the only thing I really have anything to say on, though, is the capitalisation issue because I'm nitpicky on language like that too haha. I always wondered, why should only the christian G/god (haha) be capitalised? if others believe in a g/God (yeah I'm just going to be typing like this from now on) then logically they'd want to capitalise him too right? also do people from other religions feel affronted when say, Christians only capitalise own G/god but not others?
I think perhaps she means g for a general reference to gods (for e.g. "the Greek gods"), but G for a specific reference to God? Also, a lot of non-Christian religions refer to their gods by other names, so maybe the problem you bring up doesn't occur very often.
Mm, I've always thought of the g/G issue as a noun/proper noun thing. One problem with names and languages appears in the whole use-of-"Allah" fiasco - though that's only in M'sia/the region, since elsewhere it's apparently quite common usage to call your god Allah, if you believe in a monotheistic religion (e.g. Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews)
I was confused by the Matthew 15:22 bit, but this made quite a lot of sense to me. That said, as a Christian, I am probably predisposed to believe things that defend my faith
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3. People made up Jesus & the gospel so they could feel better for their sins & also have something to "hold on to" to assure them they're going to a better place (sort of like a placebo?)
Hmm but I think the :\ part of this motive is that most people don't feel better about their sins when they believe Jesus died, they're forgiven, etc... so again the method doesn't fit the purpose? And Jesus' teachings again are so hard to accept that I wonder why anyone would put them into a made-up religion if the goal was to feel good!
I'm reminded of my study Bible's blurb for this excerpt about the resurrection - it mentioned how skeptics always see Jesus' disciples as a gullible bunch of peasants who believe everything he said, yet in the Bible, the opposite is true! They're the very ones who doubt him, and the Bible's very honest about that... either it's a very clever piece of conspiracy or Jesus' message + actions are REALLY hard to believe, and I don't think conspirators would choose to make
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the only thing I really have anything to say on, though, is the capitalisation issue because I'm nitpicky on language like that too haha. I always wondered, why should only the christian G/god (haha) be capitalised? if others believe in a g/God (yeah I'm just going to be typing like this from now on) then logically they'd want to capitalise him too right? also do people from other religions feel affronted when say, Christians only capitalise own G/god but not others?
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3. People made up Jesus & the gospel so they could feel better for their sins & also have something to "hold on to" to assure them they're going to a better place (sort of like a placebo?)
Hmm but I think the :\ part of this motive is that most people don't feel better about their sins when they believe Jesus died, they're forgiven, etc... so again the method doesn't fit the purpose? And Jesus' teachings again are so hard to accept that I wonder why anyone would put them into a made-up religion if the goal was to feel good!
I'm reminded of my study Bible's blurb for this excerpt about the resurrection - it mentioned how skeptics always see Jesus' disciples as a gullible bunch of peasants who believe everything he said, yet in the Bible, the opposite is true! They're the very ones who doubt him, and the Bible's very honest about that... either it's a very clever piece of conspiracy or Jesus' message + actions are REALLY hard to believe, and I don't think conspirators would choose to make ( ... )
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