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What do invented saints tell us about Christianity?

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What do invented saints tell us about Christianity?
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RE: What do invented saints tell us about Christianity?
November 8, 2019 at 2:18 am
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RE: What do invented saints tell us about Christianity?
November 8, 2019 at 2:30 am (This post was last modified: November 8, 2019 at 2:32 am by The Valkyrie.)
And that doesn’t stop it being propaganda.

After all, Kirk Cameron claims to have been an atheist and lies about us, too.

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RE: What do invented saints tell us about Christianity?
November 8, 2019 at 3:08 am
(November 8, 2019 at 2:30 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: And that doesn’t stop it being propaganda.

After all, Kirk Cameron claims to have been an atheist and lies about us, too.

Tim is still an atheist, and he is nothing like Kirk.

You don't have to like the guy or agree with his views on some atheists, but he does argue against Christianity on Quora and elsewhere, just not on his blog which is specifically to correct (in his view) atheistic misinterpretations of history related to Christianity and such.
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RE: What do invented saints tell us about Christianity?
November 8, 2019 at 3:10 am
(November 8, 2019 at 2:30 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: And that doesn’t stop it being propaganda.

After all, Kirk Cameron claims to have been an atheist and lies about us, too.

It's OK. You don't have to read it.
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RE: What do invented saints tell us about Christianity?
November 8, 2019 at 3:49 am (This post was last modified: November 8, 2019 at 3:49 am by Fake Messiah.)
(November 8, 2019 at 3:10 am)Belacqua Wrote: It's OK. You don't have to read it.

Yeah, nobody gives a shit about that crap since it has nothing to do with this topic. Stop trolling.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: What do invented saints tell us about Christianity?
November 8, 2019 at 4:12 am
C'mon, people need a lot of saints in order for them to celebrate name birthdays(I don't know if that is a thing outside of my country).
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RE: What do invented saints tell us about Christianity?
November 9, 2019 at 3:08 am
(November 8, 2019 at 4:12 am)notimportant1234 Wrote: C'mon, people need a lot of saints in order for them to celebrate name birthdays(I don't know if that is a thing outside of my country).

So saints are something like birthstones?
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: What do invented saints tell us about Christianity?
November 9, 2019 at 10:13 am (This post was last modified: November 9, 2019 at 10:17 am by Gwaithmir. Edit Reason: Typo )
(November 9, 2019 at 3:08 am)Fake Messiah Wrote:
(November 8, 2019 at 4:12 am)notimportant1234 Wrote: C'mon, people need a lot of saints in order for them to celebrate name birthdays(I don't know if that is a thing outside of my country).

So saints are something like birthstones?

In some cultures, yes. When I was growing up Catholic, my birthday saint (March 24) was St. Gabriel the Archangel.
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RE: What do invented saints tell us about Christianity?
November 9, 2019 at 2:45 pm



You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.

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RE: What do invented saints tell us about Christianity?
November 9, 2019 at 3:16 pm
(November 9, 2019 at 10:13 am)Gwaithmir Wrote:
(November 9, 2019 at 3:08 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: So saints are something like birthstones?

In some cultures, yes. When I was growing up Catholic, my birthday saint (March 24) was St. Gabriel the Archangel.

We shares a berfday!!

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