Phat writes:
You are talking about quite a large group of people. Might I just say that it is quite as likely that you yourself are (perhaps unknowingly) a liar and a conman. You drive people away from a relationship with Jesus Christ.
You may say anything you want but just as with the Apologists you have NEVER provided any evidence or reasoned argument yo support what you say.
Phat writes:
You have said that even if Jesus never existed and was simply a story told around a campfire the message still has value. Value to whom?
Value to those who fo0llow Jesus message and to those who have no clothes but are clothed, are hungry and get fed, are homeless and are sheltered, are sick and get healed, are sorrowful but get comforted ...
Phat writes:
Do you or do you not believe that God could care less if we even believed in "Her"?
Absolutely! GOD, if GOD exists is not such a pitiful insecure critter as to need or care if anyone believes in Her. In fact that is key to understanding why you should throw all the God(s) and god(s) away. They only exist in the minds of their believers and as soon and they lose believers they are no longer gods. Look at all the evidence about all the God(s) and god(s) you don't believe in. The god you try to market is the same; existing only in your mind.
Phat writes:
Is that not the same thing as throwing away all of the stories, apologetic marketing books and videos, human opinions, and church denominational propaganda and simply doing for the least of these?
Ihave no idea but the message of Jesus repeated throughout the Red Letter New Testament writings is that we are charged to simply do for the least of these.
Phat writes:
Again with the insults. You need the Holy Spirit, old man. You know darn well that I understand you better than anyone else at EvC (at least in regards to Christian beliefs) and if I am being willfully ignorant, it is simply resistance to what you teach. I think there is more to the story.
It's not an insult Phat but rather fact; fact you do not want to here but what you want to hear does not change reality. The difference is I still have a liitle hope that you are willing and capable of learning how to think.