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I appreciate your efforts, Matthias. In a way, I feel like I'm letting you down. I am searching for the truth. I just don't know how to find it.

I'm curious. What answer is that?

Perhaps not. But commoners back then lived much shorter lives than they do today. What does that mean in the first century? He was akin to a shaman? Why not bypass this obstacle entirely and appear to the Chinese instead? A people that, even at the time, were capable of reading, writing, and...

The gospel of John is generally believed to have been written 30 or more years after the death of Christ. It's unlikely that John was still alive when his gospel was written. Not all of the apostles. Literacy in the ancient world was uncommon for peasants. Paul was obviously literate, and I...

How so? We have no reference on how to even measure the authenticity of a supernatural event. Modern day detectives are in the buisness of proving someone was murdered and died of a natural cause, such as a bullet or knife wound. 59 atheists out of all the atheists in the world. Yeah, I...

It isn't because I want to do nothing. It's because I can't solve a 2,000 year old cold case involving a supernatural event.

Nothing. Where does it say it was written by John? Furthermore, where did he learn to read and write? As far as we know, Christ's followers were illiterate. It waa slightly off topic, yes. Yes. Everyone generally agrees that the Romans killed Jesus. That is not in question. But this is in...

Why archeology?

An interesting set of videos. But here's the thing, criminals aren't going around performing miracles. If an eyewitness to a murder told this detective that he saw a man kill another man with his mind, I doubt he would buy his testimony. Why doesn't he apply that same level of skepticism to the...

No. I think they truly believed it. Such that they were willing to die for it. It still doesn't mean what they believed was the truth. Should we ignore the Muslims that routinely kill themselves in order to be martyrs? Or Christian snake handlers that get bitten, refuse treatment, and die? Many...

I'll take a look. No, not entirely. How do you know? Furthermore, how do we know it isn't a fictitious story written after Jesus died on the cross? Agreed.

I see plenty of evidence. The universe itself is evidence of something. However, I don't see any evidence that it was the Christian God that created everything. It could just as well have been Thor or Zeus. Christians say they know it was God. But they really don't. None of us do because we...

Well, I guess I don't know for certain. But there's a very noticeable lack of evidence. That's good. I think people are afraid to say they don't know for fear of being seen as ignorant. Everyone has an opinion on everything nowadays.

I agree, in part. There is certainly an amount of peer pressure in any group setting. Atheists are not above attacking people for questioning science. This was put on full display for the world to see during Covid. "The Science" was not to be questioned. I say in part, because Christians also...

No. Because Bigfoot doesn't exist. Even if he did exist, he can't simultaneously exist outside of the universe and within it. See, I find it more comforting to say I don't know. Because I truly don't. The atheist who says they know there is no God, is just as religious as the Christian that...

Everyone is concerned about God's existence in one way or another. Atheists aren't concerned about proving a negative. It's ultimately up to Christians to provide substantial evidence for the claims made in the bible. I expect the same of Islam. How do you know it was God that did it?

We also can't prove that big foot doesn't exist.

Science was born out of asking questions. Any religion that tells one to stop questioning, has something to hide.

Why not after you die? What's the difference?

That's what I meant. My apologies. You as well, Matthias. But how is this so? What is the process? Why do we not see the soul leaving the body when people die? I guess it largely depends on how one dies.