Is it "insulting" to refer to god as "mythical"?

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Anonymous wrote:And no one is trying to “win you over”. LOL.

An atheist posted earlier in the thread that she thinks insulting DCUM’s dozen religion forum posters will cause America to go atheist and fix the Supreme Court. I mean, I think the current SC sucks too, but really? I’m not making this up. LOL.

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I’m guessing that you are (intentionally?) misrepresenting what was said.

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“Unless of course the religious (like the conservative majority on the court) try to impose their religion on the rest of us. Suddenly, one does feel like you need to get a larger share of the population to see that their baseline is a set of “myths” that non believers should not have to live under.”

The vast, vast majority of elected officials and all presidents claim to be Christians and say their Christian beliefs and faith guide them in their life and job. No president or elected official or media outlet refers to these beliefs or faith as Christian “myths.”

President Biden doesn’t talk about the “myths” that have shaped his life when he speaks of his Christianity.

?? but religious myths are the subject of this thread. I don't think any of us are running for elected office, so it isn't remotely relevant to the question what politicians say in order to get elected.

Why doesn’t anyone else but a handful of atheists posting online call Christianity a “myth?”

https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Christian-Supremacy-Restoring-Democratic/dp/1506482139/ref=sr_1_8?qid=1689633575&refinements=p_27%3ABurton+L.+Mack&s=books&sr=1-8&text=Burton+L.+Mack

"The Myth of Christian Supremacy is the culmination of a lifelong scholarly inquiry into Christian history, religion as a social institution, and the role of myth in the history of religions. Mack shows that religions are essentially mythological, and that Christianity has been an ever-changing mythological engine of social formation, from Roman times to its distinct American expression in our time.

Burton Mack explores cultural influence of the Christian myth over the last sixteen hundred years and asks whether religion has anything left to say about the social and cultural issues of the present state of the world."

Burton L. Mack was the Wesley Professor Emeritus of Early Christianity at Claremont School of Theology.

Burton who? It has exactly 1 review on Amazon and is ranked 2,754,463.

Obviously your goal here is to keep in insulting Christians.

Pp provided proof the term is commonly used without being pejorative.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And no one is trying to “win you over”. LOL.

An atheist posted earlier in the thread that she thinks insulting DCUM’s dozen religion forum posters will cause America to go atheist and fix the Supreme Court. I mean, I think the current SC sucks too, but really? I’m not making this up. LOL.

Page? Timestamp?

I’m guessing that you are (intentionally?) misrepresenting what was said.

Page 33 @22:39

“Unless of course the religious (like the conservative majority on the court) try to impose their religion on the rest of us. Suddenly, one does feel like you need to get a larger share of the population to see that their baseline is a set of “myths” that non believers should not have to live under.”

The vast, vast majority of elected officials and all presidents claim to be Christians and say their Christian beliefs and faith guide them in their life and job. No president or elected official or media outlet refers to these beliefs or faith as Christian “myths.”

President Biden doesn’t talk about the “myths” that have shaped his life when he speaks of his Christianity.

?? but religious myths are the subject of this thread. I don't think any of us are running for elected office, so it isn't remotely relevant to the question what politicians say in order to get elected.

Why doesn’t anyone else but a handful of atheists posting online call Christianity a “myth?”

https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Christian-Supremacy-Restoring-Democratic/dp/1506482139/ref=sr_1_8?qid=1689633575&refinements=p_27%3ABurton+L.+Mack&s=books&sr=1-8&text=Burton+L.+Mack

"The Myth of Christian Supremacy is the culmination of a lifelong scholarly inquiry into Christian history, religion as a social institution, and the role of myth in the history of religions. Mack shows that religions are essentially mythological, and that Christianity has been an ever-changing mythological engine of social formation, from Roman times to its distinct American expression in our time.

Burton Mack explores cultural influence of the Christian myth over the last sixteen hundred years and asks whether religion has anything left to say about the social and cultural issues of the present state of the world."

Burton L. Mack was the Wesley Professor Emeritus of Early Christianity at Claremont School of Theology.

