How many Christians have the nerve to see

The God That Wasn't There? It is being advertised on DU right now.

I'm a Christian and I'm not sure I want to see it. But then I think to myself, is your faith so weak?

I'm just wondering how other Christians on DU feel about seeing it.

This is not intended to be flamebait, and mods, maybe I should have put this on the Religion forum?


TG

I saw the ad but I'm not familiar with it.

but the link says it is a funny debunking of the historical life of Christ.

from the ad:

• # The early founders of Christianity seem wholly unaware of the idea of a human Jesus
  
  
• # The Jesus of the Gospels bears a striking resemblance to other ancient heroes and the figureheads of pagan savior cults
  
  
• # Contemporary Christians are largely ignorant of the origins of their religion
  
  
• # Fundamentalism is as strong today as it ever has been, with an alarming 44% of Americans believing Jesus will return to earth in their lifetimes
  
  
• # And God simply isn't there

The last one is a matter of individual perspective.

While I do not consider myself Christian, I do try to be a good person - being kind to people, helping others, being honest, etc.

I respect your honesty, both about not being sure and about understanding your own faith.



I am not an atheist, but consider myself more agnostic, in that I don't know. I do feel that there are things which happen that are outside of our understanding, but I am not convinced they are "God" or if they are something which is just beyond us at the moment, the way sub-atomic particles were beyond us in the past.

I hope you do see it, but go for your own reasons and if you are comfortable doing so.

:)

It's okay (coming from an atheist/naturalist perspective), but a little condescending at points which I wasn't real crazy about, but I guess it's hard to avoid. They get their point across about debunking theism I guess, but it could've been a lot better, I think.

debunking fundamentalist Christianity, in my opinion, though not so directly so as much, is called Maybe Logic: The Lives and Ideas of Robert Anton Wilson. Which I would recommend highly to everyone.

but I'm not exactly your typical Christian.

I suspect it's simply a rehash of all of the criticisms of belief over the ages. There's no question of the links between Christianity and ancient more religions and the likelihood of much of it being borrowed. There's also no question of the inconsistancies in scripture and tradition that have survived over the years. So, I doubt there's much new here that hasn't already been addressed.

Biblical literalists will most likely have a problem with it, but even if they bother to see it, they'll rationalize most of it away and miss the point, as critics of Christianity also miss much of the point of the religion.