True Christian, I have already said more than a few times that whether it's long lasting/flourishing/popularity it's all just as equally a bullshit argument. The fact that Catholicism is long lasting/flourishes is no more evidence for its divinity than the fact there are so many followers and it's popular. I've already covered this.
Like you ignored the fact that I made it clear that I was arguing against the longevity and flourishing of Catholicism that you mentioned just as much as the idea of its popularity as I mentioned above? I wouldn't say you did that deliberately though.
And if the Catholic Church isn't long lived and flourishing because of it's popular, then I guess it's also because of its using fear to push people into it's faith, and it's Crusades in the past? And I guess the flourishing can also partly be because of all the money it takes in?
I guess you're right - it's flourishing and longevity isn't all down to popularity. But MY point is that all 3, popularity, flourishing, longevity are not evidence of divinity. And so the fact that you want to be petty and tell me that you aren't arguing that popularity gives evidence of divinity is irrelevant. Because I've already covered all 3, I'm not just singling out on popularity, I'm saying all 3, popularity, flourishing, longevity of the above are equally nonsense bullshit arguments for divinity.
And, speaking for myself I certainly never deliberately miss relevant bits out anyway.
EvF
Quote:I know i will be called as generalizing by saying that, but i have observed that in this thread: don't you think that sometimes, just sometimes, you jump on certain keywords and ignore the rest of the text ?
Like you ignored the fact that I made it clear that I was arguing against the longevity and flourishing of Catholicism that you mentioned just as much as the idea of its popularity as I mentioned above? I wouldn't say you did that deliberately though.
And if the Catholic Church isn't long lived and flourishing because of it's popular, then I guess it's also because of its using fear to push people into it's faith, and it's Crusades in the past? And I guess the flourishing can also partly be because of all the money it takes in?
I guess you're right - it's flourishing and longevity isn't all down to popularity. But MY point is that all 3, popularity, flourishing, longevity are not evidence of divinity. And so the fact that you want to be petty and tell me that you aren't arguing that popularity gives evidence of divinity is irrelevant. Because I've already covered all 3, I'm not just singling out on popularity, I'm saying all 3, popularity, flourishing, longevity of the above are equally nonsense bullshit arguments for divinity.
And, speaking for myself I certainly never deliberately miss relevant bits out anyway.
EvF
