http://www.wayofthemind.org/2005/11/10/betraying-the-son-of-man/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:14:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.wayofthemind.org/2005/11/10/betraying-the-son-of-man/comment-page-1/#comment-2789 Reply to A Christian Reply to An Open-Minded Atheist Reply to Christianity (PART 1) (whew!) at Way of the Mind Sun, 10 Sep 2006 11:22:10 +0000 http://www.wayofthemind.org/?p=70#comment-2789 [...] From everything I’ve read about Christian history, Jesus was everything but a Christian. Christianity was founded by Paul, who never even met Jesus, and whose writings, while repeating to exhaustion how Jesus was divine, ignore completely any of Jesus’ teachings, and anything he ever did or said. This is not some “evil heresy” from an atheist; it’s right there in your Bible. You choose to deal with your perception of reality, not reality. We have no proof of what reality is. We cannot prove that what we live is in fact real. Fooled by the experience, we believe that we’re alive and this is reality. [...] [...] From everything I’ve read about Christian history, Jesus was everything but a Christian. Christianity was founded by Paul, who never even met Jesus, and whose writings, while repeating to exhaustion how Jesus was divine, ignore completely any of Jesus’ teachings, and anything he ever did or said. This is not some “evil heresy” from an atheist; it’s right there in your Bible. You choose to deal with your perception of reality, not reality. We have no proof of what reality is. We cannot prove that what we live is in fact real. Fooled by the experience, we believe that we’re alive and this is reality. [...]

]]> http://www.wayofthemind.org/2005/11/10/betraying-the-son-of-man/comment-page-1/#comment-214 stranger Fri, 11 Nov 2005 04:22:57 +0000 http://www.wayofthemind.org/?p=70#comment-214 i don't know enough about Paul or the history of the church to comment on the factual basis of this post, but i think it makes a good point. something i recently posted on was the disparity between the teachings of Christ (ie, love, humility, compassion) and the actions of those proclaiming they are "doing his work" within this country. i think we can be quite sure that Jesus would reject torture under any circumstances, and beyond that i find it extremely hypocritical the way supposed "christians" will use their religion to promote their causes while simultaneously disrespecting and denegrating those who have differing opinions. i don’t know enough about Paul or the history of the church to comment on the factual basis of this post, but i think it makes a good point. something i recently posted on was the disparity between the teachings of Christ (ie, love, humility, compassion) and the actions of those proclaiming they are “doing his work” within this country. i think we can be quite sure that Jesus would reject torture under any circumstances, and beyond that i find it extremely hypocritical the way supposed “christians” will use their religion to promote their causes while simultaneously disrespecting and denegrating those who have differing opinions.

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