(July 12, 2016 at 6:37 pm)SteveII Wrote:(July 12, 2016 at 6:11 pm)robvalue Wrote: Adult conversion rate?
So god's gift to the correct religion is... giving people the power to persuade others to join it? That's it?
And when another religion becomes more popular, the previous one was... what? Wrong all along? One God dies and another is born?
You would have to examine why Christianity is more compelling than the rest. I articulated my thoughts on this in a thread not too long ago.
Why would I have to examine that? I'm observing that being a member of the religion has no noticeable difference to not being one. The fact that people get drawn into it is irrelevant. There's plenty of good explanations as to why they do, none of which have any bearing on the benefits it actually produces.
I know there are promises about the next life. But it's usually claimed that it also has at least some effect on this life. I'm observing that it doesn't.
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