(January 10, 2015 at 5:15 pm)fr0d0 Wrote:(January 10, 2015 at 4:41 pm)Nope Wrote: Why not? If someone had heard the Christian story for the first time, it would sound as crazy as what IATA writes.
I think that I have what robo wanted.
Humans seek out patterns in everything. How many times have you looked up in the sky and noted that clouds form figures? The need to find a reason for a bigger purpose in life was implanted in us by a deity and is based on our need to find patterns. We naturally try and find pattern in the events in our life because god wants us to find him/her/it. You can test human need to find patterns.
Note: I am not arguing for the existence of god but I'd like to hear some argument that didn't also make possible the existence of fairies and goblins.
Because they don't have any actual logical coherence next to the claim of Gods logical existence as pointed out above.
The suggestion that only the material exists is actually idiotic.
If someone heard the story without the first understanding of what it was saying, yes, they wouldn't get it. Not that it's difficult to understand. 3 year olds can get it.
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Fr0d0, Christianity makes even less sense then some of what IATA wrote. The reason that it makes sense to you is because story's about Jesus are familiar to you.
Three year olds believe usually what their parents tell them. Many believe in Santa Claus and the tooth fairy. When I was a kid, I believed that a nonexistent monster somehow appeared in my room after dark and I could hide from him by covering my head. Just because three year olds accept a story as true doesn't mean that story makes sense.
