Understanding Religion's Relationship To Human Social Systems

In the comments section under that video, this discussion unfolded: @KD_1111-b3b 2 weeks ago I used to think using the year as a valid argument for Christ's existence but the problem is everybody acknowledges Jesus Christ's existence but not everybody accepts Jesus as Lord and the son of God. We need to win people over with Jesus as Lord more than convincing He existed.   @crimsonguy8696 2 weeks ago No, not everyone accepts the reality of Christ's existence. There are people that still don't know we have more historical proof for Jesus being real than Alexander the great being real.   @coopertown7867 8 days ago I just heard a very good Christian truther say, "We need to stop trying to convince people that God exists. But instead show them/convince them of the power of God." I pray that that one sticks with me. Godspeed friends!   @ApPersonaNonGrata 7 days ago (edited) re 1. "everybody acknowledges Jesus Christ's existence"  --- Nope. In fact, man...

A's Philosophy 13 hours ago said:  "Turns out (some) secularist/Leftists will kill you, or at least approve of you being killed, for thinking that men cannot become women or that gender is rooted in biology and not social constructs. That should pretty much put to bed the argument that the world will finally realize perfect peace and harmony if people stop believing in God.  " ---- In reply, I offer these observations: First, that's not why he was murdered. Nor is that why anyone has ever been murdered. Now that we've "put that to bed", let's move forward. If every human in the world were a "secularist", humanity would still be very divided and chaotic. But let's set clear delineators for these issues. "Secular" just means: Thinking independently of any religious narrative. The thinking any human engages in ... is born from a combination of biology and life experience. Human biology is very problematic. Common bio...

  Her concern: "Book says a fantastic thing" is actually a bad reason to think "fantastic thing is true". In reply, his first argument is: 1. "Book says a fantastic thing". My observation about that: In and of itself, this would count as: Misunderstanding the assignment. However, there's a clever reason he leads with this.  His next attempt at bullshittery: 2. More specifically, "Book says my guy is the creator of the universe". My observations about that: A. "The scriptures".    This coined expression packs a * subtle yet powerfully effective, * culturally conditioned, * backdoor psych-hack.  It's an attempt to evoke culturally programmed sacred regard for a body of texts. Calling them "Scripture" is meant to evoke a royal and ancient air of intrigue and authority.  These aren't just "texts", these are "Scripture".   But this is only the first salvo in that preacher's attempt to infiltrate,...

  From the comments section under that video: "I'm a very open minded persons." Immediately closes her mind when facts come. 78 Reply 4 replies @ApPersonaNonGrata 5 hours ago What are some of those "facts"? Reply @hannahbandit99 3 hours ago If you have to say you’re a certain type of person, chance is you’re probably not. Reply @larrybarnett5799 1 hour ago thats every so called open minded cultural christian Reply Highlighted reply @larrybarnett5799 1 hour ago  @ApPersonaNonGrata  John 1 in the beginning was the word. and the word was with God, and the word was God. , 24,000 manuscripts, Jesus is the Lord mentioned all over the old testament. more? Reply @ApPersonaNonGrata 5 seconds ago ​  @larrybarnett5799  If someone doesn't interpret the Bible as highly literal, or inerrant, etc., then: Citing your favorite dogma-texts is like reading from a horoscope to prove people should take horoscopes literally and inerrantly. No mentally healthy and logica...