Why Christianity?

[Randy Carson]

If you've been paying attention, you will have noticed that at no time during her membership in this forum (prompted by her truly unfortunate suspension at CAF for the same empty snarkiness we're witnessing here) has kaninchen ever bothered to take one of my posts apart by quoting scholars, scripture, popular articles or any other source she could possibly use to demonstrate the validity of her own position. This is because she has no position. That's not why she's here.

Heaven's Randy, stop being petulent, I'm here to share the benefits of having enjoyed watching CAF's answer to Glengarry, Glen Ross for so long.


You see, Randy, it's not that you're the worst apologist I've come across in 20 years of discussing religion on the Internet or, even, that you're the most useless or most pretentious.  It's your complete lack of self-awareness, together with the interpersonal responsiveness of an old-fashioned 'speak-your-weight' machine, that makes you so entertaining.


Above all, though, it's the contradictions - the man who sells religion as a product with the devotion and effortless charm of an Apple/Android fanboi on a smartphone review site reveals more about himself than he imagines.


Randy, you're not a believer, you're a man who bought a product and desperately tries to re-convince himself every day by copying and pasting the product specifications.

I appreciate the back-handed compliments. I try to add to my knowledge and ability to assist others every day.

It's interesting that you presume that I'm not a believer. Kinda makes me wonder what I've been doing for the past 40 years. If we sat down for a coffee to chat live civilized people rather than snarking at each other anonymously on the Internet, you might come to a different conclusion. Maybe not.

But I'm curious...you're familiar with some of the more famous contemporary apologists - people like:

• Karl Keating
  
• Jimmy Akin
  
• Tim Staples
  
• Patrick Madrid
  
• Trent Horn
  

and many others. Are all of these men "car salesmen", also? Or is this a designation you reserve for me alone?

If the latter, then what is the difference? Because I'm pretty steeped in the Catholic Answers school, my arguments were learned primarily (though not exclusively) from them, and my methodologies are not really any different than those found in articles and books that are quite common.