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Christianity Is The BEST Religion....
#31
RE: Christianity Is The BEST Religion....
Quote:So, because something seems far-fetched, that means (for you atheists) it doesn't exist, am I right?
Because something  improbable and lacking in sufficient  evidence  . It is not reasonable to accept it . That not the same as the positive assertion it does not exist
Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.

Inuit Proverb

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#32
RE: Christianity Is The BEST Religion....
(February 18, 2018 at 1:53 am)Nimbus Wrote:
(February 18, 2018 at 1:49 am)Astreja Wrote: I don't need 100% certainty.  I believe that the probability of the Jesus stories being true is infinitesimally small, so 99.999...% certainty is fine for me.

 So, because something seems far-fetched, that means (for you atheists) it doesn't exist, am I right?

You are wrong.

That something is far-fetched does not mean it is necessarily wrong. But at the same time, why in the world would you assume that something that is far-fetched is true? That is a greater stretch.

Perhaps you should familiarize yourself with Occam's Razor. You have access to Google so I'm not going to bother with a link. Occam's Razor is the assertion that if there are multiple possible explanations to a phenomena, the simplest explanation is most likely to be true.

The simplest explanation to the universe (or multiverse) is that we have no idea of how it originated. Pulling an explanation out of your ass with no evidence has no validity at all. God/Jesus has no more credibility than Allah, nor Vishnu, nor the Flying Spaghetti Monster, nor the Invisible Pink Unicorn.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Albert Einstein
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#33
RE: Christianity Is The BEST Religion....
(February 18, 2018 at 2:13 am)AFTT47 Wrote: You are wrong.

That something is far-fetched does not mean it is necessarily wrong. But at the same time, why in the world would you assume that something that is far-fetched is true? That is a greater stretch.

Hmmmm, good point. That got me thinking.

(February 18, 2018 at 2:13 am)AFTT47 Wrote: Perhaps you should familiarize yourself with Occam's Razor. You have access to Google so I'm not going to bother with a link. Occam's Razor is the assertion that if there are multiple possible explanations to a phenomena, the simplest explanation is most likely to be true.

I'll look up that thing you mentioned (Occam's Razor) in a sec.

(February 18, 2018 at 2:13 am)AFTT47 Wrote: The simplest explanation to the universe (or multiverse) is that we have no idea of how it originated. Pulling an explanation out of your ass with no evidence has no validity at all. God/Jesus has no more credibility than Allah, nor Vishnu, nor the Flying Spaghetti Monster, nor the Invisible Pink Unicorn.

What about the Holy Bible? Isn't that an explanation?
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#34
RE: Christianity Is The BEST Religion....
(February 18, 2018 at 2:26 am)Nimbus Wrote: What about the Holy Bible? Isn't that an explanation?

No more or less of an explanation than the Bhagavad Gita. How much credence do you put into Hindu holy books? That's about how much we trust in the Bible's "explanation." Look, it's an old storybook. There are tons of 'em out there. You can't go believing in all of them can you? It actually makes the most sense to believe in none of them.
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#35
RE: Christianity Is The BEST Religion....
(February 18, 2018 at 2:26 am)Nimbus Wrote: What about the Holy Bible? Isn't that an explanation?

No, because it is very easy to make up a story and claim it is true, even though it isn't true.  People from just about every culture have been doing this for thousands of years.

The main reason that the Bible is considered true by so many people is that someone else told them that it was true.  That never happened to me.  I discovered a Bible in my parents' library when I was about six years old, and knew all the major stories by the time I was seven or so.  No one in my family ever told me it was anything more than a storybook, so it never became anything more than a storybook to me.
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#36
RE: Christianity Is The BEST Religion....
I’m not buying it.
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”

Wiser words were never spoken. 
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#37
RE: Christianity Is The BEST Religion....
Yeah, Camus, this guy isn't who he says he is. I can smell it.
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#38
RE: Christianity Is The BEST Religion....
(February 18, 2018 at 3:21 am)LadyForCamus Wrote: I’m not buying it.

 So you don't think Christianity is the best religion?

(February 18, 2018 at 3:23 am)vulcanlogician Wrote: Yeah, Camus, this guy isn't who he says he is. I can smell it.

 No, I am a Christian.
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#39
RE: Christianity Is The BEST Religion....
(February 18, 2018 at 3:24 am)Nimbus Wrote:
(February 18, 2018 at 3:21 am)LadyForCamus Wrote: I’m not buying it.

 So you don't think Christianity is the best religion?

(February 18, 2018 at 3:23 am)vulcanlogician Wrote: Yeah, Camus, this guy isn't who he says he is. I can smell it.

 No, I am a Christian.

What denomination are you?
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#40
RE: Christianity Is The BEST Religion....
(February 18, 2018 at 4:12 am)Grandizer Wrote:
(February 18, 2018 at 3:24 am)Nimbus Wrote:  So you don't think Christianity is the best religion?


 No, I am a Christian.

What denomination are you?

 Roman Catholic.
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