The bottom line is that it would be so easy for God to prove his own existence. That he failed to do so can only lead to a few possibilities: fool or fiction. Whichever?
Debunking Christianity: The New Testament Itself Sabotages Belief in the Jesus Resurrection · 5 minutes ago
Sure, of course. I would say that it is still more than implausible that the Jewish authorities would have plotted against Jesus after he raised the dead. Healing the sick, making the lame walk...
Debunking Christianity: The New Testament Itself Sabotages Belief in the Jesus Resurrection · 1 hour ago
Yep!
But to play the game, we are assuming the position of what the believers have believed, historically. And arguing from there.
Debunking Christianity: The New Testament Itself Sabotages Belief in the Jesus Resurrection · 1 hour ago
Of course, the Exodus never happened, and Jesus may be just as mythical.
Debunking Christianity: The New Testament Itself Sabotages Belief in the Jesus Resurrection · 1 hour ago
Depends on what Jesus ya believe in though.
Debunking Christianity: The New Testament Itself Sabotages Belief in the Jesus Resurrection · 2 hours ago
Who could possibly believe that a man has the power to raise the dead and still plot against him, especially the super-superstitious people of 2000 years ago ??
The Jews in...
Debunking Christianity: The New Testament Itself Sabotages Belief in the Jesus Resurrection · 2 hours ago
"...If Lazarus represented such astounding confirmation of Christian claims that the Jewish authorities planned to assassinate him,..."
And how plausible is it...
Debunking Christianity: The New Testament Itself Sabotages Belief in the Jesus Resurrection · 3 hours ago
"...Gospel Jesus indeed said (and did) disapproving things about money. But he also mentioned his parable of the talents which portrays financial acumen...
Debunking Christianity: The New Testament Itself Sabotages Belief in the Jesus Resurrection · 3 hours ago
Yet more evidence that the troll doesn't read or believe the bible. From DuckAI:
The Bible encourages Christians to be happy during persecution in Matthew 5:11-12, which states...
Debunking Christianity: The New Testament Itself Sabotages Belief in the Jesus Resurrection · 5 hours ago
Debunking Christianity: The New Testament Itself Sabotages Belief in the Jesus Resurrection · 5 hours ago
We might expect that Lazarus would have gained an enormous amount of fame within the early Christian movement. After all, many people witnessed his resurrection, a miracle that proved Jesus is...
Debunking Christianity: The New Testament Itself Sabotages Belief in the Jesus Resurrection · 16 hours ago
Craig makes the claim that the NT accounts are reliably based on eyewitness accounts. The empty tomb is also multiply attested by independent, early sources. Ehrman does pull him...
Debunking Christianity: The New Testament Itself Sabotages Belief in the Jesus Resurrection · 18 hours ago
Yes, it definitely is a sock of Charlie. I found out after that comment, when Nickerlarse gave the reasons why he blocked me when in the Charlie boy sock. When I got up the next day Nickerlarse had...
Debunking Christianity: Evangelical Apologist Daniel Ray, An Ex-Mormon, Objects To Atheism, Part 1 · 19 hours ago
Debunking Christianity: The New Testament Itself Sabotages Belief in the Jesus Resurrection · 20 hours ago
I'm pretty sure Nicky here is Jasper's new alias after getting the Charlie account got banned...
Debunking Christianity: Evangelical Apologist Daniel Ray, An Ex-Mormon, Objects To Atheism, Part 1 · 20 hours ago
I would think [...]
That's your first mistake when trying to understand the mind of a Christian, at least as it pertains to their Christian belief. And similarly for...
Debunking Christianity: The New Testament Itself Sabotages Belief in the Jesus Resurrection · 20 hours ago
I don't know if this is the same debate, but in one debate between the two, Craig claimed that there are five independent witnesses to the empty tomb/resurrection. I recall being surprised...
Debunking Christianity: The New Testament Itself Sabotages Belief in the Jesus Resurrection · 20 hours ago
And like many of the ultra-rich, does Copeland hire private security, or keep his own arsenal of firearms? Not many Christians act as if they believe the Sermon on the Mount was addressed to them....
Debunking Christianity: The New Testament Itself Sabotages Belief in the Jesus Resurrection · 20 hours ago
It may be an act, but I would have no trouble believing Copeland is well and truly nuts.
It might be like trying to decide whether a paranoid schizophrenic really believes...
Debunking Christianity: The New Testament Itself Sabotages Belief in the Jesus Resurrection · 20 hours ago
Also the next question comes to mind: were these four authors really sitting at that table?
And were they fluent in Koine Greek, not to mention literate? And were they...
Debunking Christianity: The New Testament Itself Sabotages Belief in the Jesus Resurrection · 21 hours ago
It may be an act, but I would have no trouble believing Copeland is well and truly nuts.
Debunking Christianity: The New Testament Itself Sabotages Belief in the Jesus Resurrection · 21 hours ago
It occurred to me when I was much younger that all pleasures are the fulfillment of a need: We enjoy food to satisfy our hunger, drinks to quench our thirst. Even our curiosity about the world can...
Debunking Christianity: The New Testament Itself Sabotages Belief in the Jesus Resurrection · 23 hours ago
Oh am well aware of that fuckwittery. I've watched the William Lame Craig and Bart Ehrman debate on the matter, more than once over the years. “Is There Historical Evidence for the...
Debunking Christianity: The New Testament Itself Sabotages Belief in the Jesus Resurrection · 1 day ago
AI might be humankind's greatest invention thus far.
Not yet! AI is spewing a loada ballix and doing what all apologists do, cherry-picking. The late great Dr Hector...
Debunking Christianity: The New Testament Itself Sabotages Belief in the Jesus Resurrection · 1 day ago
Not that I'm saying that's what happened mind you, but it is as natural an explanation as any other,...
But a religious apologist would say that if you cannot...
Debunking Christianity: The New Testament Itself Sabotages Belief in the Jesus Resurrection · 1 day ago