I just now – fifteen minutes ago – came to realize with the most crystal clarity I have ever had why I cannot call myself a Christian. I commented on one of your other posts, Bruce. I also draw out the “10 commandments” in their entirety. It is a source of quotations as well as offering a comforting substantiation of their shared beliefs. It is set to music. Es wird kein Kindle Gerät benötigt. To sum up why I stopped being a Christian: If Christianity is as real as it is portrayed to be, there would be less people suffering in the world -- and more practicing what we preach going on. A lot of the arguments in this book could be, or have been, opposed by experienced and clever apologists. After all, this is the only life that we have as far as we can actually know. He is the 1950 Nobel Laureate in Literature.Why I Am Not a Christian is originally a talk given by Russell in 1927 in UK.It is one of his most popular essay.It was published in his book Why I Am Not a Christian and Other EssaysBuy at amazonThe highlighting and annotations are by me, Xah Lee. What Bruce meant by # 16 was that atheists have no belief in any KNOWN gods = religious gods = scriptural gods = Cro-magnon god(s) = Paper Back god(s). I think the Bible teaches multiple plans of salvation. Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects Quotes Showing 1-30 of 95 “I do not pretend to be able to prove that there is no God. If you asked for the evidence for anything I claimed I could give you examples and how to test for the evidence as well, plus I could give you test that if they got certain results would falsify the claim I made. It has ALWAYS worked. The Bible. Why would Jesus bother with this foreboding language if it didn’t in his view exist? Christians are not very intellectual and are often anti-intellectual. That is the message that I receive when you make comments like that. Bruce is also an agnostic aththeist like the rest of us = belief in a possible advanced hyper civilizations that can accomplish anything any scriptural god could attain if they actually existed. A person may ask for the truth, but he may not like what he sees. 3 Personen fanden diese Informationen hilfreich. Rome is more powerful now than she has ever been. The term “Hell” may not, in fact, be a decent translation for any of the words it is meant to translate. Because you will be joining an institution which is morally compromised. As an atheist, I certainly reject the notion that Jesus resurrected from the dead. It doesn’t belay the fear of death but really … what choice do we have ?? i was talking about the research I did reading apologetics works, talking to pastors, and reading the New Testament in the original Greek using the textus receptus. ******”He’s just like us.”****** If he has risen from the dead, then I sincerely doubt that he is just like us. It never made any sense to me. The rest are considered “positive commandments” [thou shalt DO]. Eine Person fand diese Informationen hilfreich, Rezension aus Deutschland vom 18. You are aware there are educated Christians who disagree with you about much of this, that it is not a majority Christian view that everything in the Bible is literally true, that “inerrancy” is not — in many Churches — a literalist doctrine, that many churches hold that hell is the choice of the unbeliever resulting only in separation from the source of life, etc etc etc. Religion is business but good people are involved in it because through it they feel able to assist others. Rome did not fall. But people of conflicting morals can peacefully coexist as long as they are committed to keeping the peace. I think that when our bodies die, our consciousness ceases; but this is something I’d love to be wrong about. You appear to be an evangelical, but one who rejects the sufficiency of scripture. Geben Sie es weiter, tauschen Sie es ein, © 1998-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. oder Tochtergesellschaften, Why I am not a Christian: and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects (Routledge Classics). To each verse, I give our translation. Why I am a God-follower! 2,000 years of human history shows one thing to be true: when people die they stay dead. I see no evidence for the existence of the Christian God; thus I am an atheist. Edited, rewritten, and corrected. !” … and that would be the end of planet of the apes. My intention is simply to explore the key teachings […] What argument could you possibly give that I haven’t heard before? Like many non-Christians, Russell willingly caves in on the historical existence of JC without a fight, despite the fact that there is absolutely no reliable evidence whatsoever (except for forgeries and documents created 100 years or more after the supposed events by individuals who were not there) that JC is not a mythical composite of a variety of figures from other religions and folklore. In the end, I believe we have to say that no atheist actually likes what Jesus stands for. I lived and breathed youth group and prayer group and worship team. If you presume that I am dishonest, then I have nothing useful to say for you. There is no way t The earliest lesson I learned in my walk with Jesus was the importance of being open and honest about your doubts and questions. Almost a century ago he recognises the necessity of rational thinking and the difficulty of having a rationalist education system. What follows is not meant to be a thorough exploration of every nuance and problem, nor an exhaustive account of all the arguments and evidence. We do get our knowledge of Him 3rd person. The same goes for a passage like Genesis 1-3. Today, the heart of the empire is the Vatican. (I think that is a truth :), but if you see differently I’ll read.). And notice instead of presenting any evidence like you could have, instead you called into question my truthfulness. About 140 are called “negative commandments” [thou shalt NOT do]. The OT has numerous aggressive wars committed by Israel which God does not condemn, but we should. How nicely condescending of you, your making the claim now that none of us here sincerely asked god to reveal himself to us, and put our trust in jesus. look at how Christians dig wells in Africa! Scientific Reasons (1) 5. Nevertheless, this is the best book I have seen for the new, young, or lonely atheist. WHAT IF… the reverse is the TRUTH and not FACTS? I refuse to let others control my storyline. It seems a long way off, but I have a pile of shit to do (writing novels, paintings for an international exhibit etc.). What are you talking about ??? Compare Paul’s theology to Jesus’s. “People choose to go to hell by not accepting salvation.”. 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