Burton who? It has exactly 1 review on Amazon and is ranked 2,754,463.

Obviously your goal here is to keep in insulting Christians.

Pp provided proof the term is commonly used without being pejorative.

You’re really reaching. I wouldn’t call 2,754,463th in the rankings “commonly used.”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And no one is trying to “win you over”. LOL.

An atheist posted earlier in the thread that she thinks insulting DCUM’s dozen religion forum posters will cause America to go atheist and fix the Supreme Court. I mean, I think the current SC sucks too, but really? I’m not making this up. LOL.

Page? Timestamp?

I’m guessing that you are (intentionally?) misrepresenting what was said.

Page 33 @22:39

“Unless of course the religious (like the conservative majority on the court) try to impose their religion on the rest of us. Suddenly, one does feel like you need to get a larger share of the population to see that their baseline is a set of “myths” that non believers should not have to live under.”

The vast, vast majority of elected officials and all presidents claim to be Christians and say their Christian beliefs and faith guide them in their life and job. No president or elected official or media outlet refers to these beliefs or faith as Christian “myths.”

President Biden doesn’t talk about the “myths” that have shaped his life when he speaks of his Christianity.

?? but religious myths are the subject of this thread. I don't think any of us are running for elected office, so it isn't remotely relevant to the question what politicians say in order to get elected.

Why doesn’t anyone else but a handful of atheists posting online call Christianity a “myth?”

https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Christian-Supremacy-Restoring-Democratic/dp/1506482139/ref=sr_1_8?qid=1689633575&refinements=p_27%3ABurton+L.+Mack&s=books&sr=1-8&text=Burton+L.+Mack

"The Myth of Christian Supremacy is the culmination of a lifelong scholarly inquiry into Christian history, religion as a social institution, and the role of myth in the history of religions. Mack shows that religions are essentially mythological, and that Christianity has been an ever-changing mythological engine of social formation, from Roman times to its distinct American expression in our time.

Burton Mack explores cultural influence of the Christian myth over the last sixteen hundred years and asks whether religion has anything left to say about the social and cultural issues of the present state of the world."

Burton L. Mack was the Wesley Professor Emeritus of Early Christianity at Claremont School of Theology.

Burton who? It has exactly 1 review on Amazon and is ranked 2,754,463.

Obviously your goal here is to keep in insulting Christians.

Pp provided proof the term is commonly used without being pejorative.

You’re really reaching. I wouldn’t call 2,754,463th in the rankings “commonly used.”

It appears you do not understand what the word "commonly" means, as in "common usage". Also not sure why an amazon rank of a single book would be a reliable indicator of that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And no one is trying to “win you over”. LOL.

An atheist posted earlier in the thread that she thinks insulting DCUM’s dozen religion forum posters will cause America to go atheist and fix the Supreme Court. I mean, I think the current SC sucks too, but really? I’m not making this up. LOL.

Page? Timestamp?

I’m guessing that you are (intentionally?) misrepresenting what was said.

Page 33 @22:39

“Unless of course the religious (like the conservative majority on the court) try to impose their religion on the rest of us. Suddenly, one does feel like you need to get a larger share of the population to see that their baseline is a set of “myths” that non believers should not have to live under.”

The vast, vast majority of elected officials and all presidents claim to be Christians and say their Christian beliefs and faith guide them in their life and job. No president or elected official or media outlet refers to these beliefs or faith as Christian “myths.”

President Biden doesn’t talk about the “myths” that have shaped his life when he speaks of his Christianity.

?? but religious myths are the subject of this thread. I don't think any of us are running for elected office, so it isn't remotely relevant to the question what politicians say in order to get elected.

Why doesn’t anyone else but a handful of atheists posting online call Christianity a “myth?”

https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Christian-Supremacy-Restoring-Democratic/dp/1506482139/ref=sr_1_8?qid=1689633575&refinements=p_27%3ABurton+L.+Mack&s=books&sr=1-8&text=Burton+L.+Mack

"The Myth of Christian Supremacy is the culmination of a lifelong scholarly inquiry into Christian history, religion as a social institution, and the role of myth in the history of religions. Mack shows that religions are essentially mythological, and that Christianity has been an ever-changing mythological engine of social formation, from Roman times to its distinct American expression in our time.

