The Bible Qualifies as a Collection of Fairy Tales - E

My opponent has given two definitions are fairy tale with no dictionary to reinforce them. So I provide a real definition: Fairy tale (noun) a made-up story usually designed to mislead From Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary This replaces my opponents second definition. This is important simply for clarification. A fairy tale can not simply be defined as an incredible story; it must be misleading. I will accept my opponent's first definition, however, that a fairy tale is a story about magical creatures. ****So a fairy tale is a story about magical creatures/made-up story to mislead.**** We must also look closer at the definition. The word "about" to be precise. A fairy tell need not simply mention the magical creature, but be about the magical creature. If a book must only mention the magical creature, then a dictionary is also a fairy tell. This is obviously absurd. So my opponent must accept that a fairy tale needs to focus on said magical creature, not simply mention it. Therefore, the first half of my opponent's debate holds no impact. He simply gives quotes references to magical creatures. Unless he can prove that the bible is centered around unicorns, dragons, etc. he does not win that argument. Furthermore, the Bible was not written in English. The English word "dragon" may have a different word in Hebrew that means something different. Or it may be a symbolic reference. In Hebrew, dragon may mean a servant of the devil. I don't know Hebrew, sorry. Now his second argument is about the "impossible" feats from the Bible. In debate, the pro always has the burden of proof. In other words, he must prove that the stories in the Bible were impossible. But I will go down and attack each of his references and why they are possible. 8. Creation of Earth and Man http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:oJZS9v41O9QJ:81.186.166.197/evolution/Creationism%2520in%2520Germany%2520and%2520its%2520Possible%2520Cause.pdf+creationism+possible&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us&client=firefox-a Recent fossil records show that Creationism is possible Humans are carbon-based. Dust is made up of many things, carbon being one of them. It is not impossible to make a carbon-based being out of a carbon-based being. 9. The Temptation and Fall of Adam and Eve God is all knowing but all loving. He gives people volition (the power to choose). He was giving them the power to choose there fate. Did he know what they were going to do? Yes. And why can't two humans breed and begin the human race? That's usually how other animals increase their population. 10. Life Spans Why is this impossible? Age is subjective. Centuries ago, living to 60 was considered extremely old. When God created the world and Man the conditions were ideal. The environment and atmosphere were pure, and the different harmful bacteria which cause illness were not yet developed. Man lived longer. 11. Plagues of Egypt No evidence given why this impossible (time span). And turning water to blood has two reasons why it is true. It is either literal and God is all powerful, or figurative. The disease schistosomiasis causes, among other things, urinal bleeding. Way back when, people relieved waste in the water supply. Drinking water with the Schistosoma worm would cause people to urinate blood, thus turning the water into blood. http://library.thinkquest.org... 12. Parting of the Red Sea A geologic split in the Earth's crust would have allowed Moses to transverse the Red Sea. And just because no RECORDED split has occurred as swiftly does not mean it is impossible http://news.nationalgeographic.com... 13. Jonah and the Great Fish A fish is any aquatic animal. A sperm whale can swallow a man whole. Also, sperm whales do not chew their food. A whale's stomach has multiple chambers. In the first chamber, there are no digestive juices to harm him. I have provided explanations to all of my opponent's references. There are not supposed to be proof that the event occured, but evidence that the event COULD have occurred. As pro, my opponent has the inherent burden to prove that the events are not possible, were never possible, and were purposefully misleading. Now one more reason why all the events could have occurred. God is omnipotent. He wants it to happen, it does. My opponent probably does not believe in God, but to prove that all the events were impossible occurrences, he must also prove that God is not all powerful. So for my opponent to win, he must prove, without a doubt, that 1) my evidence is all wrong. 2) God does not exist. 3) the events are still impossible. If my opponent fails one of these three, he loses the debate.