mfrunyan Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 This is an updated version of what was posted about 2 months ago. I have added 112 more reasons and changed the word 'doubt' to 'reject' to make it a stronger statement. I think if you consider all 212 reasons together as a package, you have to come to the conclusion that if there is a god, it is definitely not the god of Christianity. Here is the newest version: http://www.kyroot.com 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsy Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 I've been reading the blog and find it very good. Thanks for sharing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violetbutterfly Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 I'm glad this thread was unlocked as I have been following the blog as well and have recommended it to a few people. Very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiyana Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 I am sitting here just tripping the fuck out over reason number 16. Seriously. SERIOUSLY. All these people who base their entire lives on "Jesus", when the book about Jesus wasn't even written by Jesus. I don't think I can properly explain the way the absurdity and ridiculousness of this is swirling around my brain right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burny Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 I am sitting here just tripping the fuck out over reason number 16. Seriously. SERIOUSLY. All these people who base their entire lives on "Jesus", when the book about Jesus wasn't even written by Jesus. I don't think I can properly explain the way the absurdity and ridiculousness of this is swirling around my brain right now. And even more obvious - those books about Jesus weren't even written by people who personally knew him either - unlike what most people have been taught and the various churches continue to teach by giving the improper names (i.e. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Furball Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Thanks for posting this. -peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JolieChienne Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Joshua 10:13 – the sun stood still for over a day- consistent with the then-assumed earth-centered universe, but now understood that this would have caused an epic catastrophe over the whole earth. This is from #61 Fictional Stories. I clearly remember being a kid (10 or 12 years old) and the church pastor rambling about this story and saying how "Science" has calculated that the number of days we've had was somehow "short" one day and that this was that day. Past-me was thinking that was one of the dumbest things I'd ever heard, but must be right if the pastor and "Science" were saying it. Ugh past-me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Joshua 10:13 – the sun stood still for over a day- consistent with the then-assumed earth-centered universe, but now understood that this would have caused an epic catastrophe over the whole earth. This is from #61 Fictional Stories. I clearly remember being a kid (10 or 12 years old) and the church pastor rambling about this story and saying how "Science" has calculated that the number of days we've had was somehow "short" one day and that this was that day. Past-me was thinking that was one of the dumbest things I'd ever heard, but must be right if the pastor and "Science" were saying it. Ugh past-me. If "science" claims we share a common ancestor with monkeys, it's wrong. If "science" claims the universe is billions of years old, it's wrong. If "science" claims we are somehow missing a day, it's right. Basically if science agrees with what the pastor already thinks, then it's right. This is why scientific discovery doesn't progress faster. Everyone is too busy trying to find evidence that proves themselves right instead of finding where the evidence leads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Furball Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I like the #2 statement about the bible world being another world (fantasy). I wish more xtians would read this. Sheesh I wish i had read this when i was deconverting. -oh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duderonomy Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I'm only up to #16. So far so good fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Furball Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 There is more truth here than in the bible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violetbutterfly Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 I love this list so, so much. Like, you have no idea. It's like the bible of bible bullshit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♦ ficino ♦ Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Great list! Re #1: there is even less agreement about the historical Jesus among scholars than the agreements that the Jesus Seminar reached. Much of their work was based on assumptions that are now losing their hold. They used the so-called Criteria of Authenticity to try to distill historical "nuggets" from the gospels. For example, the Criterion of Embarrassment: if something mentioned in the gospels (esp. the Synoptics) would cause difficulties for the early church, it is probably authentic (e.g. Jesus' baptism by John, as though Jesus needed remission of sins). Now a lot of people in the field have given up the Criteria. Some are trying to use theories about group memories to sift out what is likely to have been remembered accurately from what is likely to have been reworked/embellished/invented. But this memory-theory approach quickly falls into circularity, since the gospels as a whole are clearly pitched to promote faith. They are entirely propaganda. So there isn't an objective basis from which to lift out pieces of fact and shake off the propaganda in which they're encased. A devastating critique of the whole "get to the historical Jesus" approach is this one by Zeba Crook, who does believe that Jesus existed: http://www.hts.org.za/index.php/HTS/article/view/2716 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Furball Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 don't i need only one reason to reject christianity?it's all fake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VahnBlue Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 don't i need only one reason to reject christianity? it's all fake All 212 reason are just detailed sub reasons to the main point, of which you stated--so yes lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violetbutterfly Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Actually, it's up to 227 now. I love that he keeps adding to it. I think it was in the 90s when he first posted about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarGazer Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 This list is excellent, I love reading it. Very truthful and honest. Understandably he has a lot on his plate, but I'd be interested to see some thoughts on other religions- Islam, Scienctology, Mormonism. Though perhaps, they're not as vast with their errors. Who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Furball Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Maybe this should be moved or reposted in the lion's den. It would be fascinating to see how the christians in that forum respond to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdelsolray Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Actually, it's up to 227 now. I love that he keeps adding to it. I think it was in the 90s when he first posted about it. Once he gets to 666 (or 616) reasons, he could stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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