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0 sats \ 6 replies \ @SimpleStacker 24 Sep \ parent \ on: Bitcoin Apologetics- Roleplay bitcoin
Just curious, why do you have such a low opinion of Christians? Even if you don't believe that what they claim is true, you seem to be quite happy to make sweeping, generalized statements about them.
I spent most of my life around them, and I was one for the first 25 years of my life. I was even studying to go into ministry.
I think that people would act differently if they really KNEW they were headed for a better life after this one. Sure, there are a few examples of martyrs who do exemplify what it would look like to truly know for certain. Just like there are a few Bitcoiners who move to El Salvador or Costa Rica.
But the vast majority of Christians don't live it. And I don't blame them. The evidence for Christianity is piss awful. The true believers don't have evidence to believe, they're just so stupid that they don't require evidence. Like the Heaven's Gate cultists.... you gotta be real stupid to be a martyr for something so obviously fake (Christianity).
"... sooner or later you're going to realize, just as I did, that there's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path." - Morpheus
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I have to disagree with you on the evidence, but I would just point to some of the really smart Brits that defend the faith. Christianity is far from obviously fake, and seems like you have a little motivation in saying so.
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Oh, interesting... what changed your path away from doing ministry?
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Good question. I guess I was kinda giving up on the idea even before I started doubting the veracity of Christianity. So it had to be something else.....
I've always been interested in so many things that I could never settle on any single profession. I think I switched my college major a dozen times. My 20's was just a mess. No direction. But.... I never stopped learning, reading new things and experiencing new things. So, I don't regret the "mess". Maybe that's exactly what a young person should do.... experience and learn as much as possible instead of focusing on a single discipline.
Eventually, it was reading a few key books that made me turn from Christianity entirely.
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Sounds a lot like my story. I can really relate to the "mess". My profession chose me. I can't seem to leave it despite my effort. But a Bachelors in Philosophy doesn't lend much help.
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Ah, I see. Yeah I'd love to know what these key books were too
Btw just so there's no misunderstanding, I do consider myself a Christian but I'm always curious to hear others points of view too
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