Personal Narrative: Why Christianity Is Unbelievable
Why Christianity is Unbelievable: Part 1: Historical
I've been studying Christianity for over 20 years. In my youth, I jumped into it with enthusiasm and blind faith. Growing up in the buckle of the Bible belt, it seemed to be the right thing to do to seek a responsible path to adulthood.
In 1984, I received a degree in Theology and began teaching at a Bible college in St.Paul, MN. I taught there for six years, but I quit my job and changed occupations once I began to believe that Christianity was a fabrication. My discoveries are not revelations. Knowledge that Christianity has mortal problems is well documented for those willing to take the time to look.
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6. Was the event required in order for subsequent events in history to exist?
Could Christianity have made it into the 2nd century without Jesus having actually been raised from the dead? Of course it could. All it takes is for someone to believe that it happened. As Richard Carrier points out, Rome could not have continued as it did without Caesar crossing the Rubicon, bringing his armies into Italy. For proof that he did, we have his own hand writing in his book The Civil War. We have hostile witnesses Cicero. We have coins that were minted. We have contemporary historians talking about it. However, all that is required for Christianity to continue is the propagation of a story. Whether the resurrection happened or not does not keep it from propagating. You just have to get people to believe. Christianity fails the sixth criteria for historical proof of the …show more content…
Therefore, when we are told that a man, who was stone cold dead for nearly 3 days, comes back to life via divine intervention, we have a right to require the highest proof of the event. However, I have shown that Christianity, in my opinion, cannot show the highest form of proof for the resurrection. In fact, it has the lowest form of proof 2nd and 3rd hand stories recounted by either unknown or questionable individuals- Or, by people who were not witnesses of the
I've been studying Christianity for over 20 years. In my youth, I jumped into it with enthusiasm and blind faith. Growing up in the buckle of the Bible belt, it seemed to be the right thing to do to seek a responsible path to adulthood.
In 1984, I received a degree in Theology and began teaching at a Bible college in St.Paul, MN. I taught there for six years, but I quit my job and changed occupations once I began to believe that Christianity was a fabrication. My discoveries are not revelations. Knowledge that Christianity has mortal problems is well documented for those willing to take the time to look.
I'm going to start a multi-part series on Why the Christian Story is Unbelievable. …show more content…
6. Was the event required in order for subsequent events in history to exist?
Could Christianity have made it into the 2nd century without Jesus having actually been raised from the dead? Of course it could. All it takes is for someone to believe that it happened. As Richard Carrier points out, Rome could not have continued as it did without Caesar crossing the Rubicon, bringing his armies into Italy. For proof that he did, we have his own hand writing in his book The Civil War. We have hostile witnesses Cicero. We have coins that were minted. We have contemporary historians talking about it. However, all that is required for Christianity to continue is the propagation of a story. Whether the resurrection happened or not does not keep it from propagating. You just have to get people to believe. Christianity fails the sixth criteria for historical proof of the …show more content…
Therefore, when we are told that a man, who was stone cold dead for nearly 3 days, comes back to life via divine intervention, we have a right to require the highest proof of the event. However, I have shown that Christianity, in my opinion, cannot show the highest form of proof for the resurrection. In fact, it has the lowest form of proof 2nd and 3rd hand stories recounted by either unknown or questionable individuals- Or, by people who were not witnesses of the