Why Christianity?

[Randy Carson]

Randy, are you going to reply to post #244, or should I just chalk it up to another dodging of my points by yet another theist?

Again, I read the post, but didn't see anything that really needed a response.

Since you feel differently, I'll oblige.

1. Yes. That is what I am claiming. To the best of my knowledge, there was no God who was a prototype of Jesus who:

• died and then came back to life in his original body on this earth a few days later
  
• died one time
  
• died as a sacrifice for others
  
• died in a manner that is considered a victory and not mourned by his family and followers
  

There are other significant differences, but we can discuss them specifically as needed. If you believe that the disciples got all these ideas from pagan gods that were in existence before Jesus, what god(s) do you have in mind?
Taking them one at a time would be best. Who is your first candidate?

3. Your sense doesn't make something true. It either is or isn't apart from your opinion. But when something makes sense, you understand and grasp the truth of it.


4. Thank you for the list you provided earlier. Perhaps we can return to it at some point.

I hope this satisfies your request for a response to your post. Please advise.

1. First, I want to say that I do not "believe that the disciples got all these ideas from pagan that were in existence before Jesus." I was only trying to say that there were "gods that died and resurrected before Jesus." Also, what stops me from making up some god that meets all of your prerequisites and say it happened before Jesus?

Absolutely nothing.  

3. But just imagine if scientists worked that way. "Um, yeah. This makes sense to me. Uh huh. Ok, lets put it in the textbooks!"

Noted.

4. I was sort of joking... we don't need to take that any further.

Agreed.