Miracles and Anti-supernaturalism

[Rahul]

It boils down to my list of authorities versus yours. Why is it that no one doubted Christ's existence for more than the first 1800 years?

Because they didn't have snopes.com to check to verify the shit?

Your statement doesn't make any sense. People used to believe in witches.

People used to believe horse tail hairs in puddles morphed into worms.

For a lot longer time period that humanity believed in solid science.

Yeah our species was ignorant as fuck for a long time. I don't see how that's evidence that we should continue to believe in retarded shit.

In spite of all the evidence in favor of Christ,

What evidence? I've looked. What evidence besides the bible even says he existed at all?

There's no contemporary evidence at all. There's nothing there. There are well respected ancient historians in his part of the world that spoke in detail about everything going on at that time. None of them mention Christ.

Roman records don't even see fit to mention him. And those guys were meticulous about written records.

I would assume that it was so taken for granted that no one ever thought that some 1800-2000 years later that documentation would be needed by skeptics like you.

That's the disconnect. Don't take shit for granted. Justify your beliefs. That's all we would like you to do. Just justify it and not take it for granted.

Of all the 6 billion people alive today, how many have had a book written about them?

Well I haven't had near as many books written about me as Harry Potter.

Do you doubt the Trojan war?

Yeah, I kinda do. Especially the Trojan horse thing. Not sure about that. But I'm willing to hear more evidence.

Or is it only the ones that would change the way you live, i.e. your morality or lifestyle?

Why would believing in Jesus change the way I live or my lifestyle? I actually live a more socially accepted lifestyle now since I deconverted from Christianity than I lived back when I believed.