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Major Nikon

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10. There's all sorts of examples in the bible that destroy Christianity

Mon Jun 24, 2019, 04:58 AM

Jun 2019

Jesus’ messianic claim fails on virtually every measure. The genealogy to King David listed in two different gospels are contradictory and both are disqualifying anyway. The qualifying prophecies weren’t fulfilled either. Not to mention if Jesus were actually a god as most Christians claim, then he couldn’t be the messiah to begin with.

You also have the only mention of the trinity in the synoptic gospels was found to be a forgery. Imagine the implosion of mainstream Christianity if they were to discover there’s no reference to their god actually being a god in the core of their gospels.

The problem with all of this is it assumes religionists are bound to reason. The whole idea of faith requires the suspension of reason. When faced with things they can’t explain, they will simply fall back to the position of faith. At that point reason is as useful as man nipples.

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The Science of Religion [View all] MineralMan Jun 2019 OP

The study of religion does though... uriel1972 Jun 2019 #1

Not using the scientific method, though. MineralMan Jun 2019 #2

Well, there IS anthropology, sociology of religion. Bretton Garcia Jun 2019 #3

I was thinking more along these lines uriel1972 Jun 2019 #4

Theology, apologetics, creationism, Historical Jesus advocacy, pretend to be very rational Bretton Garcia Jun 2019 #5

Those are very soft sciences that often produce MineralMan Jun 2019 #6

Yes. Though more scientific examination of faith-healing claims, etc., could be less problematic. Bretton Garcia Jun 2019 #7

You know the "hard sciences" aren't much better in that regard. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2019 #12

I have no brief against the social sciences, actually. MineralMan Jun 2019 #13

I'm just saying I think the term "science" still applies. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2019 #14

OK. It's a rich area of discussion. MineralMan Jun 2019 #15

Hey, whatabout scientology? Major Nikon Jun 2019 #8

There have been many pseudoscientific religious movements Bretton Garcia Jun 2019 #9

There's all sorts of examples in the bible that destroy Christianity Major Nikon Jun 2019 #10

Yes, faith is the problem. With its attacks on Reason. But? Bretton Garcia Jun 2019 #11

They already pick and chose which parts to ignore anyway Major Nikon Jun 2019 #16

Yeah Bretton Garcia Jun 2019 #18

I'm all for anything that works, I just don't see the tactic as being all that effective Major Nikon Jun 2019 #19

I encourage both methods, and then some. Bretton Garcia Jun 2019 #20

Or worse... NeoGreen Jun 2019 #17

This should be in the unintentionally humorous Group. eom guillaumeb Jun 2019 #21

And yet, here it is in the Religion Group, since it is about religion. MineralMan Jun 2019 #22

No, it is about your unprovable opinion about an unprovable subject. guillaumeb Jun 2019 #23