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Can common Christian defences to criticisms be on this page?

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If they are not allowed, where should they go? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jarfuls of Tweed (talk • contribs) 10:36, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

As long as they're respectful, well-thought and truly show God's nature then why not? You should tho, think twice before commenting, so that you don't lead people astray. And since Christianity is about love, you should be careful and respond lovingly. It's ok to disagree and have an unshaken opinion, but it's best if done nicely. Remember dear friends, we are all representing something other than ourselves: firstly God, then eachother. 77.247.88.228 (talk) 13:39, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Is Christianity Polytheistic? Controversial Introduction Text

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Someone added the term ‘polytheism’ along with other intellectual arguments against Christianity; which now reads: “... The Intellectual arguments against Christianity include the suppositions that it is a faith of violence, corruption, superstition, polytheism, bigotry, and sectarianism.” Not only it is exceedingly Offensive to polytheism and we polytheists, but it also lacks citations: what are the evidences that Christianity is polytheistic? Who, which ‘intellectual’ in particular argued it? Please immediately delete it as it suggests serious interference from Christians targeting Polytheists. And why should the page be unreasonably protected anyways? Please unlock it. Polytheist01 (talk) 10:47, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Polytheism is a typical criticism of Christianity levelled by Muslims. It's mentioned briefly (with citation) in the article body . PepperBeast (talk) 12:29, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your reply. But is an accusation from the muslims, and perhaps the muslims alone, critical enough to be stressed in the first paragraph? If you ask any Buddhist, Taoist, or Shintoist, hardly anyone of them would agree to acknowledge Christianity as polytheistic. And Again, it really is very, Very offensive to put polytheism and commonly negatively perceived vocabularies in the same line. Try Put yourself in other's shoes for one second; how would a monotheist reader feel, when reading e.g. Criticism on Buddhism to encounter in the introduction: The intellectual arguments against Buddhism include the suppositions that it is faith of violence, ignorance, monotheism, bigotry, hypocrisy, nationalism and sectarianism? Please at least be more neutral and considerate with wording. Polytheist01 (talk) 20:48, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The polytheism (Shirk (Islam)) criticism is longstanding and significant, and amounts to an accusation from one monotheist religion that another monotheist religion is doing it wrong. Your claim of offensiveness is misplaced. PepperBeast (talk) 22:23, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Then use Shirk (Islam). Both to be more precise with your accusation- what exactly do you mean by 'polytheism', and to compensate for the complete lack of a Trinity section. Polytheist01 (talk) 12:25, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know who you think you're addressing. I'm not a significant contributor to this article. I added a link to shirk as well as to Christianity and Islam. If you have something to contribute regarding the trinity, that's great, but Trinitarianism is actually a core belief of a large majority of Christians, so just sticking the word in the lede is meaningless. PepperBeast (talk) 16:34, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Apart from the trinity, there is criticism of Christianity for being polytheistic, rather than monotheistic as it claims to be, because of the tradition in some Christian denominations (including the largest one) of praying to saints and asking them to intercede in earthly matters. I'm not inclined to work on this article myself, but maybe someone could find the sources to confirm this and include it in the article. Phil Bridger (talk) 17:45, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I see. Of course. saints and local saints attributed with traits normally associated with earlier Ethnic Gods and Goddesses when they heavily sanctioned what they call 'pagan' - the Indigenous and Classical religions. Personally could not care less about the trinity but a (sub-)section on Criticism from e.g. The Stoics such as Emperor Marcus Aurelius should be written as they are amongst the most skeptical towards the christians, referring to them as the 'dramatic ones'. Polytheist01 (talk) 10:53, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No dears, it is not! The concept of the trinity is really complex, and not really mentioned as much, but: The Father (Jehovah) is God, The Son (Jesus) is God and The Holy Spirit is also God, the Father is not the Son nor The Holy Spirit and so on. Although they are 3 distinct beings, they are One. I know it's hard and confusing, but God has said that we aren't meant to know everything, because only God is all-knowing, and God doesn't need to operate in human ways. For His ways are Higher then ours. He only revealed what we need to know. Hope that helped! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.247.88.228 (talk) 13:48, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"I know it's hard and confusing" It is neither hard, nor confusing. It is the old pagan concept of the triple deity: "a deity with three apparent forms that function as a singular whole. Such deities may sometimes be referred to as threefold, tripled, triplicate, tripartite, triune, triadic, or as a trinity. The number three has a long history of mythical associations and triple deities are common throughout world mythology. Carl Jung considered the arrangement of deities into triplets an archetype in the history of religion." Dimadick (talk) 19:18, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
🙄 —DIYeditor (talk) 20:00, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Origins" section.