Burton Mack explores cultural influence of the Christian myth over the last sixteen hundred years and asks whether religion has anything left to say about the social and cultural issues of the present state of the world."

Burton L. Mack was the Wesley Professor Emeritus of Early Christianity at Claremont School of Theology.

Burton who? It has exactly 1 review on Amazon and is ranked 2,754,463.

Obviously your goal here is to keep in insulting Christians.

The point is who he isn't. He isn't an atheist posting online. He was a respected New Testament professor at Claremont.
https://cst.edu/news/in-memoriam-burton-l-mack/

https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Myth-Origins-Logic-Legacy/dp/0826415431
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Wrote-New-Testament-Christian/dp/0060655186

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And no one is trying to “win you over”. LOL.

An atheist posted earlier in the thread that she thinks insulting DCUM’s dozen religion forum posters will cause America to go atheist and fix the Supreme Court. I mean, I think the current SC sucks too, but really? I’m not making this up. LOL.

Page? Timestamp?

I’m guessing that you are (intentionally?) misrepresenting what was said.

Page 33 @22:39

“Unless of course the religious (like the conservative majority on the court) try to impose their religion on the rest of us. Suddenly, one does feel like you need to get a larger share of the population to see that their baseline is a set of “myths” that non believers should not have to live under.”

The vast, vast majority of elected officials and all presidents claim to be Christians and say their Christian beliefs and faith guide them in their life and job. No president or elected official or media outlet refers to these beliefs or faith as Christian “myths.”

President Biden doesn’t talk about the “myths” that have shaped his life when he speaks of his Christianity.

?? but religious myths are the subject of this thread. I don't think any of us are running for elected office, so it isn't remotely relevant to the question what politicians say in order to get elected.

Why doesn’t anyone else but a handful of atheists posting online call Christianity a “myth?”

https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Christian-Supremacy-Restoring-Democratic/dp/1506482139/ref=sr_1_8?qid=1689633575&refinements=p_27%3ABurton+L.+Mack&s=books&sr=1-8&text=Burton+L.+Mack

"The Myth of Christian Supremacy is the culmination of a lifelong scholarly inquiry into Christian history, religion as a social institution, and the role of myth in the history of religions. Mack shows that religions are essentially mythological, and that Christianity has been an ever-changing mythological engine of social formation, from Roman times to its distinct American expression in our time.

Burton Mack explores cultural influence of the Christian myth over the last sixteen hundred years and asks whether religion has anything left to say about the social and cultural issues of the present state of the world."

Burton L. Mack was the Wesley Professor Emeritus of Early Christianity at Claremont School of Theology.

Burton who? It has exactly 1 review on Amazon and is ranked 2,754,463.

Obviously your goal here is to keep in insulting Christians.

The point is who he isn't. He isn't an atheist posting online. He was a respected New Testament professor at Claremont.
https://cst.edu/news/in-memoriam-burton-l-mack/

https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Myth-Origins-Logic-Legacy/dp/0826415431
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Wrote-New-Testament-Christian/dp/0060655186

The point is that people of faith here think myth, fairies, and comparisons to Santa Claus and Zeus are insulting.

You don’t get to decide what’s insulting. If you haven’t learned anything from DiAngelo during the last three years, then listen to the moderator, who wrote today, “ Is it "insulting" to refer to god as "mythical"? — This is only a relevant question to those who believe in god because it obviously wouldn't be insulting to non-believers.”

Plus, some of you know damn well you’re being insulting and you want to insult with impunity—the subject of someone else’s thread today in website feedback.

Why is it so impossible for you to have respectful discussions? Think what you want but be respectful when you talk to people. This is civics 101.

[Anonymous]

Was C.S. Lewis being insulting when he referred to Christianity as a myth? Yes he believed it also, but he called it a myth, a “true myth”. So do many other scholars and theologians. Not just one guy with a book on Amazon and two ladies here.

Google it. Google Christianity is a myth and then come back and mea culpa.

So ignorant.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And no one is trying to “win you over”. LOL.

An atheist posted earlier in the thread that she thinks insulting DCUM’s dozen religion forum posters will cause America to go atheist and fix the Supreme Court. I mean, I think the current SC sucks too, but really? I’m not making this up. LOL.

Page? Timestamp?

I’m guessing that you are (intentionally?) misrepresenting what was said.

Page 33 @22:39

“Unless of course the religious (like the conservative majority on the court) try to impose their religion on the rest of us. Suddenly, one does feel like you need to get a larger share of the population to see that their baseline is a set of “myths” that non believers should not have to live under.”

The vast, vast majority of elected officials and all presidents claim to be Christians and say their Christian beliefs and faith guide them in their life and job. No president or elected official or media outlet refers to these beliefs or faith as Christian “myths.”

President Biden doesn’t talk about the “myths” that have shaped his life when he speaks of his Christianity.

?? but religious myths are the subject of this thread. I don't think any of us are running for elected office, so it isn't remotely relevant to the question what politicians say in order to get elected.

Why doesn’t anyone else but a handful of atheists posting online call Christianity a “myth?”

https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Christian-Supremacy-Restoring-Democratic/dp/1506482139/ref=sr_1_8?qid=1689633575&refinements=p_27%3ABurton+L.+Mack&s=books&sr=1-8&text=Burton+L.+Mack

"The Myth of Christian Supremacy is the culmination of a lifelong scholarly inquiry into Christian history, religion as a social institution, and the role of myth in the history of religions. Mack shows that religions are essentially mythological, and that Christianity has been an ever-changing mythological engine of social formation, from Roman times to its distinct American expression in our time.

Burton Mack explores cultural influence of the Christian myth over the last sixteen hundred years and asks whether religion has anything left to say about the social and cultural issues of the present state of the world."

Burton L. Mack was the Wesley Professor Emeritus of Early Christianity at Claremont School of Theology.

Burton who? It has exactly 1 review on Amazon and is ranked 2,754,463.

Obviously your goal here is to keep in insulting Christians.

The point is who he isn't. He isn't an atheist posting online. He was a respected New Testament professor at Claremont.
https://cst.edu/news/in-memoriam-burton-l-mack/

https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Myth-Origins-Logic-Legacy/dp/0826415431
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Wrote-New-Testament-Christian/dp/0060655186

The point is that people of faith here think myth, fairies, and comparisons to Santa Claus and Zeus are insulting.

You don’t get to decide what’s insulting. If you haven’t learned anything from DiAngelo during the last three years, then listen to the moderator, who wrote today, “ Is it "insulting" to refer to god as "mythical"? — This is only a relevant question to those who believe in god because it obviously wouldn't be insulting to non-believers.”

Plus, some of you know damn well you’re being insulting and you want to insult with impunity—the subject of someone else’s thread today in website feedback.

Why is it so impossible for you to have respectful discussions? Think what you want but be respectful when you talk to people. This is civics 101.

I was simply providing an example of someone who isn't an anonymous online poster who, after much research and analysis, believes Christianity is myth. A New Testament professor, no less.

Was it really insulting to share a link to this book by a biblical scholar?

[Anonymous]

I love this thread, even though it periodically devolves into juvenile name calling ... I think there's a sincere question at its core.

And I don't think believers are the only ones with a legit point of view about whether 'myth' as a descriptor is offensive. If believers think it's offensive, they should be able to defend that assertion with logic, not identity politics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was C.S. Lewis being insulting when he referred to Christianity as a myth? Yes he believed it also, but he called it a myth, a “true myth”. So do many other scholars and theologians. Not just one guy with a book on Amazon and two ladies here.

Google it. Google Christianity is a myth and then come back and mea culpa.

So ignorant.

Intent matters. The two trolling atheists don’t use “myth” respectfully so CS Lewis has nothing to do with their behavior.

So ignorant.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And no one is trying to “win you over”. LOL.

