RE: Hello, i am a real Christian
May 2, 2010 at 5:41 pm
(This post was last modified: May 2, 2010 at 5:42 pm by True Christian.)
(May 2, 2010 at 5:20 pm)bozo Wrote: TC, I really don't think longevity is the issue! Nothing lasts forever.
You claim " godly origins " in support of what amounts to superstition.
Nothing lasts forever...except God
and for now you have no reason to say that the Church will not last for as long as mankind exists, because Christianity is still on the rise, not in Europe but in other parts of the world like Africa or South America.
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On another subject, i have decided to revise one of my previous positions about Christianity, and the Crusades were the reason of that change: i now agree that it has objectively done more harm than good in the world in the past because it was used for wrongful purposes.
However, i maintain that in today's world, Christianity has more of a beneficial effect.
(May 2, 2010 at 5:40 pm)The_Flying_Skeptic Wrote:(May 2, 2010 at 5:14 pm)True Christian Wrote: You misinterpreted what i said: i dont mean that because a lot of people believe in it for a long time it is true. I mean that the fact that the Church has lasted 2000 years shows its godly origins. No other organization has ever lasted that long, not even the great roman empire.
What about other religious organizations that have lasted just as long or longer than Christianity? You could just as well apply your argument to other popular religions. Just because atheism wasn't as popular enough so many years ago to form organizations doesn't mean that atheism isn't a more reasonable position on the universe. It's not as if Christianity became so popular as a pacifist in the first place: how is the Catholic's history with violent methods of spreading their 'word' supposed to make sense in a religion that now proposes that you turn the other cheek when in conflict? Do you ever stop to think that if people are gullible now, they were more gullible 2000 years ago when communication was so limited?
Give me another organization that has lasted this long. Not even religious, any system that has lasted over 2000 years.
Ill wait