RE: Richard Carrier - The Hero Savior Analogy
September 28, 2016 at 4:32 pm
(This post was last modified: September 28, 2016 at 4:45 pm by Simon Moon.)
(September 26, 2016 at 4:33 pm)Vicki Q Wrote: Exactly. The documents, the community, the worldview never existed because the events never happened. That's where Carrier's approach, and his theories on the early Xians go all wrong.
The Early Church existed, and the Gospels are there to explain the reasons why. Paul writes to these people about events which he, and they, are convinced actually happened.
You mean like: the Mormons, Muslims, Hindus, Zoroastrians?
Yeah, because no religion, community, worldview ever started up based on things that never happened. Nope, Never happened...
But your religion, the one you special plead until blue in the face, was actually based on real events...
Well, I'm convinced.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