An atheist posted earlier in the thread that she thinks insulting DCUM’s dozen religion forum posters will cause America to go atheist and fix the Supreme Court. I mean, I think the current SC sucks too, but really? I’m not making this up. LOL.

Page? Timestamp?

I’m guessing that you are (intentionally?) misrepresenting what was said.

Page 33 @22:39

“Unless of course the religious (like the conservative majority on the court) try to impose their religion on the rest of us. Suddenly, one does feel like you need to get a larger share of the population to see that their baseline is a set of “myths” that non believers should not have to live under.”

The vast, vast majority of elected officials and all presidents claim to be Christians and say their Christian beliefs and faith guide them in their life and job. No president or elected official or media outlet refers to these beliefs or faith as Christian “myths.”

President Biden doesn’t talk about the “myths” that have shaped his life when he speaks of his Christianity.

?? but religious myths are the subject of this thread. I don't think any of us are running for elected office, so it isn't remotely relevant to the question what politicians say in order to get elected.

Why doesn’t anyone else but a handful of atheists posting online call Christianity a “myth?”

https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Christian-Supremacy-Restoring-Democratic/dp/1506482139/ref=sr_1_8?qid=1689633575&refinements=p_27%3ABurton+L.+Mack&s=books&sr=1-8&text=Burton+L.+Mack

"The Myth of Christian Supremacy is the culmination of a lifelong scholarly inquiry into Christian history, religion as a social institution, and the role of myth in the history of religions. Mack shows that religions are essentially mythological, and that Christianity has been an ever-changing mythological engine of social formation, from Roman times to its distinct American expression in our time.

Burton Mack explores cultural influence of the Christian myth over the last sixteen hundred years and asks whether religion has anything left to say about the social and cultural issues of the present state of the world."

Burton L. Mack was the Wesley Professor Emeritus of Early Christianity at Claremont School of Theology.

Burton who? It has exactly 1 review on Amazon and is ranked 2,754,463.

Obviously your goal here is to keep in insulting Christians.

The point is who he isn't. He isn't an atheist posting online. He was a respected New Testament professor at Claremont.
https://cst.edu/news/in-memoriam-burton-l-mack/

https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Myth-Origins-Logic-Legacy/dp/0826415431
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Wrote-New-Testament-Christian/dp/0060655186

The point is that people of faith here think myth, fairies, and comparisons to Santa Claus and Zeus are insulting.

You don’t get to decide what’s insulting. If you haven’t learned anything from DiAngelo during the last three years, then listen to the moderator, who wrote today, “ Is it "insulting" to refer to god as "mythical"? — This is only a relevant question to those who believe in god because it obviously wouldn't be insulting to non-believers.”

Plus, some of you know damn well you’re being insulting and you want to insult with impunity—the subject of someone else’s thread today in website feedback.

Why is it so impossible for you to have respectful discussions? Think what you want but be respectful when you talk to people. This is civics 101.

I was simply providing an example of someone who isn't an anonymous online poster who, after much research and analysis, believes Christianity is myth. A New Testament professor, no less.

Was it really insulting to share a link to this book by a biblical scholar?

The author is an atheist. It doesn’t matter that he’s a New Testament scholar—ask Bart Ehrman,

You’re so dishonest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love this thread, even though it periodically devolves into juvenile name calling ... I think there's a sincere question at its core.

And I don't think believers are the only ones with a legit point of view about whether 'myth' as a descriptor is offensive. If believers think it's offensive, they should be able to defend that assertion with logic, not identity politics.

You know very well what the “logic” is. It’s the same reason you use “myth” intending to be offensive and some of you openly admit that. The op of the website feedback thread quoted one of you saying that she wants to be offensive.

Don’t play dumb, you just look dishonest instead.

[Anonymous]

So yeah, I’m done with dealing with the two atheists who are deliberately offensive but are dishonest about their motives.

I’ll just report offensive posts to the moderator, who apparently agrees that offensiveness has no place on his website.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And no one is trying to “win you over”. LOL.

An atheist posted earlier in the thread that she thinks insulting DCUM’s dozen religion forum posters will cause America to go atheist and fix the Supreme Court. I mean, I think the current SC sucks too, but really? I’m not making this up. LOL.

