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Originally posted by BiggerPicture
humanity has been around for 100,000 yrs,
its gullible to think that only in the past 2,000 yrs has God finally "decided" to deliver a message to mankind and manifest a "saviour" who finally died for us so late in the human timeline.
anyways, i see a distinct parallel in the Christian saviour of 2000 yrs ago,
and America masquerading as a world saviour to Americans most of which are Christians, likewise.
people are so functional, larval, CHILDISH in their thinking.
for once, grow up,,
I apologize that i don't understand whether you meant this sarcastic or not but how can you say that... simply because we do not understand something we chose to throw it away?
Originally posted by Klassified
reply to post by kingofmd
You forget that some of us were christians. For decades. Some of us know the bible better than most christians know it....
Show me a christian who can be truly objective in their search for the truth, and I'll show you someone who won't be a christian for long.
I have said this many times myself...
it doesn't really MATTER if he lived or not, if he died at the crucifixion or not, if he was a Buddhist master or not...
what matters is the LESSONS.
One more poke at this foolishness... No one else notices the hypocrisy of persons denying the veracity of the Bible based on the accusation that it was "written by men who make mistakes", while simultaneously using refrences written by men to support their claims?
Originally posted by wildtimes
reply to post by kingofmd
You don't feel that this disqualifies you from having a purely objective dialogue?
No, I don't! Not in the slightest! How can it disqualify me if I say I've studied other things and that at this point I don't know what to believe?
Saying my previous studies in other religions "disqualifies" me is like saying that since I know Spanish and English I am disqualified from discussing immigration, or that because I have a Masters degree I'm not allowed to talk about high school curricula.
when a professor tries to do research on an old topic he doesn't turn to the newest book, he starts from the core of the problem and tries to understand the original message rather than the simplified one under someone's opinion.
Originally posted by kingofmd
In order to be a Christian, one has to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Did you?
This (Jesusism) is "growing up". You have to consider what it was replacing, which was the attitude: 'everything good for us, and for everyone not us (the tribe), death or slavery'.
humanity has been around for 100,000 yrs, its gullible to think that only in the past 2,000 yrs has God finally "decided" to deliver a message to mankind and manifest a "saviour" who finally died for us so late in the human timeline.
anyways, i see a distinct parallel in the Christian saviour of 2000 yrs ago, and America masquerading as a world saviour to Americans most of which are Christians, likewise.
people are so functional, larval, CHILDISH in their thinking. for once, grow up,,