RE: Christians - What would you do if it were discovered Jesus never existed?
September 7, 2015 at 11:20 am
This is a discussion about a hypothