The Christian Myth
Do you think you would believe in the Christian fairy tales if they appeared in any other scripture? I doubt it. But it’s in the Bible, isn’t it? So you don’t have a choice, do you? You just have to believe it. Why? Because you know the Bible is the word of God. Why? Because the Bible said so. And your pastor said so. And your parents said so.
But you wouldn’t believe in Allah.
But for Adam no suitable helper was found. So Allah caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the place with flesh. Then Allah made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. (Genesis 2:21-22)
You’d laugh at Zeus and his great glory.
Do you know how Zeus controls the clouds and makes his lightning flash? Do you know how the clouds hang poised, those wonders of him who is perfect in knowledge? (Job 37:15-16)
You’d call Tlatoc, the God of rain, stupid and primitive.
‘For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.’ And Noah did according unto all that Tlatoc commanded him. And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. (Genesis 7:4-6)
Yes, floating zoos are quite retarded — considering that the ark was wooden and Titanic was made of steel; and to think the San Diego Zoo is 107 acres large, housing 4000 animals (800 species), but Noah would need 100,000′s species at least (not counting insects), fit them into one stinking boat, and feed them for like a year.
It wouldn’t matter anyway because scientifically speaking, “two of each” is not enough to propagate an entire species. And they’d all freeze to death anyway if the flood rises anywhere near Mt Everest. Oh, and if not, then we still have to worry about the human race, and incest. What a sick god Tlatoc is. Tlatocians must be pretty darn stupid to believe in this fairy tale.
‘What shall I do then with Krishna?’ They all say unto him, Let him be crucified. And the governor said, Why, what evil hath Krishna done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. (Matthew 27:22-23)
Yeah. So what? Krishna probably wasn’t the son of Devaki anyway. He what? He resurrected? Screw him, that’s magic and I don’t believe in magic.
But for some reason, because it’s in the Bible, it’s not mythology anymore. Now, it’s become something noble, something that deserves respect, something miraculous that children need to believe in even at the cost of denying them proper education. And if you don’t believe, then you’re immoral, and then you’re going to hell. This is the 21st century. Help me fight off this disease called religion. Help me fight for science and reason.
Are you interested in an honest discussion or are you happy just being mad at Christians? Before I spend too much time answering your questions I want to make sure your open to discussion and not just going to dismiss everything I say because you rather stay mad.
On the condition that you don’t tell me how Jesus died for my sins, or how God loves me so very much — I am more than happy to discuss this rationally.
Good to hear. Lets address your initial question: “Do you think you would believe in the Christian fairy tales if they appeared in any other scripture?”
First a tip, if you want to ask a serious question don’t show that your bias by labeling things (i.e. “Christian fairy tales). Not sure what you mean by this question but I will try, correct me if I misrepresent your question.
I would believe any account of a deity if it can be shown to be truthful. The Bible we have today is a collection of several written letters, prophesies and eye witness accounts. They have been shown to be truthful through fulfilled prophesies and Archeological finds. We can discuss either or both of these if you would like.
There are other sources out side of the Bible that corroborate the biblical accounts as they are written. There is a great book called “the case for Christ” by Lee Strobel, where the author goes through looking at the evidence of the truthfulness and accuracy of the bible.
I have studied some of the other major religions and mythologies and have not found any that can stand up to the same standards as Christianity.
I hope this addresses your question and I look forward to your response.
“They have been shown to be truthful through fulfilled prophesies and Archeological finds.”
I remain to be utterly unconvinced that this is the case at all. But even if the Bible is proven to be archeologically valid, I wouldn’t be surprised, because it was written during that time therefore it is bound to get things right. Also, I don’t care too much about eye-witness accounts, especially if they were made thousands of years ago, and I have addressed this issue in the article “Ufology“. I am not a fan of prophecies, and I know for a fact that they exist it in many other religions, too. Google will tell you that there are a lot of fulfilled “Hindu prophecies” or “Buddhist prophecies” or “Islam prophecies”. Reason tells me to be very skeptical about every single religion, and Christianity is no exception.
Right.
And which prophecies were you most convinced by mcoville? The trivial ones, the self-fulfilling ones, the penciled-in-after-the-fact ones or the flat out wrong ones? My favorite prophecy is the destruction of Tyre, never to be rebuilt, in Ezekiel. Take a look at Tyre in Google Earth.
@mcoville
Really? Besides for at least two other religions that have an identical basis to yours? That have holy books of somewhat less dubious origin? With followers who follow their own rules more… religiously? With fewer dissidents within their own religious framework?
You have, understandably, shown your bias towards christianity and, unfortunately, your lack of research into other religions.
I am also pretty sure that Tim believes everybody else’s fairytales to be just that as well, not just christianity’s version.