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  1. Bedlam

    Greek Myth vs. Christian belief

    I wish I didn't need to argue down to the level of semantics, but it's not a game. I provided evidence that your opinion about cults was just that - an opinion. It may be a widely accepted opinion (one that I share, and big surprise, being Atheist), but the thread isn't about our opinions on...
  2. Bedlam

    Sin is real

    You, sir, just used my hubris to slay my rhetorical device. Curse you. :D
  3. Bedlam

    Greek Myth vs. Christian belief

    Connotation is defined as an alternative meaning for a word - an undertone that the word often conveys, but that is not the literal definition. "Connotation is a subjective cultural and/or emotional coloration in addition to the explicit or denotative meaning of any specific word or phrase in...
  4. Bedlam

    Greek Myth vs. Christian belief

    In this case, there are not other valid definitions. Look up "cult" on dictionary.com and you will see what I mean - not a single definition has anything to do with the cult harming its members. We call that "connotation". It's different from "denotation". The denotation of a word is the...
  5. Bedlam

    Greek Myth vs. Christian belief

    Why would an omnipotent, idealized teacher be necessary if all I want to learn is how to be a good messenger? If I learned from Hermes, he could give me lessons from his mistakes, teaching me not only how to do my job, but how he learned to do the job too. The omnipotent teacher you're talking...
  6. Bedlam

    Greek Myth vs. Christian belief

    I haven't been able to find any dictionary definition that says a cult can only be a cult if it is harmful to its members. But I could make an educated guess that most people would agree with your denotation, so you could call it a tautology. Really, it's a social Meme that works from fallacy.
  7. Bedlam

    Greek Myth vs. Christian belief

    That's what is magnificant about the Greek gods. They all had one or two massive flaws, but they were also perfect in their area of expertese. Hermes was the perfect messenger. Something for messengers to aspire to and learn from.
  8. Bedlam

    Greek Myth vs. Christian belief

    Huh... No True Scotsman?
  9. Bedlam

    Greek Myth vs. Christian belief

    Not all cults are harmful. Those are just the ones you hear about on the news. It's the same as how Dungeons and Dragons has a really bad rep among most religions because of the stories of kids killing themselves after playing.
  10. Bedlam

    Greek Myth vs. Christian belief

    I disagree with how easily Jesus's existance is accepted as fact. Obviously this is a discussion for another debate, but not everyone (Religious or Atheist) believes he was real.
  11. Bedlam

    Greek Myth vs. Christian belief

    The difference between "Myth", "Cult", and "Religion" is typically based on the number of followers it has. If every Christian instead worshipped the Greek Pantheon, then Christianity would be the myth and the Pantheon would be the religion. I'm a much bigger fan of the Greek mythologies...
  12. Bedlam

    Why christians believe that jesus is God?

    I'm sorry to say, you probably won't get a reply here. This thread is nearly four years old, and I don't think anyone that originally posted in it still hangs around here. Poor little zombie thread.
  13. Bedlam

    Evolution within religion

    Hence why I provided direction towards Memetics. This isn't a question of Biology, but rather one of Sociology.
  14. Bedlam

    The incredible shrinking God.

    Read some of the archived material here, then tell me that Atheists on this site are worse than any other place. We Atheists aren't a pack of wild dogs. In a lot of cases we don't agree with each other to the point where we argue much more than when we're in a heated debate with Theists. I...
  15. Bedlam

    Self Preservation v.s. Martyrdom

    Post hoc ergo propter hoc. Mah favorite :D As for the OP, I really feel this is a difficult question that you can't necessarily answer within the bounds of comparative religion. A hundred people may give you a hundred different reasons, but none of them would be wrong. I'd lie and pretend...
  16. Bedlam

    The incredible shrinking God.

    This is the internet. And believe me, there are far, far worse things than Atheists in the internet. Besides, if your faith can stand up to the kind of beatings some of us dish out, I suppose you've really earned the right to call yourself religious. Otherwise why would you be on a religious...
  17. Bedlam

    The incredible shrinking God.

    Yeah! It's just like how Zeus convinced us that he wasn't real either, and that the Greeks were just a bunch of crazy people for believing in a pantheon of gods when no such thing existed! Oh, that Zeus. Always trying to make us think he's not real. Good thing I know the truth though...
  18. Bedlam

    The incredible shrinking God.

    'Cuz god(s) don't move ta the sound ah just one drum; What might be good for one... might not be good for some! Ya take the good, ya take the bad, ya take it all and then ya have - A Diety that wouldn't be worth worship even if it DID exist. Which it doesn't.
  19. Bedlam

    Sin is real

    I can see it. Prove I can't.
  20. Bedlam

    Evolution, what evidence is there and what does creationism have?

    Nice red herring.
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