All Annotations of Damnable Syllogism[Preview]

saved byCheung Ming Yeung on 2008-06-18

• Look, we've got an explanation for the
  death of Jesus that says he can't have died for sins of his own, so it
  must have been for someone else's. This means these others must have
  needed him to die for them. So their sin must have been something more
  serious than the Jewish concept of "spot sins" that could be
  dealt with by "spot forgiveness" here and there. Otherwise, why
  go to the trouble to send a divine savior?
• what was the point of Christ dying?
  It must have been necessary, so let's posit a condition serious enough to
  require it!
• original sin
• It is not an inference
  inductively arrived at. It is an after-the-fact rationalization.
• How can the Christian be sure everyone needs Christ's atonement? Th is
  is what we are asking when we tell the pushy evangelist that his faith is
  fine for him, but that we prefer another way. Why do I have to go your
  way? The answer, the real, psychological answer, is that "It has to
  be the way for everybody without exception. If it's only for some people,
  I won't know if I am one of the ones it will work for!"