Actually, yes, they can. The only reason we Christians are outnumbered is human stupidity.
...So, basically, billions upon billions of people are automatically idiotic because they don't share your spiritual beliefs?
Personally, I believe that a lot of the Bible and Biblical accounts should be taken with a grain of salt. There's no actual evidence that disproves that it happened, yes, but there's none that proves that it
did happen. Keep in mind that when it comes to religion, witness testimony back then tended to say a
lot of different things. For example, one of the stories of the Greek god Dionysus claims that the god actually appeared before an entire city and, when he was denied as being a god, triggered a frenzy among the women of the city that eventually led to a mass murder. There's no actual evidence that it happened, but there's nothing to say that women weren't actually influenced by a mysterious young man into the brutal killing of at least one Greek. Likewise, the stories of the trials of Hercules is repeated numerous times throughout Greek literature and art, implying that there was actual belief and witnesses to his pursuits.
What I'm saying is that just because the New Testament said something happened doesn't mean it literally happened. After all, we're talking about the Bible here. Its predecessor and basis stated that the world was created in six days and that we're all the result of massive in-breeding and holy incest. (If it didn't happen with Adam and Eve's children, it happened with Noah and his family.)
Not to mention the government back then couldn't provide much of anything anyway. Do you really think that Jesus Christ was the only body an ancient government ever lost? Heck, even
contemporary governments sucked at keeping track of bodies. (To this day, European and American governments can't figure out what happened to Thomas Paine.)
However, I'd like to say that I respect you that you follow those beliefs with the conviction that you do and that I'm not out to convince you to change them. The reason why I'm bothering to reply now is because, frankly, you're basically calling me an idiot (and attempting to use information based on religious speculation to back it up), which I honestly don't feel comfortable with and would like an apology for. To put it simply, I was raised a Jew and am currently a Deist. Therefore, I have not, nor have I ever, believed in the Christian doctrine. But that's fine, and I won't say that you're absolutely wrong for believing what you do. What I
am saying is that it's insulting that you are right now attempting to press your beliefs onto others -- even if you're not entirely conscious of it -- by essentially stating that everything else is simply the result of human stupidity. Judaism, Deism, and every other religious or philosophical mindset are all perfectly valid forms of faith (with their own bases in historical fact, if we follow the same brand of logic as you've just applied). If you wish to declare them otherwise, please do so on a board
for Christianity, where you're less likely to insult a number of its members. Otherwise, if you do it here, while you think you're aiming your comments at one person, another person could feel hurt because you're essentially stating that the beliefs that they've built their entire lives on are completely moronic. It's like telling you that Jesus Christ never existed and backing it up with quotations from another holy book. You're not going to feel that wonderful after that, and neither do the people who believe in X religion.
