Remarks on the work of the reverend Robert Taylor, styled The Diegesis

A reply to the reverend Robert Taylor's famous book, The Diegesis, in which Taylor exposes Christianity as having descended from an Egyptian form of sun worship.

At first glance this may appear to be simply Argumentum Ad-hominem (attack the messenger, not the message). Mr. Taylor is described using the words:

contempt, pity, blind, cunning, blindness, gross, injurious, controversialist, superficial, devoid, unbelief, fallen, indulgence, evil, iniquity, fearfull, apathie, deceived, hardened, deprived, snared, hideous, pride, infidelity, scorner, unbeliever, deceive, misery, fool, atheist, falsities, error, absurd, contradiction, incongruous, unimportant, misrepresenting, absence, unfit, defeat, false, infidel, vermin, scurrility, fiction, lie, ensnare, defeat, impious, buffoonery, tinged, bait, allurement, wicked, impediment, ignorance, specious, hideousness, error, flagrant, disgust, folly, iniquity, irreligion, carelessness, heedlessness, buries, stifles, sluggish, sceptical, imperfection, evil, dangerous, impostor, Prejudice, captivate, falsehood, hoodwinks, dark, repugnancy, disinclination, wrong, imperfect, impudence, clumsy, sneering, impertinent, blemish, badness, crime, iniquity, condemnation, worse;

Whereas Christians are described using the words:

sober, devout, rejoice, strength, faith, peace, reason, humility, wise, truth, common, fair, calm, strong, wisdom, goodness, trust, diligently, love, sublime, height, beauty, abundance, grace, inspire, good, willingness, purified, heart, quality, certain, right, absolute truth, Infinite Wisdom, purity, belief, virtue, better;

As for Taylor's book, the author calls it, "the heaping together an incongruous collection of unimportant sentences." and "a raking together of error"

However, a closer reading reveals a far more interesting explanation of what is going on. The author is actually attempting to assimilate Mr. Taylor and Taylor's assertions into the author's current Christian worldview. And the author does this using the logic and reasoning of his Christian worldview. For example, the author cites scripture as proof of every assertion the author makes. Within the author's Christian worldview this makes perfect rational sense. Outside the author's worldview this does not make sense.

Mr. Taylor, in his book The Diegesis, argues his case using the logic and reasoning of his non-Christian worldview. For Mr. Taylor, citing scripture proves nothing, and he never uses scripture this way.

This is actually a clash of two different worldviews. Each author argues their case from their point of view, using the logic and reasoning of their point of view. Both authors have internally consistent worldviews. Each argument makes sense within their respective worldviews. Each argument appears flawed within the other author's worldview.

It's fascinating to note this debate over Christianity has been going on for over 200 years. We still find today the same arguments being presented by each side. Each side's argument is consistent within that side's worldview. Each side's argument makes no sense within the other side's worldview because each side's method of reasoning makes no sense within the other side's worldview.