RE: Modern examples of gullibility as evidence against Christian claims
July 11, 2012 at 8:15 pm
(This post was last modified: July 11, 2012 at 8:23 pm by Taqiyya Mockingbird.)
(July 11, 2012 at 1:25 am)teaearlgreyhot Wrote:(July 11, 2012 at 1:17 am)Godschild Wrote: ...
There is a problem with your reasoning, these things you mention are Johnny come lately's. They are not time tested and when they are IMO they will be long forgotten. Christianity has stood the test of time, many religions have come and gone but Christianity is still here and doing rather well. Oh and the things you mentioned and how much worse they would be in ancient times, well they were there in some form and are now gone. When something comes along has nothing to do with it lasting, it will last as long as truth is found in it.
Are you serious?
Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, and native american religions have stood the test of time too.
It does not follow that if a belief is old and has "stood the test of time" (whatever that 'test' actually involves), that therefore that belief is true.
Buddhism and Jainism have been around long before xtardism. Thanks for the disingenuous self-refuting asserton, though.
(July 11, 2012 at 3:19 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: Is there a name for this 'has stood the test of time' fallacy? Appeal to longevity, maybe?
Appeal to Tradition.
(July 11, 2012 at 5:44 pm)Godschild Wrote:(July 11, 2012 at 1:25 am)teaearlgreyhot Wrote: Are you serious?
Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, and native american religions have stood the test of time too.
It does not follow that if a belief is old and has "stood the test of time" (whatever that 'test' actually involves), that therefore that belief is true.
Hinduism and Buddhism are about people even though they have many gods, they are mostly sustained in poor and illiterate places, the native American religions are sustained only by a few and within their own culture, Islam is relatively new, Judaism is the prophecy of Christianity, so yes I'm serious. Christianity crosses more barriers and people than any other religion has.
The Buddha's own liberative teachings are atheistic. If xtardianity "crosses more barriers" -- which I highly doubt -- it is because it is mandated that you infect the rest of the world with your insanity.
