| Should Christianity be closed to criticism? Keep that question in mind.
Atheists should be open to criticism, but what this video is doing, is critisising atheism AND leaving one with the feeling that they should not be trusted.
"Academic Trustworthiness" - It seems as though if you read the bible, that there is PLENTY of errors, misrepresentations and contradictions -> could this undermine the bibles "academic trustworthiness?" or intellectual honesty?
Is it fair that you point out so called 'mistakes' of a few well known authors and say that new atheists have a questionable history (as it reads like that initially)? It does not follow that atheists are untrustworthy, or that even Richard Dawkins is untrustworthy, especially if you are holding him up (or down) to the standard of accuracy found in the bible. I cannot see how someone can be so critical of a few books, and also recommend following such an inaccurate book as the bible - the book which has caused the most confusion throughout history.
This kind of straw-man argument is emblematic of the pedigree of christian apologetic rhetoric - a pot calling the kettle black, pointing the finger saying 'hey look at how wrong these atheists are, should you trust them?'. What did Jesus say about removing the mote from ones own eye?
It does happen both ways, a lot of Christians and non-theists paint cartoons of each other that are quite provoking, I would say here that it is very human to do so - however I think that people have great reason to be critical of religion..
Why were the authors of the bible, or its translators more careful to get it right? Why was God not careful enough to stop his message from being adulterated and mis-represented even in the bible alone?
So, should Christians, as individuals, be closed to criticism about their faith? |
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