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Comment author: [deleted] 08 April 2015 09:42:45PM *  0 points [-]

You say alot of things about me which isn´t true.

but you can't be bothered to read a few documents that claim to have worthwhile information?

Not true. I intend to read non-canon gospels, do you know how many there are? I don´t NEED to read non-canon gospels to believe in Jesus, just like I don´t need to read Feynman to believe in physics.

Most of your responses to most people's claims have been "well I don't believe that anyway". Meanwhile, you haven't even read most of Christianity.

Not true, I did not respond that way to "most people´s claims". Prove it. I haven´t even read most of christianity? Yeah? how do YOU know that? The fact that I was amongst the top 5% of all Finnish people who took the matriculation exam in religion the year I did is proof enough that I am not ignorant, at least amongst academics.

You like something, fine... that doesn't make it true.

Never said it would, Totally irrelevant comment, you purposely try to make me look stupid by taking that out of context. Why do you think I used the quotations mark?

There are direct contradictions WITHIN the gospels. How can something with basic logical error be an ultimate truth?

Feel free to refer to those contradicitons you talk about. Meanwhile, in the gospels JESUS do not contradict himself. If he does, prove it.

Honestly ask yourself why you only choose the Gospels

Haha, how silly. I never said I disregard everything that is not the gospels and you know it. I said I prioritize the gospels more, which is 100% logical if I believe that Jesus was a God. Why would I NOT give the gospels higher priority? Yeah, I can´t know that they aren´t falsified, but I can´t know that about any other NT scripture either!

Comment author: polymathwannabe 08 April 2015 10:17:59PM 1 point [-]

Feel free to refer to those contradicitons you talk about. Meanwhile, in the gospels JESUS do not contradict himself. If he does, prove it.

Lots of examples:

http://www.evilbible.com/contradictions.htm

http://www.skeptically.org/bible/id2.html

http://errancy.org/

http://debunkingchristianity.blogspot.com/2012/06/contradictory-and-chaotic-gospel-lies.html

http://www.christianitydisproved.com/bible.html

Comment author: Persol 09 April 2015 01:25:54AM 0 points [-]

errancy.org is a good reference. A simple reading of the first page should be sufficient to put doubt in the fact that the gospels are completely 'true'.

While this is not enough to convince someone that the Biblical God is false, it at least is a good gate to further discussion. If someone can't acknowledge that there are factual errors and contradiction... I'm not sure what there is left to talk about.