Satan Disproves Christianity

[gilbertc06]

And you don't think there were any motives for the creation of christianity?

Of course I think there were motives. For Paul, the claimed motive was a vision on the road to Damascus, and the records of his life are consistent with that claim. He was already a rising star in the main religion of his people, so he had much to lose by adopting the upstart religion, and he did suffer for it. That indicates that he believed that the message he had received was true. That doesn't prove that the message was true, of course, but having the messenger believe it is the rational minimum requirement for me to consider it. I'm guessing that your gnome believers (if they exist) would repent of their beliefs if threatened with 39 lashes.

Oh there are many people today that would not reject their beliefs just because of lashing. And that's not counting beliefs of religion.