The Bible is super-honest and must therefore be true. (comic)

[DetlefK]

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[RussBLib]

1. or maybe Jesus was an impetuous bastard

that didn't undertand the changing of the seasons or soil fertility.

The lengths they will go to to justify their juvenile faith is sobering.

[trotsky]

2. The answer is simple.

The bible is 100% true and accurate in every way, until you can no longer reconcile a part with reality. Then that part is allegorical.

[Warren Stupidity]

3. You have to seek the inner gibberish.

Traditional Christian exegesis regarding these accounts include affirmation of the Divinity of Jesus by demonstrating his authority over nature. Traditional Reformed thinking states that this event was a sign given by Jesus of the end of the exclusive covenant between God and the Jews - see also Supersessionism. According to this interpretation, the tree is a metaphor for the Jewish nation i.e. it had the outward appearance of godly grandeur (the leaves), but it was not producing anything for God's glory (the lack of fruit).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursing_the_fig_tree
See? Now it all makes (non)sense.

[bvf]

4. Thanks for clearing that up

I think.

I love religious "scholarship."

[AlbertCat]

6. Is fall or spring the season for God's glory?

And does god's glory require a special species of wasp to fertilize god's glory?


It's not a cookie, it's a god's glory newton!

[edhopper]

8. Sounds like he is referring to

the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem. Giving a Jesus and God a hand in the whole thing.
Not much different from Christian nut jobs today.

[Promethean]

5. This comic in a vaccuum seems to support religion.

Until you notice that this is a daily updated comic and go into its history (or have just been following it for a while). SBMC rips on religion regularly. This should be taken as a tongue in cheek jab at this specific apologetic.

For a somewhat recent example of religion bashing see: http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=3690

[Brainstormy]

7. That angle, in Christian apologetics

and discussions of the historicity of Jesus, etc., always knocks me out. "It HAS to be true, because it's too stupid/embarrassing/juvenile, whatever, NOT to be true."

Whatever.