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Originally Posted by sprocket
As roachboy pointed out, pretty much anything can be an axiom... But to think that anything can simply be a rational, well reasoned axiom worthy of consideration, just because it is self-evident inside someone's own head is crazy.
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Not at all. You're assuming that most religious hypotheses are derived from clear and distinct axioms (Such as God exists) when, in fact, Christianity/religion as a whole can't be easily reduced down to a certain set of creeds (This isn't to say it's not possible, because it is). Trying to qualify what constitutes a religious axiom and what is a conglomeration of centuries worth of religious practices/tradition is a bit problematic and much harder than most atheists want to make it out to be. Just ask Mr. Aquinas (Well, you'd have to dig him up first).
Edit: In terms of Christianity, most of it's axioms stem from the Ten Commandments.