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RE: Christians. Could you be wrong?
September 20, 2014 at 6:37 pm
(September 20, 2014 at 5:17 pm)C4RM5 Wrote: (September 20, 2014 at 5:13 pm)Stimbo Wrote: You believe in the reality of Jesus as an historical figure, yes?
Correct
Then you need to validate that belief, if you want to claim it as truth.
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RE: Christians. Could you be wrong?
September 21, 2014 at 2:40 am
(September 20, 2014 at 6:37 pm)Stimbo Wrote: (September 20, 2014 at 5:17 pm)C4RM5 Wrote: Correct
Then you need to validate that belief, if you want to claim it as truth.
I can't validate the claim as true, the only efidence is the Bible.
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RE: Christians. Could you be wrong?
September 21, 2014 at 2:46 am
Then it's game over, I'm afraid. The bible is not evidence for the claims within the bible.
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RE: Christians. Could you be wrong?
September 21, 2014 at 2:49 am
I guess when we die, we will know the answer either we will become non-existant or something else
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RE: Christians. Could you be wrong?
September 21, 2014 at 2:52 am
You assume that death will bring you knowledge. A strange assumption.
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RE: Christians. Could you be wrong?
September 21, 2014 at 2:59 am
You never know
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RE: Christians. Could you be wrong?
September 21, 2014 at 3:08 am
(September 21, 2014 at 2:40 am)C4RM5 Wrote: (September 20, 2014 at 6:37 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Then you need to validate that belief, if you want to claim it as truth.
I can't validate the claim as true, the only efidence is the Bible.
So I guess your religion is no more supported than any other, and there's no reason to be a christian over some other belief. At least atheism recognizes the paucity of evidence for all religions.
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RE: Christians. Could you be wrong?
September 21, 2014 at 8:44 am
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(September 21, 2014 at 2:49 am)C4RM5 Wrote: I guess when we die, we will know the answer either we will become non-existant or something else
That's a non-sequitur/red herring hybrid, with more than a nod to Pascal's Folly, in the context of the discussion at that point. What does dying have to do with whether the bible is true or not?
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RE: Christians. Could you be wrong?
September 21, 2014 at 9:59 am
(September 21, 2014 at 2:49 am)C4RM5 Wrote: I guess when we die, we will know the answer either we will become non-existant or something else
Feel free to test your hypothesis. Do you promise to come back as an apparition to haunt us with your new knowledge?
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RE: Christians. Could you be wrong?
September 21, 2014 at 12:03 pm
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(September 21, 2014 at 8:44 am)Stimbo Wrote: (September 21, 2014 at 2:49 am)C4RM5 Wrote: I guess when we die, we will know the answer either we will become non-existant or something else
That's a non-sequitur/red herring hybrid, with more than a nod to Pascal's Folly, in the context of the discussion at that point. What does dying have to do with whether the bible is true or not?
If the Bible is true when we die we will either be in Heaven or Hell, if it is not true I don't know.
(September 21, 2014 at 9:59 am)Bad Writer Wrote: (September 21, 2014 at 2:49 am)C4RM5 Wrote: I guess when we die, we will know the answer either we will become non-existant or something else
Feel free to test your hypothesis. Do you promise to come back as an apparition to haunt us with your new knowledge? Note to self-haunt people on the atheist fourm when I die.
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