10 Commandments Opposing Unbiblical Claims Quotes

“The dynamic, where a foundational reality for one era becomes an unthinkable fiction for another, is not merely a historical curiosity. We can see the exact same structure of belief and denial play out by projecting it into a hypothetical future. Now, if there will come a time when in-vitro fertilization becomes the only way for humans to reproduce, let us say, not that I am wishing for this to happen, that sexual intercourse has been considered unhealthy to the point that history and technology erase the method or render it obsolete, then future humans could see that sexual method for reproduction as fictional. They might even deny it, no matter how absurd that denial may sound to us right now. For them, since they are from a time that generations over generations have passed and in-vitro is the new normal, reading a historical record may seem fictional to them as it can no longer be proven. Testing the sexual method for reproducing offspring would be immoral to them as the life of the offspring will be at risk (let’s say they have justified it to be too unhygienic or if at their time, there exist a virus that could be passed on if humans tried having sex) and they have made so many arguments to justify how safe in-vitro is.”
― E. Ravago, 10 Commandments Opposing Unbiblical Claims

“Our goal is not to convert anyone to belief or to unbelief. It is not to defend the Bible or to attack it. It is to trace the internal shape of a closed communication system with as much precision as we can achieve.”
― E. Ravago, 10 Commandments Opposing Unbiblical Claims

“This suspension of belief and disbelief is our primary guard against bias. Any reader who enters the text with a fixed theological or anti-theological commitment has already added something to the words or subtracted something from them.”
― E. Ravago, 10 Commandments Opposing Unbiblical Claims

“As we read the Bible, we should not begin with a decision to believe or to disbelieve. We should begins with a decision to suspend the question altogether for the duration of the analysis.”
― E. Ravago, 10 Commandments Opposing Unbiblical Claims