Neil deGrasse Tyson - Science/Faith Irreconcilable video - Atheists, Agnostics, and Anti-theists of ModDB

That guy never bores me. Such fascinating and humbling perspectives. I feel like I am always learning something new or gain a new perspective from that guy.

XD That implied facepalm at 06:22!

This man... must be god.

There's only one problem here...

Don't wanna start an argument, but there is a certain point the speaker doesn't seem to fully understand. At around 3:00, he states that figurative interpretations of the Bible only came after the advent of scientific discovery, and that people's interpretation of the Bible before that time was dogmatic and overly literal. I'm afraid that doesn't quite add up. Some portions of the Bible are obviously intended to be descriptive and literal, but there are many other portions that are quite clearly figurative.

One of the main characteristics of classical Jewish literature is it's focus on subtlety and figurative advice. Hebrew literature (like Chinese literature and many other Asian cultures), focuses on making points through a subtle delivery, rather than just lecturing the reader.

That's not to say there wasn't some disagreement over the passages. Naturally, there were people who were able to take the points into context, just as there were those who took everything in it literally, regardless of whether the text was narrative or figurative. After all, one of the main reasons Jesus got into so much trouble with the religious authorities was because he called them out on their overly-literal and fundamentalist take on the religious texts of their day.