RE: Stupid things religious people say
April 3, 2025 at 1:14 pm
(This post was last modified: April 3, 2025 at 1:36 pm by Fake Messiah.)
Lee Strobel has a new book! Yes, that Lee Strobel. His new book is called Seeing the Supernatural: Investigating Angels, Demons, Mystical Dreams, Near-Death Encounters, and Other Mysteries of the Unseen World.
Let's see how Christianity Today describes it:
Yes, he is investigating magic.
He has evidence for angels & demons! Why not then write a scientific paper and get a Nobel prize? Or is it one of those Christian "evidence" - something lame that you simply have to have faith it's real?
Yeap, that seems to be the case.
Phew. That's a relief. I don't know about you, but when I read something scientific about magic and fairies I rather have it written down in a layman's jargon and not in that smart, technical, scientific language.
Well, you can't write a book on the plausibility of Christian worldview without the world's dumbest detective.
Of course, we don't want to confuse Christians with some smart arguments. It's already hard keeping people believing in this bullshit as it is. Why risk it?
And the rest of the article is attacking and distorting the scientific method, like
Because anything is possible, including Christianity, when you throw away the scientific method.
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Let's see how Christianity Today describes it:
Quote:His investigation ranges across an array of topics, including miracles, unusual dreams and visions, near-death experiences, ghosts, special experiences of Jesus, and the Resurrection itself.
Yes, he is investigating magic.
Quote:But his overall body of evidence—incorporating Christian doctrine, scientific research, and firsthand testimony—presents a plausible case for affirming a nonphysical or spiritual dimension to reality.
He has evidence for angels & demons! Why not then write a scientific paper and get a Nobel prize? Or is it one of those Christian "evidence" - something lame that you simply have to have faith it's real?
Quote:In each chapter, Strobel first introduces a problematic issue and then interviews a Christian expert, whose testimony on the subject provides reasons for accepting the traditional Christian understanding.
Yeap, that seems to be the case.
Quote:His writing is clear and accessible, avoiding technical jargon and complex arguments.
Phew. That's a relief. I don't know about you, but when I read something scientific about magic and fairies I rather have it written down in a layman's jargon and not in that smart, technical, scientific language.
Quote:Resurrection chapter is relying heavily on interviews with detective-turned-apologist J. Warner Wallace.
Well, you can't write a book on the plausibility of Christian worldview without the world's dumbest detective.
Quote:Although in some earlier books Strobel included interviews with skeptics, this time the experts are all Christians.
Of course, we don't want to confuse Christians with some smart arguments. It's already hard keeping people believing in this bullshit as it is. Why risk it?
And the rest of the article is attacking and distorting the scientific method, like
Quote:Is it truly possible in our scientific and technological age to be a rational person and still have faith in the existence of a realm we can’t see, touch, or analyze in a test tube?
Because anything is possible, including Christianity, when you throw away the scientific method.
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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"
