(September 19, 2013 at 5:05 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote:Quote: Generally, when there is a consensus, I tend to accept it unless I find reasons to have doubts.
Except when it comes to the existence of Jesus, then you simply have doubts for no good reason.
There are a multitude of sources that contribute to the "doubt" of Jesus, from the lack of historical verifiability to the breakdown of where the NT got its inspirations from. You have one errancy-filled book, loaded with unfulfilled prophecies to back up your faith. Sounds like a good reason to doubt him to me.
Quote: Instead he offered, "I can prove it to you, and then I can prove it again, and then I can prove it some more."
I wonder how he did that when science doesn’t deal with proof.
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What world do you live on? Science is not perfect, and yeah, a lot of it deals in theories, but it proves far more than the Bible does. Scientific theories make guesses using confirmable information. Religious theories try to explain everything supernaturally, which cannot be verified Why is there no geological evidence of a great flood? Why is there no historical record of the Jews ever existing in Egypt? Science has a lot more proof to it than religion. You need to go back to school. You've forgotten what a "fact" is.
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”
- Buddha
"Anyone wanting to believe Jesus lived and walked as a real live human being must do so despite the evidence, not because of it."
- Dennis McKinsey
- Buddha
"Anyone wanting to believe Jesus lived and walked as a real live human being must do so despite the evidence, not because of it."
- Dennis McKinsey