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The section as it focuses on the historicity of Jesus, which is more relevant to 'Christ myth theory' or 'Criticism of Jesus' rather than a broad critique of Christianity. This content is not directly related to general criticisms of Christianity as a religion. I’m leaning towards excluding it. StarkReport (talk) 08:31, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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== Further reading ==

=== Skeptical of Christianity ===

For a more comprehensive list, see Bibliography of books critical of Christianity.
  • A Rationalist Encyclopaedia: A book of reference on religion, philosophy, ethics and science, Gryphon Books (1971).
  • Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon, by Daniel Dennett
  • Civilization and its discontents, by Sigmund Freud
  • Death and Afterlife, Perspectives of World Religions, by Hiroshi Obayashi
  • Einstein and Religion, by Max Jammer
  • From Jesus to Christianity, by L. Michael White
  • Future of an illusion, by Sigmund Freud
  • Harvesting our souls: Missionaries, their design, their claims. by Shourie, Arun. (2006). New Delhi: Rupa.
  • History of Hindu-Christian encounters, AD 304 to 1996. by Goel, Sita Ram. 2016.
  • Hindu view of Christianity and Islam. by Swarup, Ram (1992).
  • Letter to a Christian Nation, by Sam Harris
  • Light of truth : Or an English translation of the Satyarth Prakash. Dayananda, S., & Bharadwaja, C. (1915). Allahabad: Arya Pratinidhi Sabha.
  • Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why, by Bart Ehrman
  • Missionaries in India: Continuities, changes, dilemmas. Shourie, Arun. (2006). New Delhi: Rupa.
  • My Illumination by Richard Green
  • Out of my later years and the World as I see it, by Albert Einstein
  • Russell on Religion, by Louis Greenspan (Includes most all of Russell's essays on religion)
  • The Antichrist, by Friedrich Nietzsche
  • The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins
  • God Is Not Great, by Christopher Hitchens
  • The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God, by Carl Sagan
  • Understanding the Bible, by Stephen L Harris
  • Where God and Science Meet [Three Volumes]: How Brain and Evolutionary Studies Alter Our Understanding of Religion, by Patrick McNamara
  • Why I am not a Christian and other essays, by Bertrand Russell
  • Why I Became an Atheist: A Former Preacher Rejects Christianity, by John W. Loftus (Prometheus Books, 2008)
  • The Christian Delusion, edited by John W. Loftus, foreword by Dan Barker (Prometheus Books, 2010)
  • Christian Missionary Activities Enquiry Committee (Madhya Pradesh, India), and Sita Ram Goel. 1998. Vindicated by time: the Niyogi Committee report on Christian missionary activities. New Delhi: Voice of India.
  • The End of Christianity, edited by John W. Loftus (Prometheus Books, 2011)
  • The Historical Evidence for Jesus, by G. A. Wells (Prometheus Books, 1988)
  • The Jesus Puzzle, by Earl Doherty (Age of Reason Publications, 1999)
  • The encyclopedia of Biblical errancy, by C. Dennis McKinsey (Prometheus Books, 1995)
  • godless, by Dan Barker (Ulysses Press 2008)
  • The Jesus Mysteries by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy (Element 1999)
  • The reason driven life by Robert M. Price (Prometheus Books, 2006)
  • The Case Against Christianity by Michael Martin
  • The case against the case for Christ by Robert M. Price (American atheist press 2010)
  • God, the failed hypothesis by Victor J. Stenger (Prometheus Books, 2007)
  • Jesus never existed by Kenneth Humphreys (Iconoclast Press, 2005)

Defending Christianity

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For a more comprehensive list, see List of Christian apologetic works.
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