RE: The most important reason anyone is a atheist
October 9, 2013 at 3:23 pm
(This post was last modified: October 9, 2013 at 3:27 pm by Ryantology.)
(October 9, 2013 at 7:10 am)Sword of Christ Wrote: It doesn't necessarily have to be the case that one religion is 100% true and all the others are 100% false it could be some people just happen to be a little closer to the idea than others.
It does for you, according to your First Commandment and many other sources. It also makes logical sense that a one, true religion would dominate most of the world, because the obvious truth of it would either naturally trump all incorrect different superstitions, or because those superstitions would essentially be minor variations of the same theme. What we have in real life is a monotheism fractured into three major subdivisions each with hundreds to thousands of sub-subdivisions, with ends of the spectrum on all levels barely recognizable as the same religion on the opposite end. Christianity has more than 40,000 recognized sects (with who knows how many lesser ones), and their market share worldwide is shrinking. When you take into account that Christianity's spread throughout the world has been almost entirely by force, it doesn't sound to me like a religion that has any inherent truth to it, and that's to say nothing of the complete lack of evidence to support a single extraordinary claim that it makes.
Quote:Fair enough that there tends to be a lot human cultural stuff and tradition in the mix, I don't think anyone would deny that. I don't think bit of culture is a bad thing even Dawkins would agree to not have churches bulldozed or all Christian traditions abolished.
There are no Christian-invented traditions that serve any useful purpose to humanity, but you guys have made some really pretty works of art and architecture, I will grant that.
John V Wrote:No, the majority of the world would need to accept evidence similar to that of Christianity, i.e. ancient texts.
If scientists accept what is written in scientific publications, then whatever hypothesis I come up with is plausible as long as I find someone willing to publish it? That's the dumbest argument I've heard so far today. Congratulations, but no. They have to accept your ancient texts, specifically. And Christians can't even agree amongst yourselves on that score.