(March 10, 2013 at 11:39 pm)jstrodel Wrote: You didn't prove that God has no explanatory power, you just claimed that God did.
It is wrong to compare Christianity to "Yog Sothoth" because Christianity is the most influential ideology that has ever existed, far more influential than any of the disciplines that you mentioned whose modern synthesis mostly goes back to the 19th century.
It is proper to compare Christianity to "Yog Sothoth" because they are equally based upon fiction.
You can't dismiss dictionaries by insinuating that a dictionary can't be 'philosophically accurate', then follow with a naked appeal to longevity to suggest that your terrible faith has any sort of credibility. Your religion is not even original. It's a highly syncretic religion and most of its tenets are derivative of Judaism (which was around many centuries longer).
Why was Christianity a world religion whereas Judaism properly remained the faith system of ignorant hicks in the boondocks of Mesopotamia? Simple. Christianity was spread by the sword and sailed across the world on oceans of blood. It was sold to barbarian princes who wanted an edge and shoved down the throats of helpless native Americans. It has nothing to do with its contradictory and misanthropic message, nor does it have to do with the legitimacy of the Christian faith. It has to do with Christianity being forced, violently, upon anyone who was too weak to say no. It was a religion established by kings and chieftains (which, itself doesn't make it unique). I can think of no examples of Christianity being introduced peacefully and accepted by non-Christian people of their own will.
