I call BS on Christianity".

"Answer: Sure okay Dann, perhaps you should reread again. I posted discrepancies that happened in the bible, doctrine, anthropology wise, archeology wise and historically. " You never did. You only SAID as much, and, considering your stance I'm sure you wouldn't just want me to take you at your word. Here: . http://www.huffingtonpost.com... " Never mind, Dann, I cite you as a source again, when angered it seems that you felt the need to Devalue both sides" I'm not devaluing any side. I am devaluing the sloppy argument that atheists and Christians are both guilty of using - that Adolf Hitler, apparently the epitome of evil, was on the opposite team, therefore the whole team is evil and morally inferior. It's a very cheap argument, whoever employs it. And you employed it here. .. Plus, there's no anger on my part. I would suggest the contrary to be the case - that it is YOU who are the angry one. "Chase to Dann, you brought up history as it relates to the bible, therefore you brought up anything and everything I choose from the bible, so quit your whining" Straw man, anyone? "This implies that heaven is way more than a feeling Dann, your theist is abstract according to Christian sources. If you would have followed the rules of this debate you would have been seeing a lot of contradiction to anything and everything you claim". all coming from other Christians. Dann, states "Christians do not realize" and not realizing is a flaw and not a value, so anything concerning this diatribe of yours is damned to the depths of BS. " Only according to your links authors interpretation. Howdo you know that heaven isn't the ether? The unmanifest essence that permeates all existence? The nothingness that gives rise to everything? That would be consistent with Jesus stating that heaven is within you. Also that it is the father. And it's the words of Jesus that we are concerned with here, since it is Christianity that is in the dock. Just as Confucianism was named after Confucius, Maoism after Mao, Buddhism after Buddha and Marxism after Marx, Christianity is so called because of Christ. If you want to cal Christianity B. s, you'd better narrow down your scope to the words of Jesus. Extraordinary is it? I'm afraid you are strictly in the minority when you claim Jesus didnt exist. . http://www.bethinking.org... "Nothing could be more improbable than the story of Christ's crucifixion. The civilization of Rome was the highest in the world. The Romans were the greatest lawyers the world had ever known. Their courts were models of order and fairness. A man was not condemned without a trial; he was not handed to the executioner before being found guilty. And yet we are asked to believe that an innocent man was brought before a Roman court, where Pontius Pilate was Judge; that no charge of wrongdoing having been brought against him, the Judge declared that he found him innocent; that the mob shouted, "Crucify him, crucify him! " and that to please the rabble, Pilate commanded that the man who had done no wrong and whom he had found innocent, should be scourged, and then delivered him to the executioners to be crucified! Is it thinkable that the master of a Roman court in the days of Tiberius Caesar, having found a man innocent and declared him so, and having made efforts to save his life, tortured him of his own accord, and then handed him over to a howling mob to be nailed to a cross? A Roman court finding a man innocent and then crucifying him? Is that a picture of civilized Rome? Is that " Yes it is. Don't forget, the Romans used to feed Christians to lions. Don't get some romantic notion that Rome was some morally and intellectually infallible civilisation. When has that EVER been the case in the whole history of the world? You think injustice like that isn't commonplace even today? Audience, we have come to the end of our debate and it is now time for you to cast your vote. I hope, whether atheist or Christian, you will not be partisan and vote purely for your belief/unbelief, but will look at the debate impartially. The topic was obviously that Christianity is BS. As stated, I am not a Christian. I believe the church is B. s alright. And lots of the things that had been built in Christs name in the wake of his life too. But those things are not what I am defending. What I am defending is the viewpoints of Jesus himself. Those are what truly constitute Christianity, and those are not BS. Love each other. Who could really argue? Love your neighbour as yourself. If you have faith, you can accomplish great things. Do what you do with all your heart and all your soul, even though a lot of the time you will be hated for it, do not hide your light under a bushel. Forgive those who sin against you. Do not worry what you look like - let your inner beauty shine through. Don't dwell on the past, keep your mind fixed on the present and that way you will be fit to feel the joie de vivre that is inside you. Keep guard over your own mind and spirit so that no evil can enter, no negative feeling, emotions, do not let demons enter. and if they do, cast them out with your faith. With your own Holy Spirit. Live your life by the spirit and not by the letter of the law. The things that Jesus said, the insights that he gave into the human experience of existence, the antidotes to the ills that we all sometimes feel (it is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick), they are timeless and as true today as they were then and as they ever will be. What endures as long as all that? Truth. Truth is the only thing that endures for all that time and Jesus spoke truth. If you have ever turned the other cheek yourself, you will KNOW how powerful it is. My opponent even wants to deny that Jesus existed. I feel he has probably fallen head over heels in love with the atheist dogma, ironically or poetically, at the expense of his rationale. He sought to be insulting and incendiary. It appears that he was spoiling for a fight with a Christian more than anything else. Probably been sharpening his tongue and wanted to battle test it. I never fought the fight he wanted me to fight though, since I am not a Christian which leads me to question whether it is Christianity he has a problem with, or just Christians. Just as a humorous dig, can you really vote for someone who refers to themself in the 3rd person. .. ?! ?! Undoubtedly there is a lot of extraneous guff involved in all the Christian denominations, but I wager that Jesus would have ruined all their temples too. When voting, please don't let the church and all that it has become, or crazy Christians and everything they preach, muddy the distinction between true Christianity and this systematised chicanery you see throughout history. Please also do not be fooled by the atheist deception of malevolence masquerading as witty rationale. There is undoubtedly a strong case for atheism, but these abusers of logic, such as my opponent, are unworthy to champion it. I feel that it is as plain as day that, taken on its own merits, the guidance offered by Jesus is simply very great.