(August 27, 2017 at 1:19 pm)Minimalist Wrote:(August 27, 2017 at 1:49 am)Astreja Wrote: It cannot even be demonstrated that the Gospels are eyewitness accounts. The authorship is unknown; the earliest plausible time of composition is circa 70 CE, decades after the alleged events; and regardless of who they were, all the authors are dead and cannot be cross-examined to validate or discredit their testimony. At this point they're no better than hearsay.
The most important fact is that they do not even make such a claim. That is left to desperate believers to invent long after.
Among so, SO many other things.
Religions were invented to impress and dupe illiterate, superstitious stone-age peasants. So in this modern, enlightened age of information, what's your excuse? Or are you saying with all your advantages, you were still tricked as easily as those early humans?
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
