RE: Christians - What would you do if it were discovered Jesus never existed?
September 8, 2015 at 1:19 pm
(September 8, 2015 at 9:17 am)Drich Wrote:(September 6, 2015 at 1:01 pm)Redbeard The Pink Wrote: "My answer to your hypothetical is that I refuse to consider your hypothetical." How droll.But, again the best anyone could ever do is point to one understanding, or interpretation of Christ and say their is no evidence to substantiate this particular belief. What you seem to fail to grasp is that God is the sole reason for my belief. Not one religious interpretation or another. Meaning I do not rely on what one 'scholar' may say over what another may work to prove. God is my proof. I am not a lemming, I do not follow the crowd simply because the crowd is going in one direction or another. I have sought truth for a very long time and I have found it, and no one will ever be able to take that from me.
The hypothetical situation is that, for whatever reason, you have been successfully convinced that Jesus did not exist. That's the hypothetical. Whatever hypothetical evidence it would take, that's what you have. What that evidence actually entails is completely irrelevant to the situation because we're not asking what would convince you. We're wanting to know about you would do if you were hypothetically convinced, and your only response is to demand to know how you were hypothetically convinced. All you're doing is dodging the question by refusing to even remotely entertain the presented hypothesis.
In other more simple words he won't, he can't, and he is not alone in these inablities. Remember critical thinking when in comes to the truly tough questions is dangerous to the believer. They fear it.
I smell chicken.