Hey, raving asshole! All I said was that I found the sources they used with a single mouse click.
No, that isn't all you said. Yous aid "the religion section was absolutely wonderful." You also said they "had their ducks in a row." You also suggested I had somehow overlooked something important when in fact I was right. Do you not understand what an original source document means?
When translations of any given ancient document is given in publication, the obligation is to disclose exactly what source ie being used. For example, when these idiots determine Horus was baptized, walked on water, etc., they had to have translated this from some ancient document.
Well, what is that document? They never say. Instead, we get a bunch of references to more atheist, anti-religion Christ mythers. I mean these idiots are so desperate that they're willing to call upon anyone, even knitting experts, to plea their case.
The reason they never provide the original source document is because they do not want you to verify their claims. Disclosing these things is a must. This is standard fare in scholarship, which is why these idiots are not considered reliable except among those who 1) have no apparent familiarity with scholarship and 2) aren't critically inclined. Enter people like you and GoodK.
And speaking of GoodK,
You've somehow managed to place me in the position of defending a movie I am not willing to defend.
No, you did that all by yourself.
I did, however, express disdain for your immediate dismissal of the entire movie based on one non-critical argument.
Based on one
non-critical argument? Are you truly this dumb? I based it on several points of fact that contradict its claims. You can't deal with my argument, which is why you're ignoring my points. And there is nothing wrong in immediate dismissal. Wouldn't you immediately dismiss a two hour movie when its opening chapter argues that the world was flat, humans lived in the sun and the moon was made of cheese?
I base my dismissal on knowledge I have gained researching this issue over the years. You admittedly have no knowledge, so you have chosen to play it neutral. That is fine, except for the fact that your admitted ignorance puts you in no position to challenge my
informed dismissal. You have no knowledge either way, so for you to "immediately dismiss" my dismissal without having engaged in
any research whatsoever, makes you a hypocrite at best, and a complete fool at worst.
I also expressed my lack of confidence in the references you cited.
Your lack of confidence is due to a lack of knowledge. You are a know nothing on this issue. You've expressed no valuable opinion either way because you are not interested in researching things for yourself. But you don't like my opinion because, well, you just don't. I suspect it has more to do with the fact that you roundly reject opinions from people based on their religious affiliation (i.e. Baptists).
You, on the other hand, have proven you lack the skills to engage in debate with real intellectuals
Oh?
You mean like Evangelical scholars on scholarly e-lists, or like debating Daniel Peterson on Islam, or Bill Hamblin, or Brian Hauglid, or John Gee, or David Bokovoy on biblical issues? Some happen to think I can hold my own rather well among intellectuals.
Stop pretending to be something you're not. You don't even understand the fundamental tools necessary to debate successfully. Good grief, you throw out terms like
non sequitur and straw man, when you obviously don't know what they mean. So go do yourself a favor, amateur.
Go earn your scars first, and then get back to me in ten years. Maybe then you'll have a track record worth comparing.
You have also proven to me, as well as a few others...
Oh, you want to make this a popularity contest. That's fine. But I seriously doubt a "few others" on this forum truly exist. I know the intellectual pulse of this forum fairly well, I should think.
“All knowledge of reality starts from experience and ends in it...Propositions arrived at by purely logical means are completely empty as regards reality." - Albert Einstein