Freethought Nation

The nature of this sort of discussion is that facts are ignored while opinions are discussed. I have put a lot of facts out there in chapter summaries which have been ignored. Booktalk is a venue for debate about opinions. It is only proselytizing if you fail to engage with criticism. I remain of the view that all of the comments I have made are within the scope of reasonable interpretation of the text.

My debate with ScoobyNubis was about his assertion that belief in miracles is legitimate. My opinion that belief in miracles is incompatible with science is hardly proselytizing a personal belief, and I didn't think much of his call for me to show more respect for believers in miracles. Nor do I think it is proselytizing to assert that mythicism promotes a reading of the texts within a finite rather than an infinite framework. This is a perfectly reasonable area of analysis that helps to set the book against other philosophy.

The question of whether mythicism suggests a rejection or a reform of Christianity is another one that is a reasonable topic for debate. I know this is a sensitive topic among some ex-fundamentalists, but the inference that mythicism means Christianity is irredeemable is one that Acharya may wish to comment on.

Star Burst made a rather scathing comment about Christ in Egypt condemning it as just a collection of sources. It is great that he is reading the book, but I am not sure how that comment added to the discussion.

Star Burst made a rather scathing comment about Christ in Egypt condemning it as just a collection of sources. It is great that he is reading the book, but I am not sure how that comment added to the discussion.

Needless to say, I'm disappointed to hear that the quality level is not particularly good at Booktalk.org.

And where did you hear that from? Perhaps you should read the forum before making such sweeping comments.

Yeah trolls are a problem. I made a few posts and just quit its a one sided discussion. I bought the Kindle version of the book off Amazon I can still read it without the BT discussion. Great book Achayra!

I just visited Booktalk again, and damn, this discussion really brought the nutjobs out of the woodwork, eh?

Is anyone else suspicious that all these posters are newbies who signed up very soon after one another and are defending one another?

I see the indications of a sock puppeteer.

He PM'd me and I asked him to start up an alchemy thread in the religion and philosophy forums because it wasn't suitable for the CiE discussion. And it served him well because he got attention on the new thread.

For whatever the reason, participation has declined. I know that a few people said that they have books on order. Hopefully it will pick up in August and September.