RE: The Historical Reliability of the New Testament
May 14, 2015 at 7:03 pm
(This post was last modified: May 14, 2015 at 7:11 pm by Simon Moon.)
(May 14, 2015 at 6:35 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: God did write His own book...you just don't like the method He used or the results He obtained.
Yes, his method and results are very unlike what any being worthy of the title 'God' would do.
He supposedly has the most important message in the universe to communicate to all his beloved human creation. A message, that if not understood correctly has dire consequences.
So what does he do?
He inspires one tribe of his admittedly faulty creation to write it down, decades or longer after the alleged events, in languages he would know would die out, be subject to mistranslations, misinterpretations, copy errors, edits. Knowing that his inquisitive creation would discover facts about the universe that would contradict the stories contained in this message of his.
He would allow all this to happen, despite knowing well ahead of time, that it would cause many to disbelieve the message he wants to communicate. Thus, sentence us to eternal punishment for the very skepticism he created us with.
Either your god is inept, immoral or nonexistent.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
