(September 7, 2023 at 4:56 pm)FrustratedFool Wrote: Why not just post a precis here?
He is shy.
tackattack Wrote:There are plenty of independent surviving texts as sources for Jesus being a living person in the past, that He was Jewish and Baptized, and that He was crucified.
You've been misled, there are no other sources for Jesus outside of NT.
tackattack Wrote:There are plenty of times where I was not consciously speaking, sharing unknown knowledge or acting, of my own full volition.
This rather sounds like you have neurological problems. Maybe you should see a doctor.
tackattack Wrote:It empowers a Christian with gifts like healing
One wonders why medicine was invented if Christianity gives its devotees the power to heal.
tackattack Wrote:This may be a bit of projecting, but I find a need for a hope, a savior.
Not projecting, but indoctrination. Especially as you continue with: Biblical teachings, my upraising and environment, and a long list of personal experiences, have shown me that throughout my life, I've been steered towards my savior and He has walked me through all of the fires and pleasant places - if you have been born in India you would be saying same things about monkey god Hanuman.
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"
