(September 4, 2012 at 4:17 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: Joh 3:17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Joh 3:18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
Joh 3:19 And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
Joh 3:20 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.
Joh 3:21 But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God."
As you can see per these verses, only evil people don't come towards the "light" and believe in Jesus.
Here is a basic argument that in my opinion is sound and refutes Christianity:
If Christianity is true, then the Bible is true.
If the Bible is true, then these verses are true.
If these verses are true, then all disbelievers in the son of God are evil
There exists disbelievers that are good.
Therefore these verses are not true.
Therefore the Bible is not true.
Therefore Christianity is not true.
As for proof of "There exists disbelievers that are good and love the light". I know my family are good but disbelieve in Christianity for reasons unrelated to evil and hating the light of God or loving the darkness. I'm sure many people know people that are disbelievers in Christianity but are good people.
Well it certainly refutes a literal reading of the bible, but that's not so hard to do. Any christian who didn't subscribe to literalism would reject your 3rd premise. Fundies would probably reject your 4th, if they weren't too busy trying to chase you with a pitchfork for not just taking the whole thing on faith.
