John Loftus wrote the following post:
In her book A Mind of Its Own: How Your Brain Distorts and DeceivesI want to say I agree with Loftus. There is no "evidence is there to believe in a three headed eternally existing God who created this particular world and became one of us to die on a cross for our sins in one lone part of the ancient world who subsequently bodily resurrected from the grave but was only seen by a few handfuls of people, thereby leaving the rest of us to take their word on what they saw or spend an eternity in hell because we did not see this event for ourselves or believe their written testimony since we were born in a different time and place and were taught to believe differently based on our own upbringing." Christians don't believe in a three-headed, eternally existing God. And we don't expect you to take their word on what they saw. You have no excuse you can know the resurrected Lord for yourself. This cuts through time and space and culture. No Christian is asking Loftus or anyone to believe the quote. Of course you should demand evidence and follow it. What the quote shows is a distinct misunderstand of what the nature of God is and what Christians believe. If you want to disagree with what the Bible says is fine...just stop misrepresenting what the Bible says. The Pictures on this blog post are accurate as to what God looks like., Cordelia Fine cautions us when it comes to the conclusions of our brains. I claim that believers ought to take special heed of this and become agnostics. Believers retort that my brain may be deceiving me too. Let me say two things in response:
One) Okay let's all agree with the scientific data and become agnostics. I'm game if you are, otherwise dispute the data. Two) I do not affirm any religious beliefs. I am a non-believer. I don't think the evidence is there to believe in a three headed eternally existing God who created this particular world and became one of us to die on a cross for our sins in one lone part of the ancient world who subsequently bodily resurrected from the grave but was only seen by a few handfuls of people, thereby leaving the rest of us to take their word on what they saw or spend an eternity in hell because we did not see this event for ourselves or believe their written testimony since we were born in a different time and place and were taught to believe differently based on our own upbringing. Again, I do not believe this. It does not represent an intelligent plan from a perfectly good, all powerful God. If our brains deceive us when it comes to important issues like this then it's best not to be gullible and to demand evidence, hard evidence, positive evidence before we'll believe, especially since there are so many other believers in this world who are certain they are right about such matters too. Since there are so many different people all certain they have the answers to existence I can look at them all and say that until one of them steps up to the plate and offers something more by way of evidence than the others do then I cannot believe in any of them, and that's what I do.
Debunking Christianity: A Mind of Its Own: How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives
