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We have no first hand accounts from Jesus himself. We have a couple of first hand accounts from followers. Most of them don't reconcile with each other very wel
by darksaints 7y ago
We have no first hand accounts from Jesus himself. We have a couple of first hand accounts from followers. Most of them don't reconcile with each other very well. And even if they did, humans have a long history of collectively believing and participating in supernatural bullshit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbCzb_FWpi4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbCzb_FWpi4
Lots of people have claimed to be god. Some are even widely recognized as good people. Do we need to give them all our attention? Cause I'm pretty content living my life without believing in wild fairy tales.
- tomohawk 7y agoDoes your belief system require you to be so disparaging to people who believe differently? If you don't want to pay any attention to the claims of Christianity, then by all means don't.
- darksaints 7y agoNo, but I'm pretty happy with seeking its demise. Christianity, along with the rest of the abrahamic religions, are a corrupting plague on our planet and society. That which is good about it is not unique to it, and that which is unique to it is not good. We are stagnant in our progress as humans to the degree that we still believe in it.
- tomohawk 7y agoSo, intolerance is the way forward?
- WillDaSilva 7y agoIntolerance of bad ideas, not intolerance of those who hold them.
- catalogia 7y agoIt's not intolerant to state that you do not believe in somebody else's religion. Nothing above is even "disparaging", even that fairy tale remark. It's not disparaging to state that, without good evidence, you believe fantastic stories from thousands of years ago to be fairy tails.
- guidance 7y ago> 'It's not intolerant to state that you do not believe in somebody else's religion.' Stating that you are, quote, "seeking its demise", is the very definition of intolerance. > 'Nothing above is even "disparaging", even that fairy tale remark. It's not disparaging to state that, without good evidence, you believe fantastic stories from thousands of years ago to be fairy tails.' This is the very definition of disparagement. If I were to refer to your atheistic beliefs as 'the ignorance of children, raised by a wicked society that is under the influence of psychopathic demons', would you view that as disparaging? Of course you would. The difference between that way of viewing things and your way of viewing things is simply a matter of perspective. The difference is, one viewpoint is based on knowledge, whereas the other is based in ignorance. Source: I used to be an atheist also. As a teenager. In the Bible Belt.
- catalogia 7y ago> Stating that you are, quote, "seeking its demise", is the very definition of intolerance. Evangelizing atheism is no more intolerant than evangelizing your religion. Personally I have no particular interest in doing either, but if you get bent out of shape over somebody doing it, that's on you. If you don't like somebody disagreeing with your beliefs then move to a theocracy where such things are forbidden. The "intolerance" you describe is in fact an expression of the bedrock of liberal society.
- guidance 7y ago> 'Evangelizing atheism is no more intolerant than evangelizing your religion.' Once again: calling for the destruction of something is exactly the same as intolerance of that thing. > 'liberal' This word doesn't mean what you think it means. You don't get to redefine the English language to suit your own personal whims.
- weare138 7y agoThe problem with this argument is we don't have first hand accounts of most historical events and people we accept as having occurred and existed.