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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•7 months agoWait, do we think the other saints clearly performed miracles?
minus-squareXIIIesqOPlinkEnglish5•7 months agoWe’re talking about a religion where the son of God walked on water and fed five thousand people with five fish and two loaves of bread. I think it’s easier to buy in to the fantasy when there are several hundreds of years between you and the so-called miracle though. You have to remember that religious people don’t use the scientific method and that they see faith as a very virtuous characteristic.
minus-square@FordBeeblebroxlinkEnglish2•7 months agoWell they believe a dude was murdered, then walked out of the grave so is anything else really too far?
Wait, do we think the other saints clearly performed miracles?
We’re talking about a religion where the son of God walked on water and fed five thousand people with five fish and two loaves of bread.
I think it’s easier to buy in to the fantasy when there are several hundreds of years between you and the so-called miracle though.
You have to remember that religious people don’t use the scientific method and that they see faith as a very virtuous characteristic.
Well they believe a dude was murdered, then walked out of the grave so is anything else really too far?