RE: Proof of Christianity
August 11, 2013 at 12:54 pm
(This post was last modified: August 11, 2013 at 1:00 pm by Tea Earl Grey Hot.)
(August 11, 2013 at 9:28 am)Locke Wrote: Once you see the evidence of all those things, the Bible can then itself be put to the test to see if what it says is true and produces results that can be repeated. It has been proven, over and over for thousands of years by those who are reasonable enough to put it to the test. It has literally never been wrong.
The more evidence I press, the less rational your argument. Admitting that God exists would force you to make a decision you don't want to make - to either radically alter your lifestyle, or face the consequences.
Giving such simple, elementary answers as, "Aliens and time travelers did it," it would seem you are the one living in a fairytale. Go ahead, live it up; the dream's almost over.
You haven't offered any rebuttal to my argument other than to just childishly ridicule it and repeat the same assertions you mentioned before.
When you trust the "eye witness" accounts of the bible such of that Moses saw God, the apostles saw Jesus taken up into the sky, etc., you're automatically assuming that God, angels and demons and all the other Christian teachings about reality are true. By why assume that?
When for instance, you think (at least I suspect you think), Jesus performed miracles and was raised from the dead because eye witnesses said so you're assuming something to reach that conclusion. You're assuming that the ability to work "miracles" is proof of supernatural and divine powers. But what if it were really aliens with incredibly advance technology such as holo projectors? Would an ancient person really be able to tell the difference? See, you haven't thought of all the possible explanations. You're essentially assuming Christianity in proving Christianity which comes off as quite circular.
My ignore list
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).