...and placing it under the "fiction" category would mean what, exactly? If I recall, you admitted earlier that calling something "fiction/non-fiction" doesn't make it so, so why do it and ignore your own so-called "principles"?
You really are a halfwit, by the text book definition. You like your strawman arguments, that's for sure!
I don't claim that the bible is false just to claim that it's false. It makes ridiculous claims like Lot's wife turning to salt, two of every animal squeezing into an impossibly small boat full of no food or climate controls for them, burning bushes that aren't consumed by fire, walking sticks turning into snakes, characters parting bodies of water by magic, resurrection, the list goes on and on.
I'm making the claim that the bible is false based on an educated effort into logic and reason which includes a distinct lack of evidence to support the positive claim. I'm denying the claim that the bible is true because there is not a single shred of evidence to support that it is true.
This is same reason I'd put books about vampires and warewolves into the fiction category.
You know this because it's been discussed at nauseum but you're too fucking stupid to accept it. You, as usual, bring all your dumbass arguments to the table that were destroyed the conversation prior and then fling them out again as if you've never used them and as if everyone hasn't already disassembled each and every one of them.
You, sir, are a patently habitual liar...
to yourself.
What, do you think people are going magically think the Bible is fiction because it's labeled as such, or are you only interested in getting a rise out of religious people?
I think the latter.
I think people are going to believe the Bible is true if their cowardice and pride will not let them realize that they've been living a lie their entire lives. I think people are going to continue believing the bible is true because they're afraid to consider life without the promise of everlasting life. I think people are going to continue believing the bible is true because they are GRIPPED in fear of going to hell if they're wrong.
On the other hand, I think people WILL believe the bible is fiction if they simply follow a few simple rules in
how to think (note: not
what to think, but I have every confidence that they'll come to the same rational conclusion when using a rational thinking method) or
how to draw conclusions.
The burden of proof rests on the shoulders of those making the positive claim. The bible is true? Prove it. Until then, get lost.