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Why the Christian creation myth
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<blockquote data-quote="AnotherAtheist" data-source="post: 72214560" data-attributes="member: 199566"><p>I would like to know if anyone is able to justify a claim that the Christian creation myth is more likely to be true than the Bushongo creation myth. </p><p></p><p>There have been replies that have addressed this. E.g. a claim that the Christian religion is more popular and dominant over the Bushongo religion; e.g. Bushongo's are more likely to convert to Christianity than Christians are likely to convert to the religion of Bumba. I haven't addressed that yet, so I'll say that religions becoming dominant appears to be for reasons of geopolitics (such as invasion and conquering countries), economics, and unexplained preferences of rulers (e.g. Christianity in England), rather than any evidence that it's due to actual truth of the beliefs. Hence, I don't think that's a significant argument. </p><p></p><p>Other people have quoted the Bible, saying it's 'powerful' etc. Though, this is a bit circular as if The Bible is not true, then it can't support itself; so, you can't prove The Bible with The Bible.</p><p></p><p>There was an interesting post saying that the original Hebrew of books that became The Bible don't actually support the current Christian (literal) creation myth. I've done a bit of background reading on that, and it appears to be an important and pertinent point. </p><p></p><p>The question I ask is important, I believe, because often Christians will position the argument as being science/materialism versus Christianity, with no alternatives. Such that disproving science/materialism therefore proves Christianity. As is often pointed out (similar for Pascal's wager), that's not the case. There are a lot of alternatives. Both in terms of other claims of the supernatural, and also material explanations different from current theory. This thread is just one way of looking at that larger picture.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnotherAtheist, post: 72214560, member: 199566"] I would like to know if anyone is able to justify a claim that the Christian creation myth is more likely to be true than the Bushongo creation myth. There have been replies that have addressed this. E.g. a claim that the Christian religion is more popular and dominant over the Bushongo religion; e.g. Bushongo's are more likely to convert to Christianity than Christians are likely to convert to the religion of Bumba. I haven't addressed that yet, so I'll say that religions becoming dominant appears to be for reasons of geopolitics (such as invasion and conquering countries), economics, and unexplained preferences of rulers (e.g. Christianity in England), rather than any evidence that it's due to actual truth of the beliefs. Hence, I don't think that's a significant argument. Other people have quoted the Bible, saying it's 'powerful' etc. Though, this is a bit circular as if The Bible is not true, then it can't support itself; so, you can't prove The Bible with The Bible. There was an interesting post saying that the original Hebrew of books that became The Bible don't actually support the current Christian (literal) creation myth. I've done a bit of background reading on that, and it appears to be an important and pertinent point. The question I ask is important, I believe, because often Christians will position the argument as being science/materialism versus Christianity, with no alternatives. Such that disproving science/materialism therefore proves Christianity. As is often pointed out (similar for Pascal's wager), that's not the case. There are a lot of alternatives. Both in terms of other claims of the supernatural, and also material explanations different from current theory. This thread is just one way of looking at that larger picture. [/QUOTE]
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