The whole point of the Book of Revelation is that evil is embodied in regimes that transcend any individual. However much his actions run contrary to Christian teaching, Trump is only part of a much larger phenomenon.
You’re not saying anything remotely close to a rebuttal
I did.
If christians (or any religious folk) were capable of asking questions, they would not stay religious
-You
My rebuttal is this: Most of the people who built modern civilization were religious one way or another, and the proposition that someone like, say, Isaac Newton was incapable of asking questions is frankly ridiculous. The very ideals of inquiry you’re espousing now were thought up and developed by Christians.
Religion is absurd, the very idea of an omnipotent god is a logical fallacy a la the omnipotence paradox,
All it does is divide people
I mean I obviously disagree, but either way that is a completely different point than the one you made previously and I responded to.
So if we banned religion and then bragged about how all the greatest people of our time are atheists, you’d be ok with that so long as a few people keep their faith anyway?
If I then tried to imply all atheists are dumb and only enlightened religious people are smart, yes “all the greatest people of our time are atheists” would be a great rebuttal in that situation. I never said that, though, so that’s a moot point.
I did.
-You
My rebuttal is this: Most of the people who built modern civilization were religious one way or another, and the proposition that someone like, say, Isaac Newton was incapable of asking questions is frankly ridiculous. The very ideals of inquiry you’re espousing now were thought up and developed by Christians.
I mean I obviously disagree, but either way that is a completely different point than the one you made previously and I responded to.
Blasphemy was a crime in England during Newton’s time. He was literally forbidden from asking questions.
If you think blasphemy laws prevented Renaissance and Enlightenment Europeans from questioning Christianity then… uh… yeah.
So if we banned religion and then bragged about how all the greatest people of our time are atheists, you’d be ok with that so long as a few people keep their faith anyway?
If I then tried to imply all atheists are dumb and only enlightened religious people are smart, yes “all the greatest people of our time are atheists” would be a great rebuttal in that situation. I never said that, though, so that’s a moot point.