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I'm officially done with this thread. Ren's on his own. Everyone do what you want.
I'm officially done with this thread. Ren's on his own. Everyone do what you want.
Seriously? What am I supposed to say? "Hey, look, two more people agree with you, so we are done here. You are correct." You'd make a great politician someday, because you constantly create excuses to avoid responding to my counterarguments. I haven't read your book, but others have. Others who have problems with inconsistencies and inaccuracies in his books and his refusal to acknowledge them. Others who have looked into more source material than just the resources that conveniently conform to their beliefs, hence the term in this situation "confirmation bias," in which "these people say it's true, so that must make it a fact." It doesn't seem that you have any plans of convincing anyone that you are going to present a clean and unbiased argument, but if you do or want to prove otherwise, I will make it easy for you and provide you with some links of my own.I don't really care to argue about your personal problems or your problems with me, Sanyam. It bores me. Getting back on the topic.
Here are websites full of article writers that agree with Ellis.
Vridar
The true story of the real Jesus
You can find tons of information "debunking" Christianity all over the Internet because many people hate Christians and would like to see the religion crumble.
-There are some Christians who fit the description you created. These only represent a small percentage of Christians, though. The two reasons why it's more than you seem is: 1-Extremists are more likely to get publicity. 2-Politicians tend to be arrogant and extreme, so when you get a politician who is Christian, chances are that he's going to be way more extreme than the groups he is a part of. Just as I tell everyone else, treat people for the individuals who they are, not for the preconceived beliefs that they have about the groups that they are in.
Hopefully you aren't one of those bigots who thinks that Christians hold back scientific research. Although it's true that earlier history does contain some examples of this, modern-day Christians use the scientific method just as well as anyone else. No Christian in the science field ever says "I'm going to hold back results to a study because I think it's going to contradict my beliefs."
-I see you are taking the route to pretty much believe that there is no hope for Christianity as a possibility. I'm still sticking with my belief that it is a possibility. Everything has just been through so many translations and potentially manipulated by all kinds of variables, that there is no way to tell for certain the course of events in a clear-cut manner.
Your belief that Christianity is a religion characterized by mostly intolerant people parallels this.