RE: Dear Theists....Why?
September 11, 2010 at 12:10 am
(This post was last modified: September 11, 2010 at 12:28 am by solja247.)
Quote:You can't be serious, Sol? The Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry? This is your fucking source!
Let's look at their mission statement and see if even you can detect a certain built in bias.
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General Information about Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry
by Matt Slick
Who/What is CARM? - CARM is several people who help keep it running. Matt Slick who is the founder and president; Ryan Turner a researcher and writer; Diane Sellner who runs the discussion boards and chat room.
Why this site? - To equip Christians with the truth, to expose the error of false religious systems, evolution, to teach apologetics, help Christians defend the faith, and to glorify the Lord Jesus."
Yeah - a load of shit from the top down. You people are so funny.
Did you read the article though? Dont worry about the site, it makes a good point. Thats what I was getting at...
Quote:I'm sorry but literally every time I hear a Christian hold up his book of mythology as a collection of "historical documents", I laugh out loud.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.
Any texts dealing with God or gods is mythological. However, the Bible should be taken as a historical book, according to the Jews. However, Paul and the synoptic gosphels should be regarded as history. Here is a small list of scholars who believe so:
Rudolf Pesch
William lane Craig
N.T. Wright
Raymond Brown
John A. T. Robinson
Will Durant
Jacob Kremer
Gerd Lüdemann
James D. G. Dunn
Robert Yarbrough
John P. Meier
Ben Witherington III
Quote:And Craig loses it in point #1.
Did you even read it?
It was a great debate...Of course you are not going to agree with Craig, you have a different world view!!!
Quote:These legends grew up over the intervening 2-3 centuries. They are not "facts."[/code]
What about Paul? You should read 1 Corinthians 15
Its ok to have doubt, just dont let that doubt become the answers.
You dont hate God, you hate the church game.
"God is not what you imagine or what you think you understand. If you understand you have failed." Saint Augustine
Your mind works very simply: you are either trying to find out what are God's laws in order to follow them; or you are trying to outsmart Him. -Martin H. Fischer
You dont hate God, you hate the church game.
"God is not what you imagine or what you think you understand. If you understand you have failed." Saint Augustine
Your mind works very simply: you are either trying to find out what are God's laws in order to follow them; or you are trying to outsmart Him. -Martin H. Fischer
