All these people searched for the truth about Jesus, most of them while professing atheism.
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
Seeing the headline again, I thought, why should an atheist not try to find what if any historical background there is to the Bible stories?
Archaeologists and historians study ancient cultures and beliefs all the time, but it doesn't mean they have to believe in those cultures' religions or folkore.
They want to know what people believed and why, not to follow those same beliefs themselves. Indeed, if agnostic they are more likely to be objective.
Archaeologists and historians study ancient cultures and beliefs all the time, but it doesn't mean they have to believe in those cultures' religions or folkore.
They want to know what people believed and why, not to follow those same beliefs themselves. Indeed, if agnostic they are more likely to be objective.
TheWildEcho · 61-69, M
@ArishMell a these people discovered Jesus. So many atheists look for God in the same way a thief looks for a cop
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@TheWildEcho Well, if an atheist changes his or her mind and becomes religious, or indeed someone religious becomes agnostic or atheist, fine.
So what if they do? That's their personal choice.
It doesn't need all that self-important, patronising waffle you quoted above. Where is that from, by the way?
So what if they do? That's their personal choice.
It doesn't need all that self-important, patronising waffle you quoted above. Where is that from, by the way?
Rabscuttle · 41-45
I have to disagree, at least a little bit: Christianity isn't JUST blind faith, but are you really going to doubt that a great many Christians keep up the faith out of sheer unexamined habit?
ArishMell · 70-79, M
Whatever that is from, it's obviously naked, rather shallow proselytising.
I wonder how many other writers and academics have also studied the faith's historical background and rejected the divine aspects as myth even if they found any of the Bibilical characters were real people.
I wonder how many other writers and academics have also studied the faith's historical background and rejected the divine aspects as myth even if they found any of the Bibilical characters were real people.