RE: A simple challenge for atheists
January 28, 2015 at 4:29 pm
(This post was last modified: January 28, 2015 at 4:30 pm by FatAndFaithless.)
(January 28, 2015 at 4:25 pm)SteveII Wrote: To summarize, if you can't impugn the beliefs of the people of the first century who really saw that Jesus was born, brought a radical message of love and redemption, died, and rose again,
We're not saying that they didn't believe those things you tiresome dolt. We're saying that they were wrong.
Quote: then you cannot impugn those that hold the same view today.I can, and I do.
Quote: Your objections are all after-the-fact opinionsLike the entirety of the New Testament and your so called 'evidence'?
Quote: and so have less (or no) weight. When you try to draw parallels with unicorns, Star Wars and your time machine, you are totally missing the point that Christians have the first Christians.
All of those things have the same amount of 'evidence' (besides the fact that star wars at least uses some kinda reasonable science ideas) as your claims about Jesus.
You make the claim, we say we do not accept your claim. Your response is "people really believed it back then, you can't prove them wrong, therefore it's reasonable to believe in my claims".
You have to be able to see the problem with that.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson