By JadedAtheist ~ Nailing Jell-O to a Wall M any people get frustrated with Christians because they always seem to have an “answer” to every problem you present to them. This in their mind seems to prove that their God exists but this is far from the truth as we are all aware. They have a few tricks up their sleeves and one of them might consist of an answer that requires you to prove otherwise. To illustrate this, we can look at a primary example: Jesus’ birth in Luke. Image by electrobrainpdx via Flickr Luke states that Jesus was born while Herod the Great was ruling AND during the time of Quirinius ’ census. Herod died 4BCE but Quirinius’ census was held around 6-7CE. The Christian explanation? Quirinius served an earlier term and held a census at that time as well. Just because we don’t have the evidence for it doesn’t mean it didn’t happen! Prove otherwise! Then of course we have the “trust God™” answers that so many of us ex-Christians detest with a passion. It doesn’t...

By JadedAtheist ~ ·          The Development of Theology o         The Dying/Rising gods o         Doctrine ·          The Development of the Canon o         The Heretics Win o         …by Over 200 Years ·          The Deterioration of Scripture o         What is Preservation? o         How Much Meaning Needs to be Lost? Introduction Image by mattyp_ via Flickr One thing that always annoyed me as a Christian was the general ignorance of most church folk about their Christian history . Then again, what can one expect when the very same folk are ignorant of the very scriptures they revere? I have a very curious personality. Even as a child I would read ency...