Hello! I'm new to this site and have a few nagging questions. I used to be a christian and still believe in some Christian values but after starting to ask some questions and been well read things just don't add up anymore and I'm now more veering towards being an atheist.
I once read an article that really changed things for me and in short it was something like: we evolved from apes (we have proof of this and therefore Christianity don't make sense). Man use to walk around eating fruit, nuts, etc and being mostly nomadic at this stage. Then man started eating meat (which is rich in nutrients) and therefore didn't have to travel after food all the time. Man then started dwelling in caves and found fire. Language was form sitting around a campfire. Man started growing crops and more people use to settle together and so civilisation was formed. Politics also formed and as more and more people got together they had to find something to control the crowds and so religeon was formed...
So the questions I have is thus:
1: If God doesn't exist why was Christianity formed? (Is the article I read correct and it was formed to control large crowds?)
2: If I'm going to veer towards the atheist side I need some ammo for discussions
3: Where does the Bible come from? I know it was written by man (who is by nature corrupt so why base a whole religion upon someone elses opinion?)
4: What is xmas, easter and the other bank holidays really? Wasn't xmas a pagan celebration for a Persian god and "cleverly used" by the Christian faith to convert it to Christ's birtday?
Thanks you very much for reading my post and I hope some of you share some of my views and can help me with some of my questions
I once read an article that really changed things for me and in short it was something like: we evolved from apes (we have proof of this and therefore Christianity don't make sense). Man use to walk around eating fruit, nuts, etc and being mostly nomadic at this stage. Then man started eating meat (which is rich in nutrients) and therefore didn't have to travel after food all the time. Man then started dwelling in caves and found fire. Language was form sitting around a campfire. Man started growing crops and more people use to settle together and so civilisation was formed. Politics also formed and as more and more people got together they had to find something to control the crowds and so religeon was formed...
So the questions I have is thus:
1: If God doesn't exist why was Christianity formed? (Is the article I read correct and it was formed to control large crowds?)
2: If I'm going to veer towards the atheist side I need some ammo for discussions
3: Where does the Bible come from? I know it was written by man (who is by nature corrupt so why base a whole religion upon someone elses opinion?)
4: What is xmas, easter and the other bank holidays really? Wasn't xmas a pagan celebration for a Persian god and "cleverly used" by the Christian faith to convert it to Christ's birtday?
Thanks you very much for reading my post and I hope some of you share some of my views and can help me with some of my questions
