Who in history (either present or in the past) do you think has had the biggest positive impact on humanity?

Aurelius · 10M

Who in history (either present or in the past) do you think has had the biggest positive impact on humanity?

@dead@sh.itjust.works · 10M

Is it possible for you to explain without referencing the Bible?

Flax · 10M

Did you even read the original comment?

Would you be kind enough to help me pinpoint which part of Christianity suggests this, specifically?

What else could I use?

@dead@sh.itjust.works · 10M

I don’t know, I guess I was curious because this seems so important to you and I wasn’t expecting you to hinge your whole belief system on one ancient book.

I wasn’t raised around religion nor have I ever really been around it, so I find it fascinating. My, bad, I guess it was a big ask.

Flax · 9M

The Bible isn’t one book. It’s a library of 66 books spanning thousands of years.

Flax · 10M

Yes? Because they are attestations of a guy who literally rose from the dead and fulfilled many verifiably older prophecies. We literally have surviving copies of prophecies about Jesus that were made before He was born. I’m sorry if I’m coming across as irate. Literally had someone tell me that it would be better if I and basically everyone I hold dear to me was dead. Along with 4 billion other people.

@RIPandTERROR@sh.itjust.works · 10M

Nope

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Flax · 10M

My favourite thing about that video is that it uses deception and misrepresentation and lies (Come on, it even refers to Bart Ehrman as a “pious protestant”), exact tools satan would use 😂. It does capture satan’s personality perfectly though, pretending to be the good guy.

@gapbetweenus@feddit.de · 10M

Wait dude, I just realized - do you also believe in the literal Satan?

Flax · 10M

I’m a Christian… So yes…

@gapbetweenus@feddit.de · 10M

Woa, never met anyone who actually took Christianity that literal. That must be a wild experience to believe in literal devil and god, sin and all that stuff - that’s a trip and a half. Kind of speechless - that’s just wild.

Flax · 10M

Do suppose the only “Christian” you know is Schrödinger’s Catholic 😂 You mustn’t get out much

@gapbetweenus@feddit.de · 10M

Sure, what ever helps you sleep at night my crazy friend.

@dead@sh.itjust.works · 10M

I don’t think that was a very charitable comment. I haven’t anyone that believes in the Bible in a literal way either. I’ve heard people say the stories are mostly allegory and to practice the message of the Bible and the like.

Flax · 10M

That’s insane. It’s a shame how far we’ve fallen.