5: Heathens: Bad Arguments
Description
Since the dawn of time people have been trying to figure out the universe. Religions stem from an early attempts at doing this. Since holy books were written during less civilized times, their message no longer resonates with the vast majority of modern societies. Especially in Christianity, most Christians today tend to focus on the parts of the Bible where good things happen - such as the sermon on the mount or Jesus healing the sick people. Few Christians actually talk about stoning people for working on the Sabbath or killing their unruly children. So here is the problem. If you believe the good parts of the Bible, how do you reconcile the bad and nonsensical ones? This is where we get apologetics. The attempt to reconcile the irreconcilable.