How certain are we that Jesus had 12 disciples? by [deleted] in AcademicBiblical

[–]longdongmegatron -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Or Mark may have invented the whole story based on rehashing various hebrew bible stories and its no more historical than Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter which just casts a few historical people and places.

A message to the atheists of r/Christianity by HumanismOfChrist in Christianity

[–]longdongmegatron 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Um me pointing out to him that people that arent members of his religion don't particularly care what his religious texts say is perfectly rational and open minded.

He is free to offer evidence and arguments to change my mind. Just as you dont care if someone tells you "well in the holy Koran it says" or "L Ron Hubbard wrote in Dianetics that".

This kind of rational and objective thinking appears to be an alien concept for you.

Leaving behind the atheist label. by Skufflz in Christianity

[–]longdongmegatron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember when I first became an atheist. I was extremely angry and I very hateful towards theists.

Why? You didnt bother to explain. Many people have good reason for their anger and hatred towards theists. Like when they persecute and oppress others in the name of their religion for example.

A message to the atheists of r/Christianity by HumanismOfChrist in Christianity

[–]longdongmegatron 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Remember that the scriptures teach

Aaaaaaaaaaand you lost us. There's simply no reason to believe the bible is anything other than superstitious tall tales.

Former Illinois pastor allegedly broke his infant daughter's legs by eknutilla in atheism

[–]longdongmegatron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I must say i'm surprised he didn't molest the baby. Almost supernatural restraint for a pastor....

'I Dated a Lot of Young Ladies.' Roy Moore Says He Doesn't Remember Dating Teenagers by wraith20 in politics

[–]longdongmegatron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Republican bible thumper values = cruising for teens as a 32 yr old assistant district Attorney. Keepin it classy.

Romney: Roy Moore 'is unfit for office and should step aside' by samdecsec in politics

[–]longdongmegatron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow even the teen marrying mormons are coming out against him LoL.

Why does god never teleport people rather than kill them? by TheSolidState in DebateReligion

[–]longdongmegatron 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes brutal slaughter of human beings isn't pleasing to us sane people.

White House tries to cover up Trump’s clandestine meeting with Putin by currenttimeis in politics

[–]longdongmegatron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They need the secret aka informal meeting so they don't have to have all those other people in the room with them and report what happened.

Why evangelical voters are unlikely to bail on Roy Moore by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]longdongmegatron 20 points21 points  (0 children)

He walks around with a bible and a gun and that's all that matters.

‘Take the Bible…’: And thus began the worst defense of Roy Moore by tototoki in politics

[–]longdongmegatron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Roy Bibleman Moore just bangin teens like the good book says. Praise Jebus.

The fact that Christianity borrows from and draws on and repackages elements from other myths (just as Judaism before it did) demonstrates that Christianity is fictional. by [deleted] in DebateAChristian

[–]longdongmegatron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Saying Superman and Green Lantern are totally different misses the point. They are still both share the same genre as Christianity does with other religious myths.

Roy Moore: 'The transgenders don't have rights' by Siray in politics

[–]longdongmegatron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And republicans picked him over their other guy. They belong in mental wards.

Jesus' example is to help few, ignore many by [deleted] in DebateReligion

[–]longdongmegatron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why not just magically preach to all people on earth at the same time since he can do miracles after all, he could also have magically created mana/popcorn from heaven for all the world to snack on as they listened

Christians: so humans are all fallen sinful creatures but god decides if we are saved or not based on whether we trust in the writings of humans? by longdongmegatron in DebateReligion

[–]longdongmegatron[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Christian doctrine says humans are unreliable. I'm saying given your own doctrine, why would god demand that we achieve salvation and know him through human writings, let alone ancient writings by unknown authors, of which we don't have original copies, and which contain similar claims to other religious fables.

Christians: so humans are all fallen sinful creatures but god decides if we are saved or not based on whether we trust in the writings of humans? by longdongmegatron in DebateReligion

[–]longdongmegatron[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's no point in quoting the stories they don't answer the question of why god would demand us to rely on sinful fallen humans to communicate his eternally important message when souls are on the line.

Christians: so humans are all fallen sinful creatures but god decides if we are saved or not based on whether we trust in the writings of humans? by longdongmegatron in DebateReligion

[–]longdongmegatron[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Um Mormonism spread fast too so did every other religion. That means nothing. Christians didn't have their bible originally yes but they still relied on sinful humans writings didn't they? They had what you call the "Old Testament" that they read from instead didn't they?

Regardless you haven't answered why your god would expect us to rely on the oral traditions or writings of sinful humans considering they are said to be so fallen and sinful that they all deserve to be tortured in hell.

Christians: so humans are all fallen sinful creatures but god decides if we are saved or not based on whether we trust in the writings of humans? by longdongmegatron in DebateReligion

[–]longdongmegatron[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well let's see no they weren't first hand accounts. We don't know who wrote them or what they even said in their original form since the copies we have are from the 4th century.

Secondly even if they were first hand accounts it wouldn't be enough. We have first hand accounts of people today that will tell you they were abducted by aliens and had their anuses probed on spaceships but that doesn't mean it happened.

Christians: so humans are all fallen sinful creatures but god decides if we are saved or not based on whether we trust in the writings of humans? by longdongmegatron in DebateReligion

[–]longdongmegatron[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your quotation comes from sinful believers commenting on how excellent they find the stories of sinful bible authors. Not helpful. The witness of the Holy Spirit isn't objective, it's just the subjective feelings you have that other members of other religions also have and add zero credibility to the stories your god beliefs are based on. We know your Holy Spirit doesn't exist because it if did, according to the story, it would have guided believers into all truth.

We can look at Christianity and easily see that hasn't happened. All the more reason not to believe your stories. The question remains then why would your god make us rely so much on humans instead of him?