(May 2, 2019 at 3:46 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:(May 2, 2019 at 3:32 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I don't see that as necessarily true, given the number of believers who are obviously sincere. Christianity is a set of beliefs, which makes it as real as socialism or veganism or environmentalism.
Boru
The number of sincere believers is large. But there were probably a limited set of supposed occurrences that were instrumental for Christianity gaining critical mass at various stages. I strongly suspect high percentage of those occurrences were fakes and fabrications, not just the product of genuine wishful thinking.
But it doesn't much matter if the occurrences were genuine, fakes, or wishful thinking. A belief based on fakes and ponied-up 'miracles' is still a real belief.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
