(October 11, 2014 at 12:37 pm)Retrolord Wrote: Okay so I was silently observing this thread for about a week now. The sacrifice of Jesus goes far beyond what you guys call scapegoating.Not really, except as Genkaus mentioned that jesus got off scot free after 3 days. eitherway you do the crime you do the time, not have someone do it for you.
Quote: My honest opinion- you don't want to immerse yourselves and find out more about it. You don't really want a priest ( yeah now some will make paedophilia jokes) or devout christian to explain it to you. I'm not pointing fingers or insulting anyone. It's just an observationSpeak for yourself, it was reading the bible and having devout christians explain it that made me a atheist. You see the bible is full absurd shit that contradicts itself and apologetic arguments, for example god directly commandeering people's freewill in the OT. Having devout christians explain it too you just makes it worse because it seems like no 2 of them can agree on what the damn book says.
Quote:Anyway I returned because I wanted to suggest reading about biblical archaeology and how many places and people they have found. Again, not stating its true. Just sharing
I agree that Israeli archeology is a fascinating subject. So far it has told us that the isrealites were not slaves in Egypt, that most of the site mention in exodus were actually unoccupied at the supposed time of the exodus and that the Israelites never conquered the land of Canaan in a blood bath. Even better the archeologists have actually been able to reconstruct the canaan pantheon using various sources, and it turns out that Elohim is the Zeus of this pantheon. The hebrew text of Genesis uses the name Elohim for god.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
