Happy Easter, Rife With Contradiction At The Source!

[peristaltor]

Best, perhaps, to stick with the bunnies and eggs.

(Link only because the graphic is a monster page-gobbler.)

Comments

[hindustar]

Thanks for sharing, that was interesting.

[unnamed525]

Wow.

[hardblue]

What have we here, another doubting Thomas that must feel the wounds?

[peristaltor]

Doubting, yes; but my name isn't Thomas. ;-)

[telemann]

That's a really cool chart. I like the honesty with the conclusions

[peristaltor]

Ah, yes. I recall that interview. 'Twas a good one.

Personally, I give not one whit what people do with their supernatural lives. It doesn't matter to me if someone worships the common god of choice or puts their faith in the 75 million year old alien power Xenu or a bunch of flying pasta.

What does fascinate me is the vehemence, the venom of believers (and certain non-believers as well) when the cores of their chosen faiths are challenged.

O. Henry had a story ("The Cosmopolitan"*, maybe) where a man declared himself a citizen of the world, and regarded all places as the same. Later, he was involved in a fistfight over someone criticizing the metropolitan sewer system (IIRC) of his small hometown in Nowhere, Maine.

Same motivation, different expression.

*Just looked it up. "A Cosmopolite in a Cafe," it's called. Haven't touched that book in 20 years except to shelve it. Who said having a private library isn't useful?

[telemann]

What does fascinate me is the vehemence, the venom of believers (and certain non-believers as well) when the cores of their chosen faiths are challenged.

Yep, I that's why I liked the honesty of the chart. Its reasonable in classifying reactions to inconsistencies in the non-biographical nature of the Gospels.

[yes_justice]

5.999999 here, I round down in polite company.

The stories found in the gospels add to and draw from a larger collection of mythologies. Jesus myth bears resemblance to others, Horus, Mithras, Dionysus-Bacchus, Krishna, Buddha, etc. This informs my reaction.

[telemann]

Great post ;)