary on the Skeptics' Annotated Bible'']</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 23:26, March 16, 2008
The Skeptics Annotated Bible is an online text of the Bible intended for for skeptics and atheists. It is edited by Steve Wells. It also contains an annotated Quran and Book of Mormon. It focuses on the King James Bible.
Contents
The Skeptics Annotated Bible contains the text of the Bible (King James version), with comments alongside most of the Bible verses. Most of these comments are designed to draw attention to alleged absurdities and inconsistencies in the text based on the viewpoint of the authors. The areas of perceived difficulties are broken down into various 'tags'.
Refutation
"Editorial commentary in the form of pictures and one-sentence comments are not arguments. SAB is the internet equivalent to a brick wall scribbled with graffiti, or arguing by saying, "nanny nanny boo boo." It performs no analysis of the social background, the literary data, or context. It is merely "instant reaction" from angry Skeptics, and that sort of arguing isn't arguing at all. We feel no more obliged to offer a response than they would feel obliged to respond to a preacher whose only argument was, "You're a sinner bound for hell!" By estimate perhaps 40-50% of SAB's comments are either "argument by outrage" or places where SAB takes moral offense, usually against a cultural norm. Most of the rest are easily answered by links, and I would encourage readers to spend their time better reading other material on this site that, while answering SAB's claims, has nothing to do with them directly. SAB also demonstrates the sort of provincialism we would expect of the impenetrably ignorant, as for example, they will insert a "laughing head" icon next to verses which describe some Bible social custom with which they are unfamiliar. Imagine what kind of credibility someone would deserve if they read a history of feudal Japan and put a "laughing head" next to descriptions of people taking their shoes off before they enter a home. That is the level of ignorance to which SAB regularly stoops."[1]
External Links
References
- ↑ James Patrick Holding Commentary on the Skeptics' Annotated Bible
