I fully understand why people believe in fairytales, I don't need to read them. Science has proven itself over and over again. Religion never has and never will.Crazyskier wrote: ↑Sat Jul 23, 2022 4:56 pmThere are so many factual inacuracies in this, I won't even start. There is an overwhelming body of evidence around the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. Even rabid atheist historians agree that Jesus lived. The question is rather was he the Son of God?Derek27 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 23, 2022 3:45 pmYes, they can. Billions of children believe in Father Christmas, doesn't mean he exists. Our laws are not based on the ten commandments. There is a very mild similarity but you'll find such similarities in non-Christian countries. The fact that the guy who invented the calendar (and got it wrong) was a Christian doesn't mean anything. Nobody really cares what a calender is based on.Crazyskier wrote: ↑Sat Jul 23, 2022 3:37 pm
Except that we live in a Christian country, with a Christian calendar, ruled by laws based upon the 10 Commandments, and a monarch who is the Head of the Church of England.
Billions of faithful can't all be wrong, can they?
CS
And even the Q'uran (and all other Abrahamic faiths) agree on this point. To equate God with Father Christmas is ignorant in the extreme and just a few decades ago would have been punishable by law as it's also blasphemous. Why not at least try to keep an open mind and read some theology to see why the majority of people accept the presence of a ''Supreme Being''?
Being so resolute and making remarks designed to offend do you no favours, Derek.And guess, what? You'll know for sure, as will we all, soon enough. An open mind and the ability to at least attempt to understand the viewpoint of others is something I fear you struggle with and that makes me sad.
CS
It's interesting that you find my anti-religion comments offensive but don't consider disagreeing with my beliefs offensive.