First of all, I think Theists are missing the definition of a "Revelation". A Revelation is specifically defined as " A divine disclosure of something relating to human existence". Now, let us reexamine the Bible as an example. The authors and editors of the Bible merely claim to have had these pieces of information of human existence revealed to them. Although one would expect that one should prepare a substantial amount of evidence to support such a claim, none of the Gospels or Revelations come with any of the latter. On top of that, the zealous followers who feverishly read these Revelations are not receiving this knowledge directly from a direct source, but rather an unknown (and rather questionable) one, further categorizing the term "Revelation" as a misnomer.
So what do we classify these "Revelations" as? A rumor. A circulating story of doubtful truth spread by an unverified account, qualities which the Bible fall rather neatly into.
2007-06-01
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