(August 19, 2014 at 2:05 am)revivin Wrote:(August 19, 2014 at 1:52 am)oukoida Wrote: So what? L. Ron Hubbard existed too. Doesn't make Scientology any more true.
What it does do is show the first Christians who were the 12 Apostles believed they had seen Jesus alive from the dead.
Key-word being "believed", guess what. It could all be a forgery. They might have made up the resurrection stories to revive their cult.
Joseph Smith said he had spoke to angels and god himself had given him the golden tablets to translate. Didn't make his con any more real.
The only difference between the Apostles and Smith is that the formers' was a group organized fraud, the latter did everything on his own.
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
