tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249837629386789627.post9107951111324701768..comments2008-03-06T13:11:36.469-05:00Evolved RationalistBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249837629386789627.post-1108512841433032662008-03-06T13:11:00.000-05:002008-03-06T13:11:00.000-05:00Sinbad is right, I don't think anyone would try to make that argument. I'm atheist but this is still a great big straw man.Anonymoustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249837629386789627.post-28096814203252746452008-02-28T15:52:00.000-05:002008-02-28T15:52:00.000-05:00don't call them theistards, it's stupid, it makes you look like an idiot, and it makes the rest of us look bad. name calling gets you nowhere.billtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249837629386789627.post-17776407457784569972008-02-27T15:35:00.000-05:002008-02-27T15:35:00.000-05:00The stories of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are myths. No one knows who wrote them, and they were written long after the mythological Jesus was supposed to have lived. Even Paul lived at least 75 years, perhaps longer, after the alleged crucifixion.Anonymoustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249837629386789627.post-84019897348878801732008-02-24T22:55:00.000-05:002008-02-24T22:55:00.000-05:00Simply believing in something, no matter how fervently, does not make it true.Anonymoustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249837629386789627.post-79631773093442293792008-02-20T15:19:00.000-05:002008-02-20T15:19:00.000-05:00The apostles could have been simply mistaken.sciencefreaktag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249837629386789627.post-62712031423939817212008-02-20T13:14:00.000-05:002008-02-20T13:14:00.000-05:00The smell of straw is overwhelming.<BR/><BR/>I'm aware of no would-be apologist who claims that because the Apostles died for their faith Christianity must be true. The argument is that the Apostles would not have died for something they <I>knew to be false</I>. Therefore, the claim is that since the Apostles were in a position to know that (for example) the resurrection was a hoax, their willingness to die for their faith is evidence of its truth.Sinbadtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249837629386789627.post-86688183134237015742008-02-18T04:41:00.000-05:002008-02-18T04:41:00.000-05:00Well, then, the Xtians must all convert to bin Laden's brand of Islam, eh?lapsedlawyer