(September 3, 2012 at 4:28 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote:(September 3, 2012 at 4:16 pm)Atom Wrote: ...
Another very strong bit of evidence is that there were a lot of people willing to die for the Christ.
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Which is not an uncommon or unexpected thing for cults of today or cults back then.
Careful Tea. It's a great argument but just expect a deer-in-the-headlights look from Christians as they fail to understand how such a comparison applies.
They'll acknowledge Jim Jones, the Hale-Bopp cult leader and David Koresh all led their followers to die for crazy beliefs that no sane person should have ever believed but won't understand the relevance. After all, these are just silly cults but Christianity is the Truth! How can you compare the two? (face palm)
Another argument to use here is how they're using folklore to prove mythology (specifically, the Church melodramatic folklore of suffering martyrs going to their deaths with heads held high, yatta yatta). This argument will also be lost on them as they can't understand the distinction between Church folklore and history.
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
