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is Christianity the true religion?
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 Politics. Colonialism.  (January 22, 2014 at 12:43 pm)k2490 Wrote: Christianity it the worlds number one religion,beating out one of the oldest religions(Hinduism). Why is that if it's not the most credible? Christianity has been aggressively pushed by its believers and all competing faiths ruthlessly suppressed since 300ad most other religions just aren't that into expansion in the same way. Male converts to Judaism even have to have the end of their dong chopped off which is not exactly making it easy to join them. You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid. Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.  (January 22, 2014 at 1:24 pm)Chad32 Wrote: Yeah, the idea that there are historical events around Jesus and such are highly debatable. Like that there were no contemporary writings of Jesus. No one wrote about him when he was alive. There's no evidence of the exodus of the old testament. You can't say the events are grounded in the physical, because there's precious little physical evidence to be found. U would think that 40 years in the dessert.. something would of been left over  Quote:Christianity it the worlds number one religion,beating out one of the oldest religions(Hinduism). Why is that if it's not the most credible? (January 22, 2014 at 1:51 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:Why is that if it's not the most credible? Basically this. You can attribute most of it to geo-politics in varying forms (initially) coupled with childhood/family indoctrination (now the primary tool) alongside more contemporary door-to-door annoyance etc. There are umpteen ways that religions (particularly christianity and Islam) perpetuate and propogate, but these are the primary tools. It helps if your religion uses rewards and punishments as incentive to obey certain rulings. The abrahamic faiths have pretty much nailed this, they use threats of violence and punishment (and not just in the afterlife) to enforce 'moral codes', rather than using pure reason to demonstrate why certain morals are beneficial to individuals and communities alike. Good starting points for research would be to read about the the initial adoptions of christianity as the state religion in the roman empire (they basically appropriated it, turning it from minority cult in to state sponsored religion), followed by the history of European colonialism, particularly the Spanish and Portugese adventures in to South/central America, and the British and French adventures in to North America. The colonisation of Africa by European powers is also important reading material too. But in a sentence, basically: European powers - Colonialism/Slave trade - splintering and adaptation to the new world - adaptation to local environment (including the theft and appropriation of local, pre-christian traditions the world over). (June 19, 2013 at 3:23 am)Muslim Scholar Wrote: Most Gays have a typical behavior of rejecting religions, because religions consider them as sinners (In Islam they deserve to be killed) (June 19, 2013 at 3:23 am)Muslim Scholar Wrote: I think you are too idiot to know the meaning of idiot for example you have a law to prevent boys under 16 from driving do you think that all boys under 16 are careless and cannot drive properly 
thanks for the replies guys. I guess there's also the fact that just because it's popular doesn't mean it's true
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 (January 22, 2014 at 8:14 pm)k2490 Wrote: thanks for the replies guys. I guess there's also the fact that just because it's popular doesn't mean it's true Exactly. Appealing to the popularity or tradition of a belief does not offer a shred of evidence that the belief is any more true than less popular beliefs. Only demonstrable evidence, reasoned agument and valid/sound logic should be used as the criteria to justify belief in a claim. You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence. 
I would think that a 'true' religion would be compatible with human nature instead of trying to vilify and subvert it at every possible turn.
At least a religion in which the deity wants to be friends with you, instead of one who preaches love and kindness but really just wants servants.
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10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason... http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/ Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50 A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh. http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html  (January 22, 2014 at 12:43 pm)k2490 Wrote: Christianity it the worlds number one religion,beating out one of the oldest religions(Hinduism). Why is that if it's not the most credible? Hinduism doesn't prosyletize. 800 million or so adherents without even trying to recruit more Hindus. |
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