I'm an antitheist as well but I don't agree with this. While the bulk of the stories surrounding him still certainly wouldn't be true, there's actually some credible supportive data that Jesus was a real man, which is more than can be said about most of the Bible.
The thing is, if Jesus existed, he was also almost certainly a particularly talented street magician (there were actually heaps of them back them) and antitheist himself, dedicating his entire life to trying to clean up a religion as well as he could manage.
Think about it. "Talking snakes aren't real, a great deal of this is clearly written by xenophobic misogynists, and we can be good people without it, better people in fact," simply wasn't going to cut it in those days; it still doesn't work in 2021. Then it was an instant death sentence.
But, "Trust me. I'm God's son. Check out these sweet magic tricks. I have authority to tell you Dad wants us to tone some of this shit down," that worked. Honestly, if I'd lived then it's probably literally exactly what my life plan would have been and I'd have ultimately suffered his purported fate, just as thousands besides him did.
I'd have died sickened at the thought that my name would now be worshipped but comforted at the thought that the next few thousand years might be a little better before people eventually dropped it altogether.
Christians, do you believe decent non-Christians will go to Hell forever?
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im an antitheist. If Jesus had a grave, I would go out of my way to literally piss on it.
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I'm an antitheist as well but I don't agree with this. While the bulk of the stories surrounding him still certainly wouldn't be true, there's actually some credible supportive data that Jesus was a real man, which is more than can be said about most of the Bible.
The thing is, if Jesus existed, he was also almost certainly a particularly talented street magician (there were actually heaps of them back them) and antitheist himself, dedicating his entire life to trying to clean up a religion as well as he could manage.
Think about it. "Talking snakes aren't real, a great deal of this is clearly written by xenophobic misogynists, and we can be good people without it, better people in fact," simply wasn't going to cut it in those days; it still doesn't work in 2021. Then it was an instant death sentence.
But, "Trust me. I'm God's son. Check out these sweet magic tricks. I have authority to tell you Dad wants us to tone some of this shit down," that worked. Honestly, if I'd lived then it's probably literally exactly what my life plan would have been and I'd have ultimately suffered his purported fate, just as thousands besides him did.
I'd have died sickened at the thought that my name would now be worshipped but comforted at the thought that the next few thousand years might be a little better before people eventually dropped it altogether.
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Enjoyable shit bro. Your well articulated Darwinian insight is the sign of superior intelligence and a sound mind.