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Big catches of fish? Meh..... Not so hard for a bright man like Jesus to work out. Suppose that the boatmen-disciples sent young followers out with baskets to collect food scraps. These could be scattered over water to attract fish before the boatmen circled that area with their nets. Job...

Fair enough! I was wrong to suggest that.:)

Study of the gospels over time leading to such decisions. Conviction and certitude can't really be claimed after so long, and with such varying accounts. But Jesus didn't seem to be the least interested in any kinds of sacrifice, simulated cannibalism etc. Whilst I do think that Jesus the man...

I believe that nonsense was built up by the young church. Although the gospels do include Jesus in that primitive tradition I believe that this was written in to his story 'after the fact'.

Again....... The RC bible differs not much from other bibles. So why rubbish that bible... the base for Western Christianity.

That's a very weak challenge, isn't it? Surely a fallacy is a falseness that can be shown? The OP did try to explain each of its criticisms, I guess...(I couldn't open the whole list up.)

I haven't seen him for some time but there's a man who lives rough and sometimes walk around Canterbury UK calling out his messages about life. I spoke with him once and he told me that he was/is a messenger from God. 'From God?' I replied. 'Absolutely! Know that I am ordained by almighty...

Yes, you could if you want to get involved with a religious zealot's responses. Sometimes I will just tell a person that I hear them if I don't believe that they want to hear me.

When your enemies criticise you, this doesn't automatically mean that they are lying, you know. The Baptist heard about those rumours 100 miles away. He was worried by that, but there was no need for him to be, imo. He DID like to take his wine and food with people that had poor reputations and...

I don't need anything from any churches, Thomas. But the RC Church was one of the earliest churches from which most of Christianity would become. The RC bible differs not that much from other Christian bibles.

OK, so no fallacy found within that. You were telling us that all the criticism mentioned in the article were or had fallacies. I couldn't open the article for some reason and so I picked the first criticism which I could see shown on the OP, but I now wonder what was so wrong with all the...

Ignorance indeed. Any example would help. You mentioned that all 14 criticisms mentioned in the OP were/are 'based on fallacies'. Please could you show such a fallacy in the criticism that religion is rooted in fear? I cannot understand what is so false within the criticism. In Christianity...

I do apologise....... I was thinking of Tyndale, executed for heresy.

But there was much that the Christian religious establishment did not want the people to know. For example, translations of the bible were not welcomed, and a good example of this was the execution of Luther. Later on, reading the bible and questioning the gospels was a dangerous activity...

Most interesting...... You have obviously had a most varied and interesting life. Edit: I've just seen your last post, and Yes, I also thought that you had been referring to yourself!!! ....... I did read your list through and agree with it all, but do need to ask 2 questions. I guess that...

Fair enough. I don't expect that Baha'u'allah did intend to support the gospels as faultless when he referred to them. Obviously some Baha'i followers are likely to claim that Baha'u'allah cannot be wrong about anything and that I can understand. For years bible debaters have insisted that...

When our scriptures quote myths from the Bible or Qur'an, does that make them historical? Hi Sen, I wanted to offer a reply to your thread title and I hope that's ok. I'm not sure which reports from the Old Testament are myths, actually, and it seems quite possible that takes such as the...

Oh please! My wife bought a bottle of Jack Daniels for Xmas 2022....it's still on the shelf! However, Jesus and all Galilean peasant classes needed to drink wine if they wanted to drink safely, just as my forefathers drank beer. The Baptist heard stories about Jesus, who he ate/drank with and...

I remember reading how Jesus loved his wine and meat, sometimes quite a lot. Do you remember how at a wedding his friends, family and himself drank all the wine, and then his mother called for more to be brought. Please don't worry yourself over enjoying your wine in moderation. Life is not...

Thank you for taking your time.