Discovering Religion: Ep 03 - Purpose of Christ

The third installment of my original series, "Discovering Religion". In this episode I discuss the reason Creationists believe Jesus Christ was incarnated as a human being and how this sets the stage for a great many conflicts with the acceptance of the scriptures as literal truth.

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MUSIC CITED:

Phillip Glass & The Kronos Quartet - IV

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PLAYLIST:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=70E757541E8576D7

TRANSCRIPT:
http://discoveringreligion.net/?p=156

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Category:

Education

Tags:

• Discovering
• Religion
• Science
• Evolution
• Darwin
• Creationist
• Creationism
• Kent
• Hovind
• Intelligent
• Design
• Creation
• God
• Purpose
• Jesus
• Passion
• Christ
• Genesis
• Old
• New
• Testament
• Adam
• Eve
• Garden
• Eden
• Fall
• Original
• Sin
• Cane
• Able
• Sacrifice
• Fossil
• Record

[davnxs]

Has anyone here seen the Hubble deep space images? A spot in the sky that looked like nothing was there when focused on for 11 days more galaxies came into view than could hardly be counted. A spot the size of a grain of sand held at arm’s length. Calculate how many spots like that would there be if you went around the globe in all directions.

To think we are the epitome of intelligence is absurd.

Left to survival of the fittest none of that would be out there.

Think about it for a while.

[DiscoveringReligion]

@davnxs

Yes, I've seen the deep field images, but what does millions or even billions of galaxies have to do with survival of the fittest (SoF)? SoF only states the group best adapted to survive in a particular environment will be able to propagate their genes better than less adapted species. But SoF has nothing to do with the existence or non-existence of stars or even galaxies, so I fail to see your point.

[davnxs]

@DiscoveringReligion My point is, that SoF would have blown up (destroyed) every solar system out there. There is eye witness testimony from people of all branches of the military. It’s called The Disclosure Project headed by Dr Steven Greer. There goals are to disclose UFOs and along with it the free energy technologies to solve our energy problems. But the sum of testimonies says UFOs can disable and even reprogram our weapons. The destruction has been aborted.

[DiscoveringReligion]

@davnxs

Ok... so now you're saying aliens disprove SoF?

[davnxs]

@DiscoveringReligion Oh come on, are you going to ignore evidence all around the planet that someone from other star systems have not been around longer than the written word. Are you going to deny that we find things that we still can’t do with the technology we have today? Like I said, to think that we are the epitome of intelligence is absurd. Only you ignore all that stuff because it doesn’t fit the evolutionary model, your no better than religious people, are you?

[DiscoveringReligion]

@davnxs

I don't believe in conspiracy theories. Present the evidence and I'll examine it.

[DiscoveringReligion]

@ccwonder23

WHAT!? Are people really still pushing this question? If Christianity came from Judaism, then why are there still Jews? First off, humans are apes, not monkeys. Humans share a direct common ancestor with other Great Apes, like Chimps, Gorillas, etc. As populations of this common ancestor moved around the world, exploiting DIFFERENT HABITATS, different species of ape started to evolve. There are many transitional forms that testify to this fact. Watch Episodes 6-12 of my series.

[DiscoveringReligion]

@ccwonder23

LOL! It's called an analogy, for fuck sake. Ever take the SATs? Wow... Anyway, our species has only existed for a few hundred thousands years, which is infinitesimal compared to the grand total of 3.5 billion years of biological evolution. Furthermore, if there is no need to evolve, then a species won't. The environment has remained relatively stable since our specie's first appearance, so why would you expect humans to continue to evolve?

[TheSONOFZION]

@aaqucnaona94 Compared to having a convo with a conspiracist whos ignorance of the brain/knowledge is their only jail state and or hell on earth

[aaqucnaona94]

@TheSONOFZION What do you mean by very intelect conv.?

[TheSONOFZION]

@aaqucnaona94 and yes, i too concur.. If all we can come up with that what we see is reality or "life" then yes... We deserve better and should really do and create to perfection.. We can not and should not leave it up to "ifs" and "maybes"

Very intelect conv. thank you so much ;)

[aaqucnaona94]

@TheSONOFZION That is excellent for philosophy, but it doesn't stand up pramatically - its good food for thought, its excellent mental masturbation - but the shear amount of what ifs and severe lack of substantion leaves it out of our practical decisions - we simply cannot base our entire lives of a maybe - as the rulers of this planet, as a superspecies, we owe ourselves and our planet more than that. So philosophy, I concur with you with I consider it unviable pragmatically.

[TheSONOFZION]

@TheSONOFZION So some spireitual wonderland, well whats reality? An interpertation of that spiritual wonderland? Kinda up to us, its what we want to see, see within us and build it around us...

[TheSONOFZION]

@aaqucnaona94 well think about it, what is life exactly? is it to create? to learn lessons? to build nations? to build self? What we do know is that our thoughts arent comming from no where, they come from some where, scientist are only therorizing, we can build from atoms, but whats an atom, whats energy... on and on and on.. So is what we already built nothing more but than that wonderland and were just mocking what it looks like? And is what scientist merely finding the tools?

[aaqucnaona94]

@TheSONOFZION But thats not really true, is it? There is no clear, consise and substantiated chain of thought that leads from scientific discoveries about the universe to it all being a part of some great spiritual wonderland - is there?

[TheSONOFZION]

@aaqucnaona94 YEA, it was something my psy228 teacher kept saying one night.. Makes sense though to understand that atoms are made for us, some we can use most we cant even understand.. he was though making the point that the heavens and kingdom and all is what the scientist are realizing.. in other words that scientist are merely finding that fairytale lands and kingdoms the religion has talked about.

[aaqucnaona94]

7:27 if thats what eve was said to be like, the only thing christians would have had to do to convert someone was to tell - As the children of adam, you are allowed to partake in the fleshy sin Adam did and 'know' Eve i heaven.

I know I would become a christian just to do that eve.

[aaqucnaona94]

@TheSONOFZION Scientists replies - I can use the invisible atoms to make carbon nanotubes, use the atoms themselves to produce electricity. Can you make your angel get you a ice-creak. Can you make him heal 1000 aids patients or bring up heads for 1million coin flips?

You seem to represent the student, so please do reply if you see it fit.