On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:08:10 -0500, Uncle Vic <address@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Yet it has held fast and grown to a firm belief by over 2.2 billion
>> people alive and well today.
>Bandwagon fallacy, also known as Argumentum Ad Numerum. A widely held
lie
>is still a lie.
So is truth.
> Unfortunately, most people are willing to accept the most
>absurd stories on faith rather than face the imaginary consequences that
>have been pounded into their skulls since they were old enough to parse
>language.
Our eternal salvation depends on it, even though you don't care about
yours.
> Even more unfortunately, it only takes a little bit of
>investigation to see how full of **** your stories are, including your
>Ultimate Punishment.
No one has ever come back to speak about it.
>> If it was a fake, it would have died out 2000 years ago.
>Which is why the "Ultimate Punishment" was added to the dogma. Otherwise
>your religion would be on the same list as Mithraism and Zoroastrianism.
>Got any evidence that Jesus is any more real than Zoroaster?
Yep, he rose from the dead and walked and talked and ate and drank with
500+ of
his disciples for 40 days, according to 500+ eye witnesses.
>Making claims without backing them is not evidence.
Having a cup of wine is.
duke, American-American
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"The Mass is the most perfect form of Prayer."
Pope Paul VI
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