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In your opinion what causes christians to believe in Jesus
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RE: In your opinion what causes christians to believe in Jesus
May 12, 2025 at 3:09 pm
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RE: In your opinion what causes christians to believe in Jesus
May 12, 2025 at 3:20 pm
(May 12, 2025 at 2:55 pm)John 6IX Breezy Wrote:
(May 12, 2025 at 2:23 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: First all, the qualifier was an acknowledgement of the facts.

Culture describes the shared aspects of a population (like you unironically making a FMJ reference, and me seeing that as boomer behavior).

And if culture is defined by what’s shared, then saying that people share things like language because of culture isn’t an explanation, it’s a tautology.

More descriptive than tautological, I think.

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RE: In your opinion what causes christians to believe in Jesus
May 12, 2025 at 3:38 pm
I suppose a triangle having three sides because it's a triangle is also descriptive.
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RE: In your opinion what causes christians to believe in Jesus
May 12, 2025 at 4:25 pm
(May 12, 2025 at 3:38 pm)John 6IX Breezy Wrote: I suppose a triangle having three sides because it's a triangle is also descriptive.

That’s definitional. Most definitions are tautologies by, you know, definition.

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RE: In your opinion what causes christians to believe in Jesus
May 12, 2025 at 4:30 pm
Exactly, descriptive, definitional, tautological, anything and everything except explanatory.
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May 12, 2025 at 4:35 pm
(May 12, 2025 at 4:30 pm)John 6IX Breezy Wrote: Exactly, descriptive, definitional, tautological, anything and everything except explanatory.

Of course it’s explanatory. It explains why a given person’s religion - again GENERALLY, not EXCLUSIVELY - is more geographical than theological.

If there’s anything else you need explained, please let me know.

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RE: In your opinion what causes christians to believe in Jesus
May 12, 2025 at 4:43 pm
(May 12, 2025 at 4:35 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Of course it’s explanatory. It explains why a given person’s religion - again GENERALLY, not EXCLUSIVELY - is more geographical than theological.

If it's explanatory then what's the mechanism?
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RE: In your opinion what causes christians to believe in Jesus
May 12, 2025 at 4:44 pm
(May 12, 2025 at 4:43 pm)John 6IX Breezy Wrote:
(May 12, 2025 at 4:35 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Of course it’s explanatory. It explains why a given person’s religion - again GENERALLY, not EXCLUSIVELY - is more geographical than theological.

If it's explanatory then what's the mechanism?

Cultural inertia. What are you, fucking stupid?

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RE: In your opinion what causes christians to believe in Jesus
May 12, 2025 at 4:50 pm
(May 12, 2025 at 4:44 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Cultural inertia. What are you, fucking stupid?

Possibly, I certainly feel as though I'm losing brain cells.
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RE: In your opinion what causes christians to believe in Jesus
May 12, 2025 at 5:06 pm
Quote:Possibly, I certainly feel as though I'm losing brain cells.
Nah that's just your natural state
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