(June 19, 2012 at 8:13 am)Stimbo Wrote: Something actually written by JC himself would do for a kickoff. And I don't mean John Cleese, Jim Carrey or Jeremy Clarkson.
That was the first thing that leaped out at me as suspicious about the whole story. Jesus came to deliver an important message of salvation to all of humanity, not just the people of Judea of his time but all people all over the globe for all time ...and never wrote anything down.
We have the books of Moses (allegedly the Pentateuch). We have the epistles of Paul. Why not a book of Jesus so we could get the message straight from the horse's mouth.
But no, that job got delegated to flawed mortal beings, giving us contradictory ideas about Jesus and what exactly he preached.
I once confronted the President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary on this question. The answer was the predictable, lame, "Well, Jesus wanted it that way."
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
