Not really

if you use exegesis and take the bible seriously, he is still alive

yes really

My theory on the existence of Jesus comes from the fact that people usually attributed divine attributes to moral leaders in that time era.

yeah anyways I don't really want to debate the supernatural aspects of christianity because obviously

one side will always lose

Obviously he's dead and they stole his body and made a religion out of his sayings and deluded themselves into thinking he existed.

me theory is the Romans created it to cause dysfunction

That could be part of it.

I just want to join christianity to meet like-minded people

dude

Christianity is so contradictory though.

they are not like minded people

The (((Romans)))?

and a non-degenerate environment to possibly raise children

they are literal NPCs

yeah they are

they don't even question the bible

it's quite odd

I don't understand how anyone could read the books and have a coherent viewpoint unless you cherry pick.

It's apart of the cult.

you have to just accept that "his ways are not our ways"

Question and you go to hell. Doubt is a sin, don't doubt, God works in mysterious ways!

contradiction isn't really contradiction if it's in the bible and your Christian

yeah that has been my main issue with Christianity @Philosophical Misfit

Christianity has a lot of problems

even just questioning whether something should be a certain way if the bible specifies something is heretical

Children are taught this, and then these children turn into adults and they don't put the two and two that it's just a myth like Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny because the community around them validates their belief weekly.

They cherry pick interpretation.

yeah

the pacifist christian thing vs sell your cloak and buy a sword thing

turn the cheek

can't get a simple answer from those faggots

well...

it's a bit more nuanced than that to be fair

google exegesis

They'll say one verse is literal, one is metaphorical, one is symbolic, one is hyperbole and condemn others as heretics and wrong who don't interpret it the same way. Which is why we have thousands of denominations and ways of seeing Christianity, with each pointing to each other saying you're wrong and going to hell, and I'm right. It's so childish, and the fact anyone could claim to be moral and be okay with someone burning forever and experiencing pain forever is absurd.

But I do admire Christianity as a way of controlling the masses

I think we will always require such a system

It controls them into not critically thinking and not exploring the universe scientifically.

else they descend into hedonism