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Edit: Prof. Bart Ehrman is good! Carl Sagan was, too

It seems to me what is called for is an exquisite balance between two conflicting needs: the most skeptical scrutiny of all hypotheses that are served up to us and at the same time a great openness to new ideas … If you are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through to you … On the other hand, if you are open to the point of gullibility and have not an ounce of skeptical sense in you, then you cannot distinguish the useful ideas from the worthless ones.

"The Burden of Skepticism" in Skeptical Inquirer Vol. 12, Issue 1 (Fall 1987)

http://www.csicop.org/si/show/burden_of_skepticism

Ehrman's is the gentlest reality check on the Bible i remember seeing or reading .. actually, taking the some 5700 translations
of the Biblical book of 'God's word' as one .. the Bible .. should be seen as one of the most discredited books in history ..

.. add one ..

Seriously?! Conservative Group Asks for Help Rewriting the Bible So it’s Less ‘Liberal’
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=95227913

if today's thumper's ever get theirs done ..