(January 29, 2013 at 2:48 am)AZatheist Wrote: I just watched a documentary called The God Who Wasn't There. I am aghast by the fact that so many people in our world believe in not only an imaginary person (God), but the person who supposedly existed (Jesus) even though he does not fit properly into any accredited historical timeline and has basically no real evidence backing up all the stuff the Bible said he did.
More so, I sincerely don't understand how Christians can say "Oh yeah, Jesus walked on water, came back to life, healed people, turned water to wine, etc." Or many of the other ridiculous things that exist in the Bible like men living in fish, talking snakes, or people hearing the voice of God. If I believed in that stuff but not in the form the Bible says then people would think I am crazy. If I told people I heard a voice telling me to do stuff, I would be committed....unless it is God talking to me. Another interesting thought is if I put some fairy tales into the Bible and taught a bunch of Christians that it was real, would they honestly be able to tell the difference?
Also, while I understand that some people need God because they are scared of their own insignificance or because they are scared of death, I don't understand why their God is the right one. Who is to say Jupiter, or Zeus, or Thor aren't real? If the Bible is true then their stories are just as plausible.
I just don't understand how people who are intelligent can buy into all of this.
But I got waaaaay off topic. Anyone have any other good documentaries to suggest?
Who is to say that gods are real at all, by any name? Wouldn't it make more sense that humans have vivid imaginations which is why Jupiter and Thor were once thought as gods?
The point of "The God Who Wasn't There" IS to discredit the God of the bible. But that is only because the producer dealt and deals with Christians the most in his life because he lives in western society.
Ayaan Hersi Ali wrote "Infidel" describing her flight from Islam.
How about this: "NO claims of any polytheistic or monotheistic god/s are credible"
How about that humans in our evolution are frightened by finite existence and making up comic book super heros is a placebo that helps us cope?
