RE: Why do Christians become Christians?
May 8, 2016 at 7:02 am
(This post was last modified: May 8, 2016 at 7:03 am by paulpablo.)
(May 8, 2016 at 6:52 am)SteveII Wrote:(May 7, 2016 at 2:28 am)robvalue Wrote: I don't get the point of this.
I'm reading it as, "It's understandable people get drawn into this cult. It doesn't make them dumb."
I agree with that. It's totally understandable. It doesn't necessarily make them dumb at all. The tactics that are employed to hook people in range from devious to downright harmful. If there is another message here that isn't just an appeal to popularity, I don't know what it is. We could just as easily be discussing a confidence trickster.
Is this another "I'm not crazy for believing this" attempt? I'm coming to the conclusion that a lot of theists are here to convince themselves of this.
The point of this is to explain why people become Christians. The constant string of posts from most of your members are all about science and proof and how stupid Christians are for ignoring what you see as obvious. The debates are usually about logic, metaphysics, or science so some might conclude that is what the real issue is about. It is not.
As I said in my post, most Christians become Christians because of bribery and threats of violence made to them as children.
Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them.
Impersonation is treason.
