in your refusal to countenance the suggestion that jesus is mythological not historical. to me it seems most plausible, it explains the whole ridiculous mess brought about by literalism. I suggest you read a bit more carefully and literally before you make baseless statements. :!: My posts: If you ...

Then explain how in your theory God's death on a cross equals 'tugging heart strings' vs completely shooting their primary point that he is God in the head. If someone tells me XXX is God, then tells me they died in a horrific way, my reaction is not tears, but rather, "What kind of God dies? ...

Post enough posts in a row Stah, I mean Doulos? The mods actually had to pass a rule about consecutive over posting due to Stahrwe's obsessive over posting. This must be a type of common reaction for apologetic trolls or something because how many consecutive posts did you just make for no apparent...

I must say, for scientific atheists of the militant persuasion, it boils down to this line of reasoning: Better logic than nothing. And better nothing than a God. Yes, beyond our comprehension there is Nothing. For if there were Something, our omnipotent powers of scientific competence would have d...

The Romans inventing crucifixion has nothing to do with it. The point is that the writers used crucifixion as a way to tug at peoples heart strings by claiming that an innocent man was beaten and killed for their sake. It's supposed by a real tear jerker and that's the way the passion has always be...

Indeed, from the outset of this book, The Riddle of Resurrection , theologian Dr. Trygge N.D. Mettinger makes it clear that he disagrees with the notion of tossing away the thesis that pre-Christian gods of old died and were resurrected, and he suggests that the field has been overpowered by Christ...

The Romans inventing crucifixion has nothing to do with it. The point is that the writers used crucifixion as a way to tug at peoples heart strings by claiming that an innocent man was beaten and killed for their sake. It's supposed by a real tear jerker and that's the way the passion has always be...

Very interesting that you pose a hypothesis to three different people, and they all tell you that it doesn't make any sense. Interesting in the sense that all three are Christian apologists following behind the first who was banned and often posted about the plurality of a larger group following th...

There is more than enough evidence that says you didn't speak with god. If we were to take you on your word alone Doulos, then what do we do about the other highly intelligent people that claim to hear things, such as aliens and cthulu talking dogs? We've investigated similar claims countless times...

The word "supernatural" applies to every spell cast, to every ogre marauder, to every burning bush, to every talking dog, in every fiction book ever written. The list of potential supernatural claims dwarfs the natural ones. It is that area "outside" the circle, a vast territory...