RE: Christianity and morals
June 3, 2013 at 7:02 pm
(This post was last modified: June 3, 2013 at 7:05 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(June 3, 2013 at 6:55 pm)Pandas United Wrote: 1- Why would He need to when the gospels were going to be written not too long after?Would have definitely helped to clear some things up though, eh?
Quote:2- We live in a fallen world. Not to mention, trials make us stronger (James 1) whether you are religious or not, you should know that. At its base, you are appealing to the PoE. Which, of course, is not a very good argument.We live in a what again?
Quote:3- Why does it matter?It would help to add credibility to the narrative - inclusion of facts and whatnot.
Quote:4- This is a silly question. Humans being made in God's image has nothing to do with physical attributes. God is immaterial.Strangely humans are not (immaterial) - images are, of course...very material - by any meaning of the word. Maybe this one is just a misunderstanding?
Quote:5- I don't know. I'm not omniscient (yes, "I don't know" is a proper answer).Hehehe, I'm starting to like you.
Quote:6- An argument from silence is not a very good argument. You have to explain away: the gospels, mentions of Jesus by Josephus, Tactitus and other secular historians from the late 1st century, why Christian communities started to spread like wildfire from AD 33-50 (if Jesus wasn't a real man, and the gospels weren't written yet, then this seems highly unlikely), why the disciples would die for a myth, Paul's writings (especially 1 Corinth 15), and historical circumstances contemporaneous with Jesus’ public ministry... Just to name a few.To be fair, the gospels only require "explaining away" the rest is easy - you have fantasies, we all do. I guess that handles the gospels just as easily though, so meh.
Quote:7- You are begging the question. The Bible makes it clear that we are all loved equally by God.There's a guy here that agrees that the bible is very clear on this count as well - except that he feels that it's very clear that god doesn't equally love all of us (and that god doesn't love a great many of us -at all-). I don't know, but that doesn't sound-at a glance, like we have a situation of clarity.
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