Zendell #fundie

Zendell #fundie wrongplanet.net

For all those who claim there are thousands of religions, it seems there's only 2 major worldwide religions to consider - Christianity and Islam (Muslims). The next religion, Hinduism, is mostly an Indian religion and the fourth highest, Buddhism, isn't even a religion. It would seem unlikely that God would only reveal himself to some isolated group of people and ignore the rest of the world.

Therefore, people have no excuse. It's clear God exists (only the 2%ers, the atheists who probably hate God, disagree) and there's really only 2 religions to consider. I think everyone should examine Christianity and Islam to see which is most likely to be true.

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old comment by NecroVMX

1) Ever heard of a group of people called the jews?

2) Atheists can only hate god as much as you hate somebody you believe to be fictional

3) If I was to purely examine christianity and islam to see which is more likely to be true, I'd pick islam. the christians claim christ died on a cross and magically came back to life three days later. They claim this is irrefutable because "hundreds of people saw it" but you kind of have to take their word for it; the bible says hundreds of people saw it, but who says the bible is credible? Then we have islam. they claim that if christ was god, he would not have died, and therefore someone else died in his place. the "resurrection" was merely him revealing himself as alive.

Then of course we have the jews, who say christ did die, but he was not god. This seems even MORE likely, as there is no god.

Then lastly, we have the fact that it didn't happen at all, and is merely a fable passed on as truth. You know I could write a ridiculous story and say hundreds of people saw it, and two thousand plus years later, no one will know the difference.

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First I had to choose between Christianity and Islam.

I chose Christianity.

Then I had to choose between Catholicism, Protestantism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, Oriental Orthodoxy, and Assyrians.

I chose Protestantism.

Then I had to choose between Adventists, Anabaptists, Baptists,
Congregationalists, Lutherans, Methodists, Pentecostals, Presbyterians,
and Reformed churches.

I chose Lutherans.

Then I had to choose between the Lutheran World Federation,
the International Lutheran Council, the
Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference, and the Church of the
Lutheran Confession.

Say what you will, but there is plenty of stuff to choose from.

old comment by NonProphet

Whisper:
"Actually, Christianity spread really, really fast. So stop ripping on the 'isolated' thing."
Christianity spread quickly because of the Roman empire, mate. And it didn't even exist during the time described in the Bible. It took centuries for it to get outside the empire's boundaries.

"Also, stop mentioning Judaism. They got a lot of attention (for obvious reasons) but there aren't actually that many of them."
Comparatively, no. But you're forgetting that Christianity branched off from Judaism. It used to be just another denomination of Judaism, once upon a time. If it weren't for the Jews, Christianity wouldn't exist. So yeah, it's kind of relevant. Besides, God revealing himself to the Jews and making them his chosen people is the premise of the whole book.

"If you assume that the most successful religion is right (due to god's support or something) Christianity wins. Remember the "We're being Oppressed!" chart?"
True, but fortunately, popularity does not determine how correct something is. We didn't say it wasn't the biggest; we're saying it's not the only major religion.

"The Hindu thing is, admittedly, quite funny."
Indeed. He discounts roughly a billion people because they're mostly Indian, but makes an allowance for Islam despite it being centered on Africa & the Middle East.

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