The Bible doesnt actually say God is omnipotent, it says there are things he can not do, such as break a promise or tell a lie.
(i.e. if he looks at a white canvas and says the canvas is blue, it becomes blue as the word is spoken)
Creating a cell he "cant escape from" would be on par with...
It appears you are.
See my post in 104.
I am just saying if you want to anaylze Christianity, a good place to look is not the Roman Church.
It was created specifically to put a stop to Christianity.
Pretty easily.
Do you think the people support all the things the church did and still does?
Do you think democrat or republican voters support many/most of the things the parties do?
Do you think Jacksonville fans support the things the Jaguars organization does?
I think most of the people...
Depends on what you mean by Catholics.
Do you mean the Church, as in the polictical organization that operated as an early form of world government, tortured and slaughtered millions of people, conquered territories, installed puppet governments, trafficked children, amassed incalculable wealth...
Not quite. Youre confusing the belief of certain people in certain things which are only good,
with the actions of others who claim to be those people.
A tree can only produce fruit of its kind.
This one. A lot of people may have claimed they were Christians to co-opt a movement
they couldnt control, and then tortured and killed Christians for 1500 years, but that doesnt
make them Christians. You have to actually read the scripture, not just the propaganda written about it
by its opposition
Paul didnt set up any religion. People who wanted to re-establish the political power that Jesus took from them, did.
And if the things written in the Bible are true, many of them took place before men made up any of the religions.
You said it is considered a virtue to believe these stories on faith alone. You will be hard pressed to find anyone who believes on faith alone. Most people came to believe after seeing things proven to be true by everything taking place around them. If it were only blind faith, you would not...
The Roman church is a giant corporation. You would assume its pretty important to keep the credibility intact if you hope to keep the revenues coming. But you would be wrong. Followers of this church will accept literally anything it does.
Im on the same side. Not a religious person but its pretty evident Jesus was real. It would take a pretty grand conspiracy to set up the world we live in otherwise. A conspiracy that would make very little sense.