How is it reasonable for you to say "I could same about you" when you're the only one who said "Well, we just disagree. I'll leave it at that"? Whatev...
You ALSO can't reasonably conclude that Jesus DID NOT say X, Y, or Z. This is the point you seem to fail to grasp. You also seem to fail to grasp the ...
You seem to have missed the point. There is a distinction that needs to be made between the definition of a SET and the definition of a POWERSET. They...
Actually you wrote "IF" He claimed it. Not "IF" He said it. The point you seemed to miss is that even "probably said" cannot be reasonably determined ...
Based on the following: While we don't know that Jesus necessarily said what was attributed to Him, there's no compelling reason to believe that He ne...
The point that you seem to be missing is that it's a simply a matter of definition -and definition alone- that powersets don't contain "all subsets" o...
Fine by me. If you can't be bothered to keep context in mind (both mine and yours) in order to comprehend what others write, then you'll never post an...
The gospel preached by Jesus is remarkably complex problem domain if you're interesting in analyzing such things. By and large, I find the gospel prea...
This from the guy making vacuous one-line assertions and then refusing to back it up. Passive-aggressive? How does that NOT much more aptly describe y...
The Bible is what it is. The Bible is widely open to interpretation and contains inconsistencies, discrepancies and outright contradictions. Though mo...
You don't seem to have understood much of what I wrote. Perhaps you'd do better if you were to: 1) Keep context in mind. Both mine and yours. 2) Respo...
Quite frankly I don't have any real interest in "what counts as Christian" per se. Just going by what is commonly understood as "Christian". Consider ...
It's folly to take Jesus at face value. Jesus was a complex conceptual thinker. There are many layers that need to be understood to be able to underst...
From what I can tell, what you have is a problem of conception. Consider the definition of powerset: "the collection of all subsets, empty set and the...
For all intents and purposes, the underlying concepts of the Pauline gospel are antithetical to the underlying concepts of the gospel preached by Jesu...
It's not a matter of "degrees of separation". Christianity does not have the words attributed to Jesus while He walked the Earth as its foundation. If...
In what way do you believe Jesus "continues to be the leader of a billion or so people"? Christianity follows the Pauline gospel rather than the gospe...
Actually Jesus can largely be understood without understanding the historical context. To be clear, I am speaking of the words attributed to Jesus whi...
By "seriously" I take you to mean "literally" for all intents and purposes. The Bible is steeped in allegory, metaphor and other uses of figurative la...
It's as if the crux of your argument is that you believe Lewis to be "smart guy" therefore it's a "great argument" therefore "Jesus was and is God". T...
The following makes Lewis' argument a non-starter. As documented in the Four Gospels, while He walked the Earth Jesus never claimed to be God. Wherein...
Failure of individuals to mature beyond allowing their biological incentive systems (aka emotions, reward/punishment systems) to control beliefs, thou...
Have you considered the conception that God is truth? Literally? Truth as in that which corresponds to reality? Reality as in based in facts, sound ev...
That's interesting. The vast majority of Christians that I've known seem to interpret it as "even though humans are so bad and evil and undeserving, G...
Isn't the fallacy with the "Fine-Tuning Argument" more fundamental than what you've proposed? The argument presupposes that there is something special...
Despite the lack of intellectual honesty of your last response, I'll give it one more try. Has it not occurred to you that most posters on a philosoph...
Actually it isn't reasonable. X, Y and Z each stand or fall on their own accord. Since they are unverified, at best all that anyone can reasonably say...
Took a look at "Part #3". Seems like the crux of your argument rests in the following: This doesn't hold water. Just because A, B, C are true, it does...
If your reading comprehension and critical thinking skills were improved, you might just be able to understand what others post. It's unfortunate you ...
Yet another illogical leap by you. It does not logically follow that I am concerned with "scriptural dogma" rather than "conceptual analysis" just bec...
Yes. What exists today, as it's commonly understood, is a corrupted version. As I responded to another poster earlier: It's really simple: The origina...
Actually I'm much more concerned with "conceptual analysis" rather than "scriptural dogma". You just make one illogical leap after another and instead...
Isn't this the "underlying metaphysics that appear to be dismissing"? How isn't the "twelve link chain of of dependent origination, etc etc." referrin...
You seem to be trying to find ways for belief in "karma" to be rational not unlike Christians who believe in the Trinity or that by believing in the "...
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