Mystee,
It is not just the lack and low quality of the evidence claimed but the highly charged emotionalism that is presented in its absence. In the world of salesmanship the salesman with the highest quality product at the best price rarely has to say anything, the product sells itself. The con man though has nothing and relies entirely on the emotions for his sales. Do you see how your style here is identical to the latter case?
Have you ever taken an exam on a difficult subject; if you have then perhaps you realize how much hard work is required to achieve any worthwhile objective. Finding solutions to death, and the pain and misery of disease that form the lives of many unfortunate people will take hard work, science, and focus. Religion does not solve any of these types of problem.
Religion promises only one thing – when you die you will live eternally in paradise. Jesus is alleged to have said ‘believe in me and you shall have everlasting life’, and this is the very basis of Christianity, it is why you follow all the rules; e.g. love everyone, love your neighbor, follow the life of Jesus, etc. And you wonder why so many people believe in Christianity. Eternal life and paradise! Ever heard the phrase ‘if it’s too good to be true, then it almost certainly isn’t true’?
It isn’t going to be easy to achieve those dreams; it is going to take hard work, just like everything else in real life. Perhaps if you had even the remotest scrap of evidence that such things could exist then you might get some attention.
Perhaps something gentle then.
And so am I, and I am usually deadly serious.
If it was something trivial then I might agree, but you are asking for a belief on the origin of the universe and a matter of eternal life or torment, and a belief in a man who you claim is probably the most important man ever to have existed. These are monumental issues, yet you offer nothing substantial in the way of evidence. This does not mean that your claims are false just that there is a massive credibility gap between the colossal claims and the miniscule and controversial evidence. You should not then be surprised when so many will literally find your claims laughable.
It is not just the lack and low quality of the evidence claimed but the highly charged emotionalism that is presented in its absence. In the world of salesmanship the salesman with the highest quality product at the best price rarely has to say anything, the product sells itself. The con man though has nothing and relies entirely on the emotions for his sales. Do you see how your style here is identical to the latter case?
Don’t so easily discount what you don’t appear to understand. There is little emotion in precision, accuracy, and facts, and perhaps that is why they do not appeal to you but the discoveries of science usually take phenomenal amounts of work, many years, and immense intelligence and focus. That is real life.
And how are you going to find it? By dreaming up more fantasies to explain the god stories that already make no sense? The quality of life you experience today in terms of medical care, communications, the internet, hygiene, farming, the distribution systems that allow you to buy almost anything at a local supermarket, are the result of science, hard work. Show me something that religion has produced that adds any degree of quality to life other than baseless dreams.
Have you ever taken an exam on a difficult subject; if you have then perhaps you realize how much hard work is required to achieve any worthwhile objective. Finding solutions to death, and the pain and misery of disease that form the lives of many unfortunate people will take hard work, science, and focus. Religion does not solve any of these types of problem.
Religion promises only one thing – when you die you will live eternally in paradise. Jesus is alleged to have said ‘believe in me and you shall have everlasting life’, and this is the very basis of Christianity, it is why you follow all the rules; e.g. love everyone, love your neighbor, follow the life of Jesus, etc. And you wonder why so many people believe in Christianity. Eternal life and paradise! Ever heard the phrase ‘if it’s too good to be true, then it almost certainly isn’t true’?
It isn’t going to be easy to achieve those dreams; it is going to take hard work, just like everything else in real life. Perhaps if you had even the remotest scrap of evidence that such things could exist then you might get some attention.
