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In reply to the discussion: What's your thoughts on the story of Jesus' birth? [View all]okasha
(11,573 posts)61. I don't presume to speak for Justin,
but I think you've got his position backwards. It seems to me to be "I believe it, so I'm a Christian."
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Your attacking someone's religion on one of the most important holy days of the year does provoke me
kwassa
Dec 2013
#37
It does interest me to some 3xtent but it will nevrr stop my from being a believer.
hrmjustin
Dec 2013
#67
Well the birth narrative is suspect to a good extent and arguments can be made that it draws on
hrmjustin
Dec 2013
#72
That's what I've read. Who knows? I think many of the Gospels may have been written,
pinto
Dec 2013
#27
Two gospels explicitly claim trace Joseph's family back to David. Both do it differently.
enki23
Dec 2013
#157
A minority view holds Matthew's genealogy traces Mary's line back to David
Act_of_Reparation
Dec 2013
#182
Publishers have changed textbooks due to people's beliefs in the nativity story?
cbayer
Dec 2013
#73
You constantly chastise people for saying what they believe, if what they believe entails that...
eomer
Dec 2013
#104
I welcome people disagreeing with me and disagreeing with others. That's what I'm here for.
eomer
Dec 2013
#110
I wish you luck, ed, in maintaining your status as a person worthy of interaction.
trotsky
Dec 2013
#114
What you did was take reasonable, civil discussion and attempt to conflate it with hate.
eomer
Dec 2013
#116
Sure, here's hoping you can stick to the topic at hand and resist mis-characterizing as bigotry...
eomer
Dec 2013
#123
Ah, but see, the position of Atheism is actually SUPPORTED by a lack of evidence.
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2013
#121
Yes, the dolphins exist. And primary examples of INCREDIBLE numbers of species that cannot be detect
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2013
#137
What personal attacks? Do you not think that the way you are expressing yourself
cbayer
Dec 2013
#146
"What exact evidence points to god as a fabrication?". Well, there's this...
cleanhippie
Dec 2013
#165
Roll three dice. Statistically you can predict with some measure of certainty a result.
pinto
Dec 2013
#87
Society will be fixed primarily through legislative means, which is why I frequent this board.
cbayer
Dec 2013
#125
Problem is, the sack has specifications written on it, as to what is allowed in the sack.
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2013
#135
Oh, there is no doubt that there is tremendous distrust and prejudice towards atheists.
cbayer
Dec 2013
#138
I'm pretty sure black people didn't overcome bigotry in this country by being tolerant of bigotry.
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2013
#142
I'm not saying the group is defective. Well, I said something similar way upthread, but it was about
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2013
#147
There is zero verifiable specific evidence other than generalities of the era.
Warren Stupidity
Dec 2013
#141
The census may not have been Roman. It could have been in the territory of Herod under his
Leontius
Dec 2013
#154
Oh? Did god forget how to manufacture new humans out of the dust of the ground?
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2013
#119
I tend to believe that Mary was a virgin but I understand that is hard for some to believe.
hrmjustin
Dec 2013
#56