(May 2, 2010 at 5:14 pm)True Christian Wrote: You misinterpreted what i said: i dont mean that because a lot of people believe in it for a long time it is true. I mean that the fact that the Church has lasted 2000 years shows its godly origins. No other organization has ever lasted that long, not even the great roman empire.
What about other religious organizations that have lasted just as long or longer than Christianity? You could just as well apply your argument to other popular religions. Just because atheism wasn't as popular enough so many years ago to form organizations doesn't mean that atheism isn't a more reasonable position on the universe. It's not as if Christianity became so popular as a pacifist in the first place: how is the Catholic's history with violent methods of spreading their 'word' supposed to make sense in a religion that now proposes that you turn the other cheek when in conflict? Do you ever stop to think that if people are gullible now, they were more gullible 2000 years ago when communication was so limited?