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Originally posted by sammyg2
To the rest of you who have this irrational need to say negative things about Jesus or Christianity, I can't help but wonder what kind of character flaw causes that sort of action.
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I think questioning beliefs is a healthy thing to do - not an irrational character flaw. Some people become offended if their beliefs are questioned however (not saying that you're one of them).
I think that any person who makes any sort of claim opens himself up to criticism and ridicule unless he has some logic or evidence to back up the claim. It's just natural human behavior. Christianity leaves alot of people open to ridicule (not that ridicule is politically correct) because alot of it's tenets are not based on any evidence or logic - simply "faith". If you don't have the "faith" then you don't understand. "Faith" works for believers - the rest of us need evidence.
If someone told me that they fully believed that the world was once covered by a global flood and that a guy named Noah built a big boat...etc., I would question their critical thinking skills or assume they were somewhat gullible. Is that ridicule?
Mike