“It sounds to me as though you believe that any reading of xtian texts that does not jibe with your own is childish.”
No, it doesn’t sound like that to you at all. You are merely reaching for something uncomplimentary to say.
“It is quite possible to read the texts and come to the conclusion that they are not what they purport to be, nor what xtian dogma holds them out to be.”
Now there’s a revelation: People can be mistaken. Stop the presses.
“That is not a childish conclusion, nor is it a misapprehension.”
You fail to understand the argument I made about a child’s understanding of theology. As for misapprehension, yes, it is.
“It is simply a position that is not based on credulity.”
It is a position based on a level of cynicism that is completely unjustified.
“Indeed, one could even say that it is the person deriding others as being immature who is in fact behaving childishly.”
It would be more accurate to say that a person who misunderstands an argument, then mischaracterizes it as “deriding,” who is in fact behaving childishly.
No, it doesn’t sound like that to you at all. You are merely reaching for something uncomplimentary to say.
See, you don't get to say how something sounds to me. I understand you have this--you should pardon the expression--god complex and all, but I'm the only one who gets to say what I hear and how to interpret it. And in fact, I was trying to be non-insulting while still saying what I meant. If I had been "reaching for something uncomplimentary to say", I would have decided on something nowhere near that mild.
As for the rest of your self-important post, tell it to someone who'll be impressed. I learned a long time ago there's no debating with someone who sees himself as an Oracle of TRVTH. Have a groovy life, dude.