The majority of Christians interested in rational discussions about the existence of God and whether or not Christianity can be declared as truthful have a tendency to use several resources that, at least on their minds, seems to make sense.
1 - Start the discussion by assuming that God's existence is the norm and therefore the burden of proof is on the non-believer (to prove god does not exist)
2 - If 1 doesn't work, use an appeal to ignorance or complexity to support the idea that god must be the divine creator of the universe, never mind the fact that does not prove one particular god exists or even that he needs to be all powerful and perfect
3 - If because of 2 you are asked why the Christian god is the one true god (and not any other god) proceed to use a very weak argument to justify your position and use biblical scriptures as evidence (in particular you can point out that - (1) Miracles narrated by the bible are true, but not miracles claimed by other religions (2) That other religions are evil and self-destructive (3) That other religions are merely in denial of god)
4 - You will eventually be asked for inductive evidence that Christianity is true, and your best bet is to quote the bible. When asked why the bible is accurate, just name one or two basic historical facts about the possible existence of Jesus and how that (even if it was true) makes the rest of the bible reliable.
5 - If someone points out fallacies on 4, you can simply quote scripture and tell everyone how Jesus completed the prophecy on the old testament and was awesome until the day he was crucified.
6 - Christianity rests mostly on the belief that Jesus rose from the dead by divine intervention, so if someone asks for evidence for that event you should either argue that Jesus did resurrect because it says so in the bible or that there's an imperceptible separation between the material world and the physical one, accusing the other side of simply not being able to perceive the distinction between both and therefore making the resurrection seem like a natural occurrence.
7 - If someone criticizes not the lack of evidence but Christian morality and God's goodwill and omnibenevolence, proceed to make up excuses to justify genocide, sexism, homophobia, hatred and suffering. When asked why women can't be a part of most churches, just reply that they're "different" than men, meaning implicitly that they're your property and inferior versions of our species.
8 - If nothing else works, accuse your opponent of being angry at god, intellectually weak and unsophisticated. You can also make appeals ad populum and tell everyone how happy you are for being a Christian.
9 - If you're a Seventh-Day Adventist, just tell your opponent that the discussion is pointless because Jesus is coming right now and everyone who doesn't believe in him will be destroyed.
Important --> Repeat all steps, not necessarily by that order, until (1) You lose the debate but are still convinced to be right and just stop caring because those evil unbelievers are going to hell anyway (2) You realize that you have lost and become ashamed of your irrationality (3) People get so tired of your reasoning that they insult you out of irritation and frustration (4) You don't want to troll people anymore (5) Jesus actually returns from the dead, if that ever happens
1 - Start the discussion by assuming that God's existence is the norm and therefore the burden of proof is on the non-believer (to prove god does not exist)
2 - If 1 doesn't work, use an appeal to ignorance or complexity to support the idea that god must be the divine creator of the universe, never mind the fact that does not prove one particular god exists or even that he needs to be all powerful and perfect
3 - If because of 2 you are asked why the Christian god is the one true god (and not any other god) proceed to use a very weak argument to justify your position and use biblical scriptures as evidence (in particular you can point out that - (1) Miracles narrated by the bible are true, but not miracles claimed by other religions (2) That other religions are evil and self-destructive (3) That other religions are merely in denial of god)
4 - You will eventually be asked for inductive evidence that Christianity is true, and your best bet is to quote the bible. When asked why the bible is accurate, just name one or two basic historical facts about the possible existence of Jesus and how that (even if it was true) makes the rest of the bible reliable.
5 - If someone points out fallacies on 4, you can simply quote scripture and tell everyone how Jesus completed the prophecy on the old testament and was awesome until the day he was crucified.
6 - Christianity rests mostly on the belief that Jesus rose from the dead by divine intervention, so if someone asks for evidence for that event you should either argue that Jesus did resurrect because it says so in the bible or that there's an imperceptible separation between the material world and the physical one, accusing the other side of simply not being able to perceive the distinction between both and therefore making the resurrection seem like a natural occurrence.
7 - If someone criticizes not the lack of evidence but Christian morality and God's goodwill and omnibenevolence, proceed to make up excuses to justify genocide, sexism, homophobia, hatred and suffering. When asked why women can't be a part of most churches, just reply that they're "different" than men, meaning implicitly that they're your property and inferior versions of our species.
8 - If nothing else works, accuse your opponent of being angry at god, intellectually weak and unsophisticated. You can also make appeals ad populum and tell everyone how happy you are for being a Christian.
9 - If you're a Seventh-Day Adventist, just tell your opponent that the discussion is pointless because Jesus is coming right now and everyone who doesn't believe in him will be destroyed.
Important --> Repeat all steps, not necessarily by that order, until (1) You lose the debate but are still convinced to be right and just stop caring because those evil unbelievers are going to hell anyway (2) You realize that you have lost and become ashamed of your irrationality (3) People get so tired of your reasoning that they insult you out of irritation and frustration (4) You don't want to troll people anymore (5) Jesus actually returns from the dead, if that ever happens
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you
