(April 21, 2011 at 11:09 pm)ruhollah Wrote: 1. Remember that Jesus was living at a time when the Roman were the rulers of Europe. These Romans rulers did what rulers do... they manipulate and rewrite history. Jesus introduced a monotheistic religion for the general public and issued the bible. Supposed "historical documents" is relative to what? Obviously the roman powers at the time will do anything to kill off the christian religion. This is why its so hard to find accurate historical accounts of Jesus.
Agreed that we have nothing to go on as far as what the real story about Jesus might be, that all the "eye witness accounts" and "historical documents" amounts to one religion's mythology.
Where I think we disagree is that you seem to think it's OK to fill in the blanks with your own religion. This is argument from ignorance.
Quote:2. It wasn't some guy spreading his own ideas.... it was the continuation of spreading a religion based on monotheistic principles. This religion believes that the monotheistic message has been spread to every culture/nation on the planet. Majority of these cultures/nations now follow religions that in its core follow a monotheistic principle.
Monotheism =/= necessarily Islam
Monotheism includes many subsets, Islam being only one of them.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
