Too Good to be False? (Tom Gilson response)

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  @TomGilson · 6 years ago · pinned

  Wow. What a train wreck. You should read the book next time. The points you rebutted had some superficial resemblance to my arguments, but only superficial. I think if you&apos;d listened to my interviews more carefully you could have done a better job of understanding what I was saying. The fact is, though, you spent the whole video rebutting arguments I don&apos;t make. In one case you strongly supported a key premise of one of my arguments, even as you thought you were delivering a knock-out blow against it. <br><br>I&apos;ll prepare a real response for you elsewhere. I do not intend to follow comments here, since I know from experience how quickly they pile up after I make a comment like this on an atheist page, and I have other work to do. For now, just know that you really should have read the book so you would have at least had some clue what you were talking about. I mean, I don&apos;t care if you buy the book. I&apos;m just thinking that for your sake, if you&apos;d wanted to do a video rebutting me, you might have found it at least somewhat in your own self-interest to know what you were talking about.

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• TE

  @te-ter · 6 years ago

  &quot;Jesus never used his power for himself, only for the good of others&quot;<br><br>yeah, a certain fig tree begs to wither.

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• KE

  @kevincrady2831 · 6 years ago

  [Sings]: &quot;Noooo oooone&apos;s slick as Gaston<br>No one&apos;s quick as Gaston<br>No one&apos;s neck&apos;s as incredibly thick as Gaston&apos;s<br>For there&apos;s no man in town half as manly<br>Perfect, a pure paragon!...&quot;<br><br>Therefore, Gaston is the Son of God! &nbsp;It&apos;s all true!

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• JO

  @JosephKeenan007 · 6 years ago

  &quot;But Jesus had to be real if they wrote stories about him.&quot; By that same logic Hercules is real.

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• CE

  @Cellidor · 6 years ago

  Whenever I hear &apos;No one has ever written a character as good as Jesus&apos;, knowing what I know about the bible, what I hear is &apos;I haven&apos;t read many other books than the bible&apos;.

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• WH

  @whippet71 · 6 years ago

  The Apostle Paul was more influential on Christianity than Jesus.

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• MA

  @mathiasrryba · 6 years ago

  &quot;No one could create a figure like Jesus.&quot;<br><br>I guess they didn&apos;t watch Shrek.

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• AM

  @Amateur0Visionary · 6 years ago

  These &quot;arguments&quot; are just awful. This book is just more proof that 99%+ of Christian apologetics exist only to siphon money away from those that already believe and just want a confidence boost.

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• TA

  @Talenel · 6 years ago

  Of course Tolkien never met a hobbit or a wizard. He just found and translated the Red Book of Westmarch, which contained Bilbo and Frodo&apos;s writings about their time with the One Ring, along with some other texts.

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• DA

  @dawnmcauley6411 · 6 years ago

  &quot;You can&apos;t write a Character like Jesus!&quot; Messianic Archetype. A literary trope that dates back to (and is named by) the Torah!

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• KE

  @kevincrady2831 · 6 years ago

  Apologist [pointing to passages he likes]: &quot;See? &nbsp;Jesus is so awesome, he has to have created the Universe!&quot;<br>Skeptic: [points to passages where Jesus says or does crazy shit like cursing olive trees, telling people to hate their families, etc., etc.]<br>Apologist: &quot;Who are you, oh [hu]man, to answer back to God? &nbsp;He&apos;s infinite, we&apos;re finite, so we can&apos;t judge him!&quot;<br><br>You can&apos;t have it both ways.

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• JA

  @jamesmasse5794 · 6 years ago

  So Jesus is too perfect and the reasonable conclusion from this to these people is not that the story is embellished but that Jesus is real?

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