(June 11, 2015 at 6:55 pm)Secular Elf Wrote:(June 10, 2015 at 3:11 pm)Lek Wrote: Secular Elf, your post is so long and involved that I just can't divide it up and reply to sections separately. First of all, calling me willfully ignorant is not an answer to my questions. Secondly, going through a zillion word summary of your accepted version of the history of judiasm and christianity may show why you don't believe in them, but it doesn't invalidate either religion. The same goes for your essay on your version of the history of the development of the doctrine of the Trinity. Are you just giving an informational account here or are you trying to prove that christianity is untrue? If you're trying to show that christianity is untrue, how does your history lesson prove this?
As many people who come to AF claim that that they do so to learn, it is for informational purposes. It is also quite true that many Christians are ignorant of the history of their religion. I present facts of history to demonstrate that much of what Christians claim about their religion isn't necessarily so. If you find this confusing I humbly encourage you to do some research on your own.
I have also researched church history, but I don't agree with all your inferred conclusions as to the effects of those historical events. One example is that the doctrine of the Trinity developed over a period of time and wasn't formalized by the church until a few hundred years after Christ. Did you mean to say that this information invalidates this doctrine? I see none of what you said in your posts that would prove that christianity is not true. But I see that you are presenting this information to educate christians and give us some food for thought. I can accept that.
