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Can you please explain why you have believed I am wrong to apply the same judgement to this statement:Yes, generally speaking, making a claim without appropriate evidence is not the best way to navigate reality.
Much like any religion proliferates, I suppose. In the case of Christianity, Constantine seems to have single handedly resurrected a pretty much dead religion.
Which part of "racist, sexist, genocidal, slave-driving rapists" is in doubt? Racist? "Philistine" has become a derogatory term in Judeo-Christianity. Sexist? Hah, do I even have to bother? Genocidal? Well, have you read the book of Joshua? Slave-driving? There are plenty of well-known verses on this. Rapists? Well, they had 10 commandments and accidentally left out "Thou shalt not rape"? On a related note, did the ancient Jews even have a word for "rape"?
But here is some hard evidence for you:
Racist:
You could charge foreigners interest, but you could not charge a fellow Jew interest. Deuteronomy 23:19-20.
You could own a foreign slave indefinitely (Leviticus 25:44-46), but you could only own a Jew slave for 6 years (Exodus 21:2).
Jesus refers to gentiles as dogs. Matthew 15:22-28.
Sexist:
I won't even bother explaining these verses.
Genesis 3:16. 1 Corinthians 14:34-35. Leviticus 12:2-5.
Genocidal:
How about the entire book of Joshua? Or if that's too much, read chapter 10.
Slave-driving:
You may beat your slaves as long as you don't kill them or cause permanent injury. Exodus 21:20-27.
Slaves are regarded as property and may be passed down as inheritance. Leviticus 25:44-46.
Rapists:
Deuteronomy 22:28-29.
Except that everything I listed above came straight from God.
And look where that approach got you.
Joseph Smith said he saw and did certain things. There is no real evidence to either substantiate it or falsify it, so you are clearly not using the methodology that you claim to be using.
Good evidence that Jesus' body was not in its grave and was never found? Even if true, what does it prove?
Also your "good evidence" came from second-hand sources decades after the fact.
You have told me that there is no evidence for oi's beliefs.
What I am asking is why you think that.
Responding by saying that there is no evidence for oi's beliefs is simply arguing in a circle.
It would be like me saying that there is evidence for oi's beliefs and then you asking me why I thought that, to which I responded, "there is evidence for oi's beliefs."
One does not prove or demonstrate anything when they do this.
Indeed.
Davian, do you think it is not possible that Genesis accounts did transpire generations? Please explain why.
Seriously?Ah I see what went wrong: I have jumped the gun. Can you please show me the evidence you have for the following claim:
I have some books that have helped me come to a better understanding of the Bible that deals with a lot of the points you have tried to make. I will send them to you for free. Would you like me to send them to you?
They are soft back books.Are they e-books or PDFs? If so then I would appreciate that very much. But I'm not going to "drop my dox."
It's generally accepted by all scholars that without the benefit of Constantine's insistence of using Christianity as a political tool, Christianity would not enjoy the popularity we see today.Thanks. Which words in that article do you see to support your words "a pretty much dead religion."?
There isn't just one situation which gave Christianity the political presence in Europe. There's a myriad of reasons why Christianity became the religion of Europe and they have more to do with the Early and High Middle Ages.It's generally accepted by all scholars that without the benefit of Constantine's insistence of using Christianity as a political tool, Christianity would not enjoy the popularity we see today.
It appeared to be constructed so as to have me defend a position that I do not hold... The question was asked in order to obtain information..
Information that I do not have.yet you refuse to give the information,
I did not see it as right or wrong.but also think you are right to do it,
I don't know if you are even wrong.and that I am wrong somehow? Why?
Pure desires, get in the way of objectivity. If you simply desire badly enough to believe in something, your mind will figure out a way to convince yourself of the same.
I am quite certain, some Muslims strongly desire their religion to be correct and Hindu's strongly desire for their religion to be correct and they convince themselves, that it is.
I don't know. Show me a god that doesn't come bundled as a part of some sort of religion.Can you see the difference between desiring a perfectly good God to be true and desiring a particular religion to be true?
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