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Prove Christianity, not Theism in General
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RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General
(March 22, 2013 at 2:06 am)radorth Wrote: I have asked unbelievers on many occasions to consider this hypothetical:

Suppose Jesus returned and healed 95% of all the terminally ill people in the world. Would you follow him and wholeheartedly try to obey his commandments, i.e. the Sermon on the Mount?

Guess what 95% of them said.

So you see "proof" is of no use at all.

And you think that's a good cross-section of all of atheism, do you?

Beyond that, what you'll find is that atheists generally won't just stop at "this thing happened that I can't explain that seems like it might be divine, therefore all of christianity is necessarily true." We'd ask questions, investigate further. Believing in things that seem divine at first glance is how cults get started, dude.

Besides, even assuming that there's no other possible explanation, that doesn't immediately credit god and jesus as being worthy of worship either. I'd still have questions, mostly to do with the historicity of biblical accounts. And if it were all true, there's no way I would worship those guys.

In essence, your hypothetical is malformed. Instead of asking "would you follow Jesus if he were absolutely real?" you should be asking "would you believe he was real if you had evidence of such?" Because atheism is only a position about the existence of god, not the refusal to worship him. His existence doesn't automatically make him worthy of worship.

All you've really found out is that atheists won't bow to divine command just because it exists, like you guys with your supposed objective moral standard will. You've found honesty, not hypocrisy.
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RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by Drich - March 21, 2013 at 11:54 pm
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by ThomM - March 24, 2013 at 5:34 pm
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by smax - March 25, 2013 at 7:48 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by smax - March 22, 2013 at 2:58 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by Silver - March 22, 2013 at 12:59 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by smax - March 22, 2013 at 3:20 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by Esquilax - March 22, 2013 at 2:41 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by Silver - March 23, 2013 at 12:36 pm
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by smax - March 23, 2013 at 5:53 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by Silver - March 23, 2013 at 1:40 pm
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by Tonus - March 23, 2013 at 3:18 pm
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by radorth - March 24, 2013 at 10:35 pm
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by catfish - March 24, 2013 at 10:29 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by catfish - March 24, 2013 at 10:38 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by catfish - March 24, 2013 at 10:52 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by catfish - March 24, 2013 at 11:34 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by catfish - March 24, 2013 at 11:57 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by catfish - March 25, 2013 at 10:03 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by catfish - March 25, 2013 at 10:11 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by Joel - March 25, 2013 at 10:15 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by catfish - March 25, 2013 at 10:28 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by catfish - March 25, 2013 at 10:42 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by catfish - March 25, 2013 at 11:02 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by catfish - March 25, 2013 at 11:18 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by smax - March 25, 2013 at 2:30 pm
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by catfish - March 25, 2013 at 11:53 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by Joel - March 25, 2013 at 11:55 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by Tonus - March 25, 2013 at 12:00 pm
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by catfish - March 25, 2013 at 12:03 pm

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