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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If atheists think they can decide what is true for Christians, Muslims, Jewish people, etc, is that respectful and tolerant and accepting?[/quote]

You can believe whatever stories you want to believe. Worship whatever gods you want. State your truths.

And I can believe whatever I want to believe. And NOT worship any of the gods. And state my truths.

If someone can write "the actual words of Jesus" [i]as if that's a fact[/i], then I can write that those words are not actually written by "Jesus"[i] as if that's a fact[/i].

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Calling Christian, Muslim, and Jewish Holy texts stories isn’t respectful.

You don’t get to decide for the world what is real and what isn’t real.

Complete arrogance. [/quote]
I’m a Jew who’s married to an atheist.  I can’t speak for Christians or Muslims, but many—if not most—Jews do actually believe that our holy text is, indeed, stories meant to teach something and not actual historical fact.

There is evidence in the Torah of several authors. One that comes to mind most readily is that God creates man twice: once in Genesis chapter 1 (“27And God created man in His image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.”) and again in chapter 2 (“7And the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and He breathed into his nostrils the soul of life, and man became a living soul.”). That second time, he creates woman a while later. This gave rise to the adoption of the “Adam’s first wife” Lilith myth. [/quote]

So the Torah is made up stories? And the authors are “dudes” who fabricated all the stories? Good to know. [/quote]
I mean, that’s a reductive way to put it, but as a practicing Jew, I believe that the Torah was written by men as a series of myths to teach us something about ethics and explain the world we live in.

I do believe (for example) in being kind to other people, in passing down our cultural traditions, and in making the world a better place. I do not believe (for example) that the world was created in six days, or that the raising of a staff parted the Red Sea. [/quote]

But some people do believe that. Are they wrong? Would you tell them they are wrong? [/quote]

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