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Debunking Christian Circular
Arguments and Assumptions
By Winston
Wu
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Table
of
Contents
Introduction
Defining
the Terms and Type of Christianity Described
Christian
Fundamentalist Theology and Beliefs
-
The
Christian view of world history
-
Christian
Fundamentalist doctrines and precepts
Understanding
the Mentality and World View of the Christian Fundamentalist
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Two
powerful forces controlling their mind
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Reason
becoming a servant to belief
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Ego
gratification and self-esteem fulfillment
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The
benefits of extreme belief systems
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The
world as a battleground for souls
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Why
deconversion is slow and difficult psychologically and emotionally
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Knowledge
is power and protection from fear
Help
and Support For Recovering Fundamentalists
Debunking
the Main Arguments
Argument
# 1: The Bible is the Infallible Word of God.
- Three verses that say the Bible is NOT the word of God
Argument
# 2: The Bible is inerrant and contains no
contradictions. Its 66
books are harmonious and its 40+ writers agree on what they
wrote.
-
Use of
foreshadowing
-
Literary
dialogue
-
Contradictions
and discrepancies
- The “read the Bible in its context” argument
Argument
# 3: The Fulfilled Prophecies Argument.
-
Imaginary
messianic prophecies
-
Nonexistent
prophecies
- Failed, expired, and unfulfilled prophecies
Argument
# 4: The Bible is a reliable historical document because it
agrees with
recorded history and archaeological evidence.
Argument
# 5: The Bible is the word of God because it agrees with
science and
contains scientific facts.
False
scientific facts in the Bible
-
Insects
do not have four feet
-
Rabbits
do not chew their cud
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Snakes,
while built low, do not eat dirt nor dust
-
The bat
is not a bird
-
Snails
do not melt
-
The
Earth is not flat
-
The
Earth is not motionless
-
The moon
is not a light
-
Our sun
is not the same age as the rest of the stars
-
Stars
are not little balls of light close to the Earth
- Wind is not held in storehouses
Argument
# 6: The Historicity of Jesus Argument.
Argument
# 7: The Resurrection of Jesus Christ Argument.
Arguments
for the Historicity of the Resurrection
-
The
empty tomb argument
- The “Apostles would not knowingly die for a lie” argument
Argument
# 8: The Trilemma Argument - Lord, Liar, or Lunatic?
Argument
# 9: The Pascal’s Wager Argument.
Argument
# 10: The Testimonials and Changed Lives Argument.
- Related argument: All non-Christians are empty and unhappy without Christ
Argument
# 11: The Miracles and Answered Prayers Argument.
-
Analysis
of the Atheist explanation for miracles
-
Analysis
of the Atheist explanation for answered prayers
- My own theory on how and why prayer works
Argument
# 12: Christianity is not a religion. It is a personal
relationship with
God.
Argument
# 13: God is holy and righteous. We are all
sinners and deserve to go to hell.
Argument
# 14: All other religions are the work of Satan.
Argument
# 15: The “Taking the Lord’s name in vain
= power” Argument.
Biblical
Atrocities committed by God and his followers: The
no-win indefensible issue for Christians
-
Would
God kill or order the killing of innocent children?
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Would
God order people to dash infants against rocks and floors?
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Would
God make parents eat the flesh of their children?
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Would
God order pregnant women to be ripped open?
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Would
God kill 70,000 people to punish one man?
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Would
God order his followers to kill each other?
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Would
God approve of a vow to kill one’s own daughter?
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Would
God make people eat feces?!
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Why
would God need the sight of severed heads to calm his anger?
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Would
God order the mass execution of unarmed captives?
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Would a
loving Jesus declare that he would kill innocent children?
- Why would an all loving God discriminate against the handicapped?
-
An Unbeatable Challenge to Christians
-
Quiz:
The Death Toll List - God vs. Satan
-
Biblical
Atrocities Links
Philosophical Problems
with Salvation and Damnation: The Imponderables
Discrepancies
and Revealing Facts the Church Never Told You
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Disunity among believers filled with the Holy Spirit
- Evolution of the Salvation Doctrine in the Four Gospels
-
Why
Jesus could not be the Messiah of the Old Testament
-
The
objective historical view of Jesus
- Evolution of Heaven and Hell in the Bible from Zoroastrianism – Good news for the fearful
- The mythological Pagan roots of Christianity
Why
Christianity is Tyrannical and Anti-Freedom
Silly
Tidbit Questions
Jesus
was not a Christian and Buddha was not a Buddhist
My Theory - Religions are Ways of Channeling Energy
Why God Cannot Be All-Good and All-Powerful Yet Allow Evil, Suffering and Injustice
- Excuses and copouts
- Hard questions and common sense
Summary of Christian Circular Arguments and Assumptions Debunked
Key Points to Christians
- Message to Christians
Conclusion
- If you want spirituality or God in your life without religion
Appendix
A: My Summary Response to Two Christian Missionaries
Appendix B: My Anti-Evangelism Tract For Christians
Reader Responses
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