(February 21, 2017 at 10:11 am)SteveII Wrote: 1. Why isn't there objective evidence for Christ? What do you call the NT? The life of Christ is the most attested to series of events in ancient history. Christian beliefs are rational and therefore not "wishful thinking" as you charged.
I have a feeling I know why there is no objective evidence, but I'll play along.
What is objective about the NT? It was put together to support a belief, leaving out things that was not wanted.
If the NT is objective evidence, then so is the Koran, the Book of Morman, Moby Dick, Harry Potter, etc.
Do you believe in witches? We have much more evidence from testimony in the Salem Witch Trials that witches are real then we have for any event in the NT. It's not rational because it is not based in reason or logic.
2. You are spouting nothing but opinion. Are you disputing that atheism leads to existential nihilism? Judging by the fact that atheists account for such a small tiny segment of the world's population, it seems like people are not entirely satisfied with what you have to offer--despite the "information age" premise of the OP.
Maybe it seems that way because you're a judgemental prick. Why does a personal relationship with god so often lead to this?
3. You misunderstand Christianity. You probably should know more about what you mock. Again, you keep conflating people's failure to keep to the very clear tenets of Christianity with Christianity. Poor argumentation.
But good evidence against god changing lives, as well as belief itself. If I believed that a god was real, if I knew it in my heart, if I could "talk" to him (as so many claim to do) my behavior would change dramatically. But it seems no more influential in peoples lives than the usual mundane things.
And if I misunderstand christianity, its no ones fault the the sources I've been taught from and have read. (raised RC, majored in Religious Studies). Hell, it seems any three christians you get together can't agree on it, and one will claim another misunderstands it. It's an old ploy to cover the fact that it's all blind faith and wishful thinking.
"The last superstition of the human mind is the superstition that religion in itself is a good thing." - Samuel Porter Putnam