(September 10, 2010 at 2:29 am)solja247 Wrote: You do know the gospel of Mark and Luke are taken seriosuly by rational scholars?
I'm sorry but literally every time I hear a Christian hold up his book of mythology as a collection of "historical documents", I laugh out loud. It gets me every time. I just can't get used to it no matter how often it happens.
I keep picturing those aliens in that Tim Allen movie, "Galaxy Quest", who see an earth TV show and think it's a set of "historical documents".
Imagine for a moment that I said, "Look, Zeus is real. We know this because his actions are detailed in the historical account of the Trojan War found in the Iliad." Everyone would laugh. In an academic setting, I'd be laughed out of the room and my career would be over. Why do we offer any deference to Christian mythology that we wouldn't offer to any other religion?
I hope one day we have a truly rational society that treats all mythology the same. The Bible belongs on the shelf next to the Iliad. "The historicity of the resurrection" should only be discussed in articles that appear in tabloids along side Elvis sightings and accounts of UFO abductions. A degree in "theology" will be thought of the same way as a degree in "voodoo magic" and certainly not offered by any respectable academic institution. Also, the churches will be taxed as any other business.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
