“The study of theology, as it stands in Christian churches, is the study of nothing; it is founded on nothing; it rests on no principles; it proceeds by no authorities; it has no data; it can demonstrate nothing; and it admits of no conclusion.

Thomas Paine in the Age of Reason.

ChatGPT produces plausible text—sometimes wrong—with confidence. OpenAI’s own docs warn it can generate convincing but inaccurate answers. Quoting a ChatGPT paragraph isn’t evidence; it’s an appeal to authority to a system that explicitly isn’t one. If you want a proof, make testable predictions that don’t depend on hand-picked conventions.…[Read more]

King Iyk wrote:
No theology → no meaning = empty structure.

Did AI say that?  It must be right.  Yet, theology is just endless gymnastics trying to make religion make sense.

As atheists, we all have meaning in our lives.  My goal is to be happy and to flourish.  So, anything that affects those goals has meaning for me.

TheEncogitationer wrote:
King Iyk, Yeah, but ancient people used sundials, water clocks, and hourglasses to tell time. How does the alleged Crucifixion tie in with those? And Saint Peter was allegedly hung upside down on his cross, so would this reverse his timeline? And what about Scarecrow’s brain?

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King Iyk,

Yeah, but ancient people used sundials, water clocks, and hourglasses to tell time. How does the alleged Crucifixion tie in with those?

And Saint Peter was allegedly hung upside down on his cross, so would this reverse his timeline?

And what about Scarecrow’s brain?

King Iyk wrote:
This alignment between the Crucifixion Timeline and the Time Clock is a strikingly precise match that defies mere coincidence.

Yes, but so what?  What does it prove?