Oh, and one more thing. It's hilarious to me that you attack Richard Carrier, with a legitimate PhD from a top-level university, who (while they may not agree with him and roundly criticize some of his conclusions, in theological academic circles) is at least respected in his field.
Your guy is badly plagiarizing the ideas of legitimate researchers like Wood, who unfortunately postulated an alternate timeline SO BAD that it requires throwing out the names of all the Egyptians named in the stories (since we know when they ruled) and would place several of the other named places as existing centuries before they were founded.
If you claimed (for instance) that you were placing the early Mormons in Independence, Missouri, in the year 1800, I'd know you were full of shit because I know that it was founded in 1827. If you placed them there in 1600, which is the approximate gap of time proposed by your documentary, I'd know you were not only full of shit but had NO IDEA what you were talking about.
That is the state of your documentary's claims, and that is why legitimate Christian scholars scoff at the findings, and point out the inconsistencies I mention, above.
Your guy is badly plagiarizing the ideas of legitimate researchers like Wood, who unfortunately postulated an alternate timeline SO BAD that it requires throwing out the names of all the Egyptians named in the stories (since we know when they ruled) and would place several of the other named places as existing centuries before they were founded.
If you claimed (for instance) that you were placing the early Mormons in Independence, Missouri, in the year 1800, I'd know you were full of shit because I know that it was founded in 1827. If you placed them there in 1600, which is the approximate gap of time proposed by your documentary, I'd know you were not only full of shit but had NO IDEA what you were talking about.
That is the state of your documentary's claims, and that is why legitimate Christian scholars scoff at the findings, and point out the inconsistencies I mention, above.
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
