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oh........................................so it's complex, then. "NOW" you tell me!The potential amount of reasons to "jump ship", as you put it, is imo uncountable.
By that I don't mean "infinite". I just mean uncountable. There could be a whole range of reasons for someone to do so.
How does it feel to play both sides of the tennis-court, DH? You must be getting quite a workout!
no blinking required for this one. You see, that's what a Master's Degree in Social Studies/Social Science Education does for a person. And if you really want to know, yes, I do suffer from Dry Eye Syndrome.Here's a fun fact that I just thought of, which seems appropriate here in context of this subject...
There is a christian on this site, who frequents the apologetics forum and who has as geographic location Saudi Arabia.
Look me (virtually) in the eye and tell me without blinking (virtually) that you didn't think "ha...how about that..." when you first noticed it... I sure did!
They don't? Why not? They've had 2,000 years to move in.Because one doesn't expect a christian living in Saudi Arabia. That's why.
And that's the wonderful thing about 'questions,' and by using them, we can find out. "Hey, Mr. Visitor from Saudi Arabia, are you indeed Muslim?" And he might say in response, "Heck no! Jesus is Lord!"We all know that there are some living there. We all know that there are also some budhists living there. Even some jews.
We also all know that whenever we meet a random saudi arabia citizen, the chances of them being anything but muslim, is rather low.
How convenient for you, DH! How convenient.I'm not sure how you think that ties into the subject being discussed.
No matter what people claim that Jesus has said or didn't say... None of this is relevant to the subject matter. Being that religious beliefs of individuals are, by and large, determined by the people that raised said individuals.
I'm not sure what your point is.
So, would you want to say that this is an example of the Law of Averages?My point is that individuals more often then not, grow up to believe what they are taught to believe from a young age.
I could say that. But then I'd probably think you're a Communist if you really and truly believed it.You could end a religion in a single generation by no longer indoctrinating children into it.
Not sure who said this once, but I feel it's appropriate here:
If the bible would disappear and all of christianity purged from people's minds overnight, then all of christianity, Jesus, etc would be lost for eternity, never to resurface again. The same goes for all religions.
However, if you would do the same with for example Physics, then it's only a matter of time before it's rediscovered.
This last statement of yours partially reflects some of the nuance in what Evangelical Christians mean by the term "Specific Revelation." So, in that sense, I think I can concur with a portion of your essential epistemic evaluation here, at least as far as it directly applies to Christianity. But I'm not going to speak for all of the other of the World's Religions. Surprising, ay?!
...i.e. the existential issues that comes into play when we honestly take the Bull by the Horns and begin to wrestle with the other issues inherent to the problem of Divine Hiddenness AND Epistemology. Of course, I'm guessing @Silmarien will want to add in the notion that Ontology/Metaphysics plays a role in mediating all of this mess as well.What problem?
...ok, so what does one HAVE to believe about Jesus in order to be a Christian?ps: muslims do not believe what the bible teaches about jesus....
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