The more appropriate question is "How many Gods did man create?"
That is certainly appropriate.... But for the sake of discussion...
Religious or not...
Lets pretend that the Bible is a Harry Potter book or some other piece of literature. You can pretend its fiction. Fine with me.
The biggest problem I have with "stats" like this is the pulling something like that out of context to change the story. If you're going to assume that the plot is dependent on one part, then the plot must depend on all parts relative to the subject, not just the ones that help you create an argument. Again, assuming the Bible has zero relevance to anything other than a really long story. One would have to understand the back story, and the future consequences of any action and how they tie together.
I'm not gonna beat ANYBODY over the head with a Bible, I won't. But don't post something like that unless you understand what you're posting, what it means, and how it ties into the story as a whole.
For example: If you saw just the end of Old Yeller, you could deduce that (still assuming fiction) that "whats his name" was a cruel dog killer. Its just not true and that deduction would be falsely out of context.
Thats my problem with Jamies post. Forget that its the Bible. One, its inaccurate not by opinion but based on "the story" and two its extremely out of context and has NO relevant meaning whatsoever.
On the other hand, and more of a religious one, I suppose, any willingness to admit credibility to the said chart would indeed (through circular theory) suggest that God does indeed exist. You could not isolate the charts subject matter from the rest of the text to make it an argument without admitting that you are only "buying in to" some of it. Again, argument credibility gone.
I would like to reiterate that I my priority is not to make a believer out of anybody, its simply to point out the fallacies of such production. It never ceases to amaze me how biblical propaganda such as this gets people so stirred up.
Barrack Obama is a terrorist.
