RE: Atheists being asked about the existence of Jesus
January 7, 2019 at 8:07 am
(This post was last modified: January 7, 2019 at 8:08 am by Fake Messiah.)
(January 7, 2019 at 7:14 am)Belaqua Wrote: Color is something we experienceColor is more than meets the eye, like different colors have different temperatures.
(January 7, 2019 at 7:14 am)Belaqua Wrote: Newton was a religious man and had respect for alchemical theory. The fact that he took mysticism seriously is not reason to reject his work overall.Well I did say that people accept Newton's scientific work, but now that you mention his mystical work it is safe to say that his mystical workis not important to anyone (rejected).
When it comes to light Newton did give a scientific theory which Goethe rejected and gave, quoting from that wiki page: It is hard to present Goethe's "theory", since he refrains from setting up any actual theory
So there you go: Newton gave gave a scientific theory which Goethe wanted to substitute with a non-theory. What is there more to say?
(January 7, 2019 at 7:14 am)Belaqua Wrote: As in nearly all your posts, you over-simplify.
Oh you're still thinking about Cathars. I said how during Albigensian Crusade Pope sent his Christian army and his orders to kill thousands of Cathars (like women and children) to which you said it doesn't have to do anything with Christianity but money. There is such a thing as over complicating things like you saying that Pope and Christians don't have to do anything with Christianity -- well, I don't know what that is, is it self delusion, lies or something else, but it ain't the truth.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"