The “2.5 billion people can’t be wrong” argument — history’s favourite face-plant.
By that logic, the Earth used to be flat, witches caused disease, and bleeding patients cured illness because lots of people believed it. Popularity doesn’t convert belief into fact; it just proves an idea spread well. Christianity didn’t win by evidence, it won by empire, sword, decree, and social pressure. Truth isn’t determined by a headcount — reality doesn’t care how many people clap for it.
And if we’re playing this game, then nearly two billion Muslims believing Muhammad flew to heaven on a winged horse must also be true by the same standard. Hundreds of millions believe Krishna performed miracles, millions believe in reincarnation, and Mormons believe golden plates were translated with a magic rock in a hat. If “billions believe it” equals truth, then all religions are simultaneously true — which neatly collapses Christianity’s exclusivity claim. Also, “COMING BACK SOON” has been promised for TWO THOUSAND YEARS. At some point “soon” stops being prophecy and starts being a cosmic rain check that never clears.
And if we’re playing this game, then nearly two billion Muslims believing Muhammad flew to heaven on a winged horse must also be true by the same standard. Hundreds of millions believe Krishna performed miracles, millions believe in reincarnation, and Mormons believe golden plates were translated with a magic rock in a hat. If “billions believe it” equals truth, then all religions are simultaneously true — which neatly collapses Christianity’s exclusivity claim. Also, “COMING BACK SOON” has been promised for TWO THOUSAND YEARS. At some point “soon” stops being prophecy and starts being a cosmic rain check that never clears.