Page? Timestamp?

I’m guessing that you are (intentionally?) misrepresenting what was said.

Page 33 @22:39

“Unless of course the religious (like the conservative majority on the court) try to impose their religion on the rest of us. Suddenly, one does feel like you need to get a larger share of the population to see that their baseline is a set of “myths” that non believers should not have to live under.”

The vast, vast majority of elected officials and all presidents claim to be Christians and say their Christian beliefs and faith guide them in their life and job. No president or elected official or media outlet refers to these beliefs or faith as Christian “myths.”

President Biden doesn’t talk about the “myths” that have shaped his life when he speaks of his Christianity.

?? but religious myths are the subject of this thread. I don't think any of us are running for elected office, so it isn't remotely relevant to the question what politicians say in order to get elected.

Why doesn’t anyone else but a handful of atheists posting online call Christianity a “myth?”

https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Christian-Supremacy-Restoring-Democratic/dp/1506482139/ref=sr_1_8?qid=1689633575&refinements=p_27%3ABurton+L.+Mack&s=books&sr=1-8&text=Burton+L.+Mack

"The Myth of Christian Supremacy is the culmination of a lifelong scholarly inquiry into Christian history, religion as a social institution, and the role of myth in the history of religions. Mack shows that religions are essentially mythological, and that Christianity has been an ever-changing mythological engine of social formation, from Roman times to its distinct American expression in our time.

Burton Mack explores cultural influence of the Christian myth over the last sixteen hundred years and asks whether religion has anything left to say about the social and cultural issues of the present state of the world."

Burton L. Mack was the Wesley Professor Emeritus of Early Christianity at Claremont School of Theology.

Burton who? It has exactly 1 review on Amazon and is ranked 2,754,463.

Obviously your goal here is to keep in insulting Christians.

The point is who he isn't. He isn't an atheist posting online. He was a respected New Testament professor at Claremont.
https://cst.edu/news/in-memoriam-burton-l-mack/

https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Myth-Origins-Logic-Legacy/dp/0826415431
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Wrote-New-Testament-Christian/dp/0060655186

The point is that people of faith here think myth, fairies, and comparisons to Santa Claus and Zeus are insulting.

You don’t get to decide what’s insulting. If you haven’t learned anything from DiAngelo during the last three years, then listen to the moderator, who wrote today, “ Is it "insulting" to refer to god as "mythical"? — This is only a relevant question to those who believe in god because it obviously wouldn't be insulting to non-believers.”

Plus, some of you know damn well you’re being insulting and you want to insult with impunity—the subject of someone else’s thread today in website feedback.

Why is it so impossible for you to have respectful discussions? Think what you want but be respectful when you talk to people. This is civics 101.

I was simply providing an example of someone who isn't an anonymous online poster who, after much research and analysis, believes Christianity is myth. A New Testament professor, no less.

Was it really insulting to share a link to this book by a biblical scholar?

The author is an atheist. It doesn’t matter that he’s a New Testament scholar—ask Bart Ehrman,

You’re so dishonest.

Again, how is it insulting - or dishonest - to share a link to a book by a biblical scholar?

Someone asked “Why doesn’t anyone else but a handful of atheists posting online call Christianity a “myth?”” and this clearly refutes that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So yeah, I’m done with dealing with the two atheists who are deliberately offensive but are dishonest about their motives.

I’ll just report offensive posts to the moderator, who apparently agrees that offensiveness has no place on his website.

You seriously consider posting links to books “offensive”?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love this thread, even though it periodically devolves into juvenile name calling ... I think there's a sincere question at its core.

And I don't think believers are the only ones with a legit point of view about whether 'myth' as a descriptor is offensive. If believers think it's offensive, they should be able to defend that assertion with logic, not identity politics.

You know very well what the “logic” is. It’s the same reason you use “myth” intending to be offensive and some of you openly admit that. The op of the website feedback thread quoted one of you saying that she wants to be offensive.

Don’t play dumb, you just look dishonest instead.

You do realize that there are many different posters, right? With many different perspectives and intentions.