Garden of Eden was a setup...

[Chad32]

Miracles were all over the place back in the day. People are still talking about miracles today. Being born of a virgin and rising fromt he dead after you're killed isn't even unique to Jesus. I've got a link in my sig to people who shared traits with Jesus.

I don't want an innocent person to pay for my wrongdoings. That's not the responsible thing to do. That's kind of the opposite of justice.

Yes, after 2000+ years christianity has spread around. What it didn't do is crop up all over the place at around the same time, which you'd think would happen from the bible verse that said everyone has knowledge of god.

Liar, lunatic...or maybe legend. Kind of like Hercules. I'm not sure Jesus actually said he was Yahweh in the flesh. He seemed to think they were different people, to the point that when someone asked him what was good, he said why ask him when only god is good. Let not my will, but your will, be done. That kind of stuff.

I do believe Steve Shives reviewed Mere Christianity from an atheist perspective. The book wasn't all that convincing.