RE: Existence of Jesus
February 23, 2009 at 1:41 pm
(This post was last modified: February 23, 2009 at 1:44 pm by chatpilot.)
The one thing about science is that unlike religion it does not claim absolute truths when confirming theories.It is fully aware that as knowledge on a subject matter increases the theory whatever that theory may be is also subject to change.Evolution is in my view is a theory that has strong supportive evidence in various branches of science and in the natural world.
Religion (in this case Christianity) claims absolute truth that is irrefutable and undeniable basing themselves on what is written in a mythological book.My argument in general is that Evolution as opposed to ID or Creationism is the most likely to have occurred.I had a funny thought the other day regarding the creationist view of mans origin.It reminded me of the tale of Pinnochio where according to the scriptures God formed a man from mud and breathed the breath of life into him.It's not that different from the fairy granting Pinnochio his wish to be a real boy.Then God puts Adam into a nice deep sleep and extracts a rib from which he creates Eve.
From a logical standpoint evolution through the process of natural selection is the more likely explanation for our origins.Although it is referred to as the "theory of evolution" it has been an established fact among scientific circles.Religionist have nothing more than the ramblings of a bunch of primitive nomadic tribesmen to validate thier entire belief system.In my view it's a no brainer.The fact that the existence of Christ is part of that great document of ignorance known as the bible tells me that it is also a part of the myth perpetuated by ignorance.
The lack of evidence for the existence of Christ tells me simply that he did not exist.In order to accept the existence of Christ I would have to accept the bible as fact and do so on faith,which in my view is nothing more than voluntarily giving up my powers of logic and reason.There are alot of circular arguments going on here and its really quite simple.Eliminate the bible as a valid proof and then the so called evidence for the existence of Jesus disappears.The bible has not been able to stand up to scrutiny and in scientific matters it has been proven that its many assumptions are fallacious.This alone invalidates the bible as a proof for anything in it that cannot be verified by secular means and historians of the period.
Religion (in this case Christianity) claims absolute truth that is irrefutable and undeniable basing themselves on what is written in a mythological book.My argument in general is that Evolution as opposed to ID or Creationism is the most likely to have occurred.I had a funny thought the other day regarding the creationist view of mans origin.It reminded me of the tale of Pinnochio where according to the scriptures God formed a man from mud and breathed the breath of life into him.It's not that different from the fairy granting Pinnochio his wish to be a real boy.Then God puts Adam into a nice deep sleep and extracts a rib from which he creates Eve.
From a logical standpoint evolution through the process of natural selection is the more likely explanation for our origins.Although it is referred to as the "theory of evolution" it has been an established fact among scientific circles.Religionist have nothing more than the ramblings of a bunch of primitive nomadic tribesmen to validate thier entire belief system.In my view it's a no brainer.The fact that the existence of Christ is part of that great document of ignorance known as the bible tells me that it is also a part of the myth perpetuated by ignorance.
The lack of evidence for the existence of Christ tells me simply that he did not exist.In order to accept the existence of Christ I would have to accept the bible as fact and do so on faith,which in my view is nothing more than voluntarily giving up my powers of logic and reason.There are alot of circular arguments going on here and its really quite simple.Eliminate the bible as a valid proof and then the so called evidence for the existence of Jesus disappears.The bible has not been able to stand up to scrutiny and in scientific matters it has been proven that its many assumptions are fallacious.This alone invalidates the bible as a proof for anything in it that cannot be verified by secular means and historians of the period.
There is nothing people will not maintain when they are slaves to superstition
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