Christian Myth Busters!

[Im_A]

literall 6 day creation.

especially when there are different things going on in the creation story itself. compare ch. 1 and ch. 2. point being? if a story can't stay consistant, there's no reason to believe it was meant to be literal.

 

[Im_A]

Intimicy with God. It's not a bad idea, but the word doesn't exist in back then's vocabulary. Only metaphores for it.

amen multi-elis!

and to

I would like to see the myth busted that Christ's atonement was not all inclusive. The truth that ultimately all will be saved needs to be rejoiced in.

amen katallasso.

 

[Cleany]

Hey!

I had this idea for a new show!

yes as you guessed from the title it would be christian myth busters!

The idea for the show, would be that, a couple of guys (old myth buster format!) have the job of busting myths in christianity!

It would probaly be mostly theology (still interesting) but there would be other stuff as well.


What myths would you like to see tackled and why?

the myth that faith is about believing in propositional statements

the myth that salvation is concerned mainly with the afterlife

just to start with ...

 

[Im_A]

the myth that faith is about believing in propositional statements

the myth that salvation is concerned mainly with the afterlife

just to start with ...

good stuff cleany!

 

[tulc]

you don't believe that God loves sinners?

No, more like the Christians idea of L.T.S.,H.T.S. seems to be "Hate the sin, not very fond of the sinner either".
tulc(hey Martinez! long time no "see"!)

 

[Martinez]

No, more like the Christians idea of L.T.S.,H.T.S. seems to be "Hate the sin, not very fond of the sinner either".
tulc(hey Martinez! long time no "see"!)

Hey Tulc!


I've been around, just mainly on GA, there's been a few posts about Hell there.

My favourite subject!

 

[CaDan]

But I wanna blow up things!

*pouts*

 

[praying]

the myth that salvation is concerned mainly with the afterlife

That is a great one!


the myth that Biblical slavery was wonderful.

 

[artybloke]

The myth that the fundagelicals speak for anyone but themselves.

The myth that the louder your voice the bigger your faith is.

The myth that there's only one way to read the Bible and it's "ours."

And I second the one about a literal genesis.

 

[Martinez]

I would like to see the myth busted that Christ's atonement was not all inclusive. The truth that ultimately all will be saved needs to be rejoiced in.

I couldn't agree more!

If I could it would be scary!

 

[Martinez]

literall 6 day creation.

especially when there are different things going on in the creation story itself. compare ch. 1 and ch. 2. point being? if a story can't stay consistant, there's no reason to believe it was meant to be literal.

Revelation follows the same pattern!


speaking of which,

I'd like to bust the myth that Adam and Eve were perfect!

 

[Joykins]

The Rapture/Left Behind theories

 

[CaDan]

Can we make mock ups of these things with ballistic gel and BLOW THEM UP?

 

[Kaonashi]

The myth that you have to bow your head and close your eyes to pray.
The myth that conservative equals Christian
The whole Rapture/ Jesus coming back myth.
The Homosexuals can't be Christians myth.
The myth that Christianity has the whole Truth.
The Myth that you have to dress a certain way and act a certain way to be considered a Christian.

 

[MQTA]

Call it: "Hit or Myth"

 

[corvus_corax]

The God of the Bible!

Which one?
You are far too non-specific


Anyway, on to the subject at hand-

I'd like to see someone bust the myth publically that Satan is in charge of Hell.

Myth #1 Satan is the Duke of Hell and in charge of tormenting all sinners
Myth #2 Satan (as in the fallen angel, rebel against God, ultimate bad guy) exists at all

But it won't have any exploding cement trucks- that'd hurt the ratings.

Easily fixed (see below*)

"God helps those who help themselves"

That one burns my butt
Far too many people have said that and when I ask them where they got it from, they say "The Bible"
When I respond "No you didnt, it's not in the bible" they get all sorts of torked off, as if I were telling them Genesis 1:1 didnt exist.

the one about Christians can't pray in school.

I LOVE that myth!
Heck, Ive seen that one promoted here on CF!

literall 6 day creation.

Christian MythBusters-
<roll opening credits>
Jamie- "Instead of giving you a one hour show of Discovery Channel info-shows, the Christian MythBusters would like to direct you to THIS site and THIS site. If you cant accept the empirical objective evidence as it speaks for itself, we wont waste an hour of our time explaining it to you" <roll end credits>

But I wanna blow up things!

*pouts*

Trust me, they can blow up things on Christian Mythbusters
(See below*)

The Rapture/Left Behind theories

Christian Mythbusters-
Adam- "The rapture wasn't even a doctrine until the 1800's. That's right ladies and gentlemen, it wasnt even....ahem...discovered...until 1800+ years after the birth of the Messiah of the Christians who promote this story. Strange isnt it, how this key doctrine of so many Christians didnt even EXIST <big grin into the camera> until- get this again- 1,800 years AFTER the birth of the Christian Christ.
"For the next hour, we'll discuss how many many scriptures have been taken out of context, how many passages have been used and abused to promote this story of the so-called Rapture"

Can we make mock ups of these things with ballistic gel and BLOW THEM UP?

Getting there (See below*)


*Blowing Stuff up on Christian Mythbusters

<opening to a cement truck rolling out on the abandoned naval base>
Adam- "Today on Mythbusters, we demonstrated through the Tanakh how the Christian version of Satan doesnt exist and how the Isaiah and Ezekiel passages regarding Satan are nothing more than Christian eisegesis."
Jamie- <mustache quivering> "Yes, but we didnt get to blow anything up"
Adam <giggling> "We'll fix that soon enough. This cement truck, 10 pounds of C4 and our good luck will demonstrate what we've found out about these myths"
Jamie- "So we DO get to blow something up?"
Adam- <HUGE grin> "yes yes YES!"
<as the cement truck rolls into place, the C4 is planted inside the mixing tank, and the blast shield is put into place....the whole time the local fire marshal is on hand>
Adam- "OK, so the truck represents Hell, the C4 represents Satan, the blast shield is our metaphor for internal logic (it protects us from eisegesis), and the fire marshal is our metaphor for reason. Ready Jamie?!?"
Jamie- "5....4...3...2...1...Fire in the hole!!"
BOOM!!!

<after the smoke clears>
Adam- "WOW! COOL! See? No more hell , no more satan. It's all just evaporated. So Jamie, confirmed, plausible or busted?"
Jamie- <Cough, cough> "Id say this myth is BUSTED!"

 

[jinkazama]

The myth that is evolution is false.

 

[artybloke]

The myth that using your inteligence is of the devil.

The myth that there's no poetry in the Bible.

 

[DailyBlessings]

The myth that other religions are not only completely wrong, but actually ill-intentioned.

 

[CaDan]

That blowed up real good!

Now let's set something on fire and throw it off a building!