Most believers in this invisible sky-goblin are otherwise ordinary, normal and sane people, many capable of both reading and writing, some even do maths pretty well, and the majority are probably able to separate real life events from fantasies in every other arena of life except when it comes to religion. Then they turn from being reasonably rational adults into anxious, superstitious six-year olds, frightened of a strict invisible father in the sky. No one ever heard him speak, but somehow he silently communicates with the dudes in the fancy gowns (and sometimes funny hats), - the priests. They seem to understand his magic silent communication and can mediate the congregation what the sky-goblin thinks. In an amazing way the priest's and the sky-goblin's opinions very often converge. It's marvellous!
What is very disturbing here, is that most of these people do not know the first thing about their religion's background or history. Very few have ever really read the Bible, and most have an almost total ignorance of even the simplest facts of church history.
That is what I'll try
to do something about here. On these pages I present some of the essential
things that most people do not know about Christianity, but things that they
should know to be able to make informed choices about the religion's assertions.
This information is some of the results of years of reading and studying the
subject. I have tried to make a tiny bit of this material available on these
web-pages, and there are several other resources on the Internet for the reader
who wants more in-depth information on the subject.
I will try to update these pages now and then, whenever I find time. Thanks
to Clayton Brown for input on spelling and grammar.
Ragnar
L. Borsheim,
Norway
If someone wonders about my background, my university education is as
an archaeologist (cand.Philol).
PS: I don't
hate Christians. There is a lot of nice Christian people out there, but I
think most of them are not too well informed. I think that people are entitled
to their own beliefs and opinions. But I do also think that people should
have the decency to know the basic history of the religion they use as a foundation
for their lives. At least they should read the Bible, to see for themselves
what is really written there.
If you don't like the contents of these pages, don't read them. For the record:
I'm not trying to trick or deceive anyone here, - all the references and historical
information on these pages should be correct as far as I know.
But you don't have to take my word for it. I really
recommend readers to check up the information on these pages for themselves.
Keep an open mind. Reality is out there.
