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Most personally convincing reasons you don't believe.
RE: Most personally convincing reasons you don't believe.
(May 11, 2016 at 6:16 pm)Gemini Wrote:
(May 11, 2016 at 6:11 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: I just find them to be ESPECIALLY false, and unusually lamely inspired.   Joe Smith was particularly inept at birthing a religion, that he succeeded is a tremendous disappointment and provides a disturbing look into the unfortunate compulsive gullibility endemic then as well as now.

Like the book of Matthew. Seriously, Jesus is riding two donkeys? Two fucking donkeys?

And people have been taking this shit seriously for two thousand years...I can't even.

Yeah, I read about this. I believe Matthew was really desparate to fulfil Old Testament prophecies, so he was scouring the texts for things to write, but his ability to translate wasn't very good. The text he tries to refer to only mentioned one donkey, but mentioned it twice, and he thought it was two separate donkeys. It's a dead giveaway as to what the gospel authors were up to.

And yeah... people take this shit seriously? Beggars belief.
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RE: Most personally convincing reasons you don't believe. - by robvalue - May 12, 2016 at 2:46 am
RE: Most personally convincing reasons you don't believe. - by deleteduser12345 - May 12, 2016 at 4:05 pm

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