(December 11, 2021 at 6:15 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(December 11, 2021 at 6:12 pm)Oldandeasilyconfused Wrote: Interesting stuff. Of course of limited use because the New Testament is myth rather than a history book. As far as I'm aware there's the same amount of contemporary evidence for the existence of John the Baptist than there is for Jesus. IE none
However it's sometimes interesting to see the minds of apologists at work.
No argument - it’s all bunk. I was simply pointing out how Christians came to arrive at that bunk.
Boru
Indeed.
Over the centuries, there have been some brilliant minds working for the church and indirectly helping burn heretics:
Specifically. Augustine of Hippo and Thomas Aquinas. With the passage of time, some pretty devious apologist specialists evolved. Specifically, The Dominicans and The Society Of Jesus (Jesuits)
In my opinion, it has always been a mistake to characterise believers as stupid or crazy. Many extremists seem so. However I've never had the impression here that "there's something wrong with" believers as a group. With only 15% of the population, probably just as rational to make that claim about atheists.
Because Australia is a secular society, religion is rarely discussed socially, or at work. It's usually just about impossible to tell to which personal superstitions a person subscribes from what they say or what they do.
