Hi Skaloop,
Nice to see you in Outreach.
During my time on these forums, I have heard all kinds of preposterous statements from Christians.
To be honest, we can level that comment right back at you. I've heard similarly crazy things from non-Christians.
I've seen all kinds of fact-twisting to make reality fit with the Bible (or vice versa).
Again, we can say the same of non-Christians, I've seen people purposefully twist scripture to make it appear to say something other than what it really does, so they can support their false position of how unfair God is, how angry and hateful He is and blah blah etc.
Furthermore, I have heard things that, if told in a non-religious context, would be classified as borderline schizophrenic.
What can you tell me to convince me that Christians are not insane?
Your approach to this appears to be that we somehow need to explain ourselves to you. We do not, although in order to be helpful I will try my best. In addition I cannot speak for
all Christians, some of us may well likely
be insane, just as any non-Christian may also. I do not believe the two linked, as follows:
Not specifically limited to Christians.
making up stories of fantasy
Unprovable assertion. You cannot demonstrate how we do so, to the exclusion of it being only a Christian trait or brought on by Christianity.
believing the unbelievable
Again, another unprovable assertion. I find it equally unbelievable that people believe the world came about by mere chance. It seems awfully well orchestrated for an accident.
So what allows Christians to be labeled "sane" when countless others with similar, albeit non-religious, delusions get put in padded rooms?
The term insane:
"An obsolete term used colloquially to describe a person with a psychotic disorder. Now a legal term applied by the courts to a person who, because of mental disease or developmental disability, is unable to appreciate the wrongfulness or criminality of his or her conduct at the time of an offense, or in some jurisdictions, is unable to control his or her actions."
Doesn't seem to fit us at all, considering we are not criminals, and we do not exhibit any traits in common with psychosis in that we still have a firm grasp on reality
in addition to our spiritual beliefs. Psychotic behaviour rejects reality. If this is the point you wish to contest, then you need to demonstrate how being a Christian,
in every single case,
causes such behaviour. In addition you need to show how being an atheist
in every single case,
prevents such behaviour, which we both know you cannot do, on both counts.
Oddly, I heard a definition of insanity once that said it's doing the same thing, in the same manner, over and over again, but expecting
different results. One would think those who post in Outreach may in fact
be insane simply based on how we are stuck in what the Greeks would consider hell, mindless repetition. You ask, we answer. Fast forward a few months, you ask the same question, we answer with the same response.
Makes you wonder if
any of us are sane hmm?
Cheers,
Digit
