The Historical Jesus

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Okay so first you say, "no one is claiming that all of the early Christians had no skepticism" but then you say, "Have you ever wondered why 900 people in Jonestown willingly drank poisoned Kool-Aid?" Well actually yes I have, is this your explanation for how all religions start?

Is it possible that a fellow atheist could exploit your biases in a similar fashion to Jim Jones?
     Or is this kind of bias only for us vulnerable religious types?

And how am I not to take this as an implied insult to the intelligence of all people of all religions?

I said no one here claims that skepticism is a recent invention.

Have you come to any conclusions about why those people in Jonestown did that? I’d be delighted to hear it.

Yes, in a broad sense, that’s how religions start - gullibility.

My biases are more political that religious, so I find it unlikely in the extreme that an atheist could convince me to take poison.

Critical thinking is a good defense against intellectual vulnerability. Have a lash at it.

There is no implied insult (I’m not that subtle).

Boru