Quote Originally Posted by drunkernhelldawg View Post
I do despise literalism regarding the Bible, but I think it's important to respect people's beliefs because belief is central to experience and the idea of cutting somebody at the root does not seem right to me. Maybe I'm wrong; maybe we all need to hate one another.
Who's cutting somebody at the root? And I never said anything about hating one another. From my experience, being a devout Christian, and ignoring not just science, but history, are not mutually exclusive.