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Warpy

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1. Believers will show you all those things.
Tue Jul 18, 2017, 04:27 PM
Jul 2017

Debunking them doesn't matter. They believe and that's that.

AFAIK, Christianity did have one success, convincing kings they couldn't take it with them. Many ancient kingdoms were initially bankrupted by the grave goods that had to be buried with a dead king, the heir having to raise taxes and increase territory and enslave more people in order to make his own posthumous pile. It's why so many glittering civilizations didn't last all that long. An invisible heaven with no corporeal goods needed was a distinct advance.

Archaeologists will disagree, since the few undisturbed tombs they've found have given great insight into some of these long gone cultures.

However, no Christian, not even the most fervent believer, can point to a single instance of an amputated limb being regrown by faith, saints, relics, or blessings. Reanimation of intact corpses, sure. New arms or legs, nope.

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