RE: fact finding mission for non-Christians
February 27, 2019 at 2:47 pm
(This post was last modified: February 27, 2019 at 2:59 pm by Simon Moon.)
(February 26, 2019 at 9:32 am)tackattack Wrote: This is a post for any non-Christian to list their top 3 things they would like to explain to Christians. It can be top three reasons God doesn't exist. It can be top three reasons the Bible is wrong. The top three reasons Religion is bad for society. etc. ad nauseum. To keep it brief though, this post really isn't about combatting those things. I'm just interested in compiling a list what non-Christians would like Christians to know. I'd like the posts to not be ranting ramblings, so if you have multiple lists, please try and post them on a separate post. I'd like to keep the top three list of whatever category you'd like to express in simple bullets, but feel free to elaborate as much as you need to on each of your three points.
1. Religious faith is not a virtue. It is indistinguishable from gullibility.
2. If god has the attributes of the 4 omnis, that means he created the universe, knowing all along there would be billions of his creation that would not believe he exists, and thereby destined to Hell. And yet he created us anyway. In other words, he created me, knowing before I was born, that I would be a nonbeliever, subject to infinite punishment, yet he created me anyway.
3. The Bible (Gospels) were written by unknown authors, who were not eyewitnesses, decades or more after the alleged events they report. John 8:7, Luke 22:44, Mark 16:17, Mark 16:18, Mark 16:9-20 were not original to the Bible. All added much later.
Tough to keep it to only 3...
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.
