When were you brought up? The middle ages? Geology and history don't "debunk" the bible. We even say half the old testament didn't really happen (the other half with other forms of proof AKA the book of Kings, which goes over the history of Israel's kingship). Nobody said natural disasters mean that God is angry. Everyone believes we can control our own fate (except Calvinists, but those people are nearly gone). I don't want to spark up a religious debate, while it may seem like I'm doing, but nothing you said here made any sense, from capitol letter to punctuation.

I am not the person you replied to, but mind if I take a crack at your reply and you can respond in turn? Full disclaimer I am atheist.

I believe what the poster above you meant in terms of Catholicism, every tradition; every book in the Bible to some extent can be placed into a historical context. If that makes sense? What I mean is when you take a religion, any religion, and look at it from a historical viewpoint rather than one of faith you can see it from a different vantage point. We have evidence of religions and belief structures existing since the dawn of homo-sapiens and even prior. While we can only infer to their beliefs, one picture it does paint is an example of pre-human and early-human beings looking to explain the surrounds and the way the world worked through what they knew. They most likely held tight to their beliefs as you do yours. You can fast forward to modern religions and this same context holds true, events in the bible can be traced to historical battles, societal issues and other happens early societies had to contend with. Reliigons in early societies used what they knew of the world and this was their way to offer stability, to authorize the legitimacy of rulers, and to explain the unknown. The religions also changed as well, what many concider for example modern Christanity is nothing like the original practices of the religion, it has changed and its messages have changed over the thousands of years to adjust to changing times or bring others into it. (Example: Why a lot of pagan traditions became a part of modern Catholic practices and holidays such as Christmas)

One can argue modern religion allows modern man to fill in the gaps of the unknown. It allows draws people in for other various reasons, such as community, a sense of purpose, etc. Totally understand that aspect as well. As an atheist, my belief is I admit I do not know our purpose in the universe. This doesn’t mean I am a devil worshipper. It means I know enough from what we as a species have learned over the eons, that our perspectives are often biased and quick to view us as superior. Though given the size of the universe and our constant understanding of our surroundings, it leads one to believe humans may not be the focal point of the universe, just one little portion of it playing our part. Perhaps we truly are alone in a sea of trillions of galaxies, perhaps we are one of many species of life existing in this universe, perhaps there is an afterlife or this is it. I admit I do not know, what I do know is all evidence points to we as a species having a finite time here and it makes sense to enjoy it for the time you do have in it without worrying about the rationalizations our ancestors concluded. We as a species will continue to change and evolve and I am sure our future generations will study us the same way we study early man, and even then their own religions will fill the gaps they still do not have answers to, its in our nature. ery event or tradition in the bible can be placed into a historical context if that makes sense?