SergeantLynch

You see:

A. People do stuff.

B. People also do other stuff.

It would be foolish to assume that A and B are inseparable.

No, I mean more mature.

Yes.

Though I would say that some ancient civilisations developed a greater understanding of materialism and environment than other civilisations might have done.

Which is a truism and literally remarkable.

Nonetheless they also did daft stuff, just as we do today.

Well 2 billion labels is as 2 billion labels do.

And who tallies the numbers, making certain that each one devoutly adheres to Christian ideology and ritual on a daily basis.

I too had water splashed on my head before I was 1 year of age, and probably went down as a tick in the Christian box.

So count me out for a start.

Muslims weren't invented until the 7th century CE.

Scepticism of the factually inaccurate Christian tale would have been rife amongst realist scholars such as myself, long before the 7th century.

Yes that's what I said.

Don't imagine for one second that Jesus and John didn't get erections.

Healthy young men get between 10 and 20 per day.

All historic records have the potential to be arbitrary, autocratic, exaggerated, fanciful or downright false.

And for sure, revising them in the absence of factual knowledge is basically doing the same.

The reality is, that without audio-visual evidence what actually happened between now and 4000 years ago is impossible to know.

But as we know, even audio-visual data is not incorruptible.

Yes, and according to your profile you are totally unknown.

Well my take on NDE's, is hallucination at a time of physiological crisis.

And the thing is, that in terms of stored data, a Christian and an atheist raised in a similar environment will use similar databases as a basis for hallucination.

And although I don't believe at all, I still run with the ideas of a GOD principle and simulation, and in a similar fashion I also accept mans worship of a greater man than himself/herself as analogically representative of a principle of a purposefully evolving and progressive universe.

And the idea of a greater and more advanced intelligence that played a role in instigating life and it's evolution on this planet, is also feasible.

So, I don't run with the Abrahamic style analogy as being factually accurate, therefore in that respect I am atheist, and I certainly see the worship and associated ritual behaviour as being somewhat ridiculous and unnecessary...As I'm sure an omni-sensible super-intelligence would.

If there were a conscious extension to existence after bodily cessation, then I propose that it would apply to all people and not just those who wore the Christian label, and the purpose of the perpetuation of conscious energy would have a greater universal significance than just being chosen to have a nice time in the "Kingdom of God".

And it's slightly disingenuous to just say the Islam teaches the cutting off of hands... I'm pretty sure that the Christian track record over the years has had it's moments of brutality too.

Always happy to discuss ideas.

Good point.

I'm guessing that washed and scrubbed, it tastes like raw meat. .

But I doubt that there is much difference between mine and yours, albeit mine is more mature.

The drooling masses would do and say anything for an extra turnip.

She is already taken.

And rewarded appropriately.

One dick looks and tastes very similar to another.

Whereas some wallets will be much more rewarding.

Yes charity, the perpetual need of it, and the inevitable abuse of it.

Tells us what about ourselves?

As it is recorded by "scholars".

And forgotten by the masses.

I'm not certain that human society is any less factional and discriminatory than it was previously.

I have limited finite control.

Probably.

Is that a theory?

1x1=42

Revision is key.

Ah, so John was a Rent Boy.

Analogically speaking GOD was the Arab stallion that rode Mary's ass.

Yes, rise fall and re-initiation.

Is a sound hypothesis relative to materialism and perhaps the intervention of a GOD factor.

Biblical ideas were analogical but naive.

Do we know their names?

Is that what is now taught in High School?

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Would you mind explaining that?

And by the way.

I too am a scholar.

Yes, logical deduction leads us to conclude that Jesus was gay and his boyfriend was John.

Having ones feet anointed is just aromatherapy, and the sort of thing radical housewives do because it's cool.

Celibacy is always a lie, just ask those RC dudes.

Yes, and prior to that the Bromsgrovian version, where 2 cows got stuck in a muddy ditch.

Tales abound.

Perhaps Jesus appeared to only 487 and Paul just rounded it up.

Or 513, and just rounded it down.

Or maybe Jesus didn't appear to anyone and Paul just made it up.

Nonetheless, mass hysteria being what it is.

So, Yeahhhhhhhh Jesus and happy hands, is to be expected from time to time.

Like Yeahhhhhhhh the Virgin Mary, lets build a multi-billion dollar shrine, pilgrimage, healing and gift shop empire.

Rise from thy mobility scooter and walk you lazy bastards.

I digress.

People, including "scholars", say all sorts of daft stuff.

Christianity and it's offshoots, spread as they did because.

In terms of human social and intellectual development

Right time, right place.

Same applies to Islam...Which is also an offshoot...But a competing one.

Though religion has a tendency to be a competitive ideological pastime.