I haven't been able to post for a while, so please bear with me as I catch up a bit with my thoughts on what's been discussed. First, a bit of house keeping to tend to:
Originally Posted by mauserand9mm
Originally Posted by There_Ya_Go
mauserand9mm and his ilk seem to think history began on the day they were born.
Not at all. You think it began 6,000ish years ago?
Do you think it fast-forwarded past the events in Jerusalem some 2,000 years ago?
Of course not, thats a stupid thing to say.
I was meaning that there was a fairy tale started a while back that indicated that the world was about that old. It contained a whole bunch of other crazy ass shit too, including some events in the area and timeframe that you mention.
I knew exactly what you were trying to say; my response was rhetorical, and I think you know that.
You seize on the question of creationism so that you have an excuse to ignore the evidence of the resurrection. You repeat the "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" mantra despite the extraordinary evidence presented. But, you weren't there with Thomas to see it for yourself; so therefore in your mind it didn't happen. Thus my statement of history beginning with your arrival on the scene. And round and round we go.
A resurrection Is an extraordinary claim. There is zero evidence, extraordinary or ordinary. For some reason, in your mind, you think it happened. Is it because the less likely something is to happen, the more likely a one off event appears to be true? - you tell me, there's nothing rational or logical about it.
The roots of Hinduism go back a couple thousand years before Christianity. For tens of thousands of years before that, who knows? The bible conatins stories pinched from others before. There may have been a better god that was invented before reliable documentation means became available. So time of birth does have an impact - if you were born around 100BC, you would not be a Christian.
Originally Posted by mauserand9mm
Originally Posted by mauserand9mm
Originally Posted by Raspy
Whatever you said...everyone knows you are a lying jerk.
That's a bold assertion. Point out where you think I lied.
