Christianity is false

I think we agree on the fact that the bible is clearly not Jesus's writing, and that the Church put it together as a form of control over the masses. The particulars of this process are not that important, the reason why they added the old testament is interesting but not crucial to the debate at hand. You rightly came to the conclusion that the crux of the debate is Jesus's divinity. Do you have to believe in Jesus's divinity to be Christian. I would say no, but you rightly point out 99% of Christians would say yes, this is a simple argumentum ad populum, and can't be accepted without proving the underling issue. I also agree that most churches and pastures would say the same thing, but this is an appeal to authority (an expert at the bible that we both agree was manipulated by man has no expertise relevant to the issue at hand). So we arrive at a very sticky situation. I have to prove that you can be Christian and not believe that Jesus can be proven as divine, and you have to prove that to be Christian means believing that he was divine and died for his believers sins. Their is very good evidence that Jesus was human, and the divinity must be taken on faith, based on inaccurate manipulated sources, I intentionally chose Matthew 21:12 because it shows Jesus as human, and not divine (an interesting side note for anyone believing the validity of the bible. Look at all the different versions of this one passage alone, most omit that he was driving out priests that were selling animals for sacrifice. Most people don't know that Jews sacrificed animals in the time of Jesus, and it is interesting how this fact gets omitted from the majority of the bibles[1]). This bring me to my next point, what does it change if Jesus is or is not divine? If he his or is not divine would that influence how someone should behave or interpret his validity as a teacher and leader? I would obviously argue that it would not change anything, and that most Christians are adult enough to realize if they found Jesus's tomb tomorrow and his body was laying inside, that they would not burn all the bibles and go out and start murdering and such. I think they would realize that it would be ok and that they could continue to follow his teachings as a moral and political leader. (in fact I would argue this would be very good for the mental health of most Christians, and other religions as well). I think we agree with more than we disagree here. I argue that you can not invalidate Christianity because of the bible being false, and that is the only real source for Jesus's divinity. If Christians could be honest about history and their beliefs I think more would understand that it does not in fact change anything if Jesus was not divine, and they might be able to focus on the main lessons Jesus taught and not on the mystical properties. This would be a very good revelation for most Christians, and I would argue make them closer to the teaching of Jesus and let them evaluate the world based on a true sense of humanity and morals. For example most Christians refuse to see the horrible things Israel has done and continues to do to Palestinians, but they are blinded by the messianic passages of the bible and dehumanize and justify and deny (usually all at the same time) the Muslims and Israels treatment of them, and this is clearly not what Jesus taught. I will conclude there, I look forward to your counter-rebuttal Pro. [1] . http://biblehub.com...