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Why Christianity? (Way of the Master)

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Why Christianity? is the title of the sixth episode from season three of The Way of the Master.

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And if the judge allowed the man to walk free, and instead the judge decides to murdered/jail his own son -- and all the killer has to do is "believed" it happened to wash away all his crimes.... that's justice??? Did Moses see God. Apparently he did. Exodus 33:11 says "And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend." Also, Deuteronomy 34:10 says "And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face." Throughout the Bible, God appears to many people, and they do not die. God walked with Adam in the Garden of Eden, but Adam did not die. You do not "violate" the law of gravity by falling, instead you are obeying the law. Kirk and Ray cherry-pick the Commandments to fit their agenda, which are not even the real Ten Commandments. If an all-powerful deity cares about evil acts, why doesn't he simply prevent them, or make them impossible in the first place? There are several MMORPG's available today, World of Warcraft, Rift, and Second Life to name a few. Characters can "die" but they just have to restart from somewhere. If a player is causing problems, the admins can simply ban them from the virtual world. Why does God wait for an evil act to happen and then do something that doesn't even repair the damage? Ray gives us an all-powerful being reacting to things he can prevent like a mere human being. If God is angered at the sight of murder, why not make it impossible to murder someone, like human game developers already have? And this is assuming that an afterlife and a god exist in the first place. Real or fictional, the god that Ray believes in doesn't seem to be very smart. The issue is just in Kirk's imagination. There is no evidence for a Hell. How dishonest can you get. Already beforehand, they dismiss each of them by assuming and asserting that their particular god is the only god and hell is a real place without any empirical data or proof for either. The law is written on our hearts? Then how do you explain several people with zero moral compass? When a Christian does an evil act, like Hitler, Kirk and Ray and their ilk are quick to say they are not "true Christians" which is the No True Scotsman fallacy. If we are to obey the Commandments, they say nothing about rape, child molestation, torture, slavery, and such. Since none of these are in the top Ten important things to God, does that mean they are good? If god truly is benevolent, all loving, merciful, and such, then by his own character he would forgive. This person did a decent job while Ray acted hypocritical and childish. Ray has the curiosity to ask the man "how do you know that?" but Ray does not explain how he "knows" there is a God, Hell, etc. The honest truth is Ray does not "know" he is making it up. Ray tries to play with his mind by showing that in a rush he may make a mistake. Skeptics are willing to take the time to examine the evidence and logic behind things, but not Ray who is guided by dogmatism and blind faith. Ray then childishly insults Monks. One way to deal with this type of evangelist is to say, “But you may be wrong, suppose there is a God who rewards critical thinking and will send you to hell for following blind faith. “ After that the preacher may become frightened not to think. Ray and Kirk basically tricked the man by switching the scenario of the analogy all of the sudden, but keep the gifts the same. Imagine if you change the scenario to this: you must get to an important meeting to make ten billion dollars and you need a ride. You may pick the keys to the car. How about this analogy: you are not on a plane, you are in the streets homeless and hungry. You will probably choose to take the cash. How about if we keep the plane scenario, but we change the gifts. You are offered a parachute, a time machine , a glider , or the Iron Man suit . All of them will save you from the falling plane. You even have the option to have a skilled pilot who could land the plane safely in the Hudson River. This is Ray and Kirk's Parachute Analogy, which is a revision of the flawed argument known as Pascal's Wager.

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Why Christianity? is the title of the sixth episode from season three of The Way of the Master.