(October 29, 2013 at 7:41 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: [quote='GodsRevolt' pid='534471' dateline='1383087215']
Except that those ideas where not new at all and were postulated in indian philosophies such as jainism and buddhism as well
Postulation is different from action. There is a difference between saying, "I wonder if you can come back from the dead," and actually coming back from the dead.
And the Christ story was never claimed to be completely original. The way it was acted out was completely original. They wanted Him to be a rich warrior king who would go on to conquer nations and live forever. No one expected Him to be a poor carpenter coming to teach these odd ideas (love your enemy, poor will inherit the world) and ultimately die. Even in His Own time, Christ was rejected by the masses. So, when you take a step back and think about it, not believing in Him now is what is truly unoriginal. Christ was the ultimate non-conformist, the ultimate rebel.
". . . let the atheists themselves choose a god. They will find only one divinity who ever uttered their isolation; only one religion in which God seemed for an instant to be an atheist." -G. K. Chesterton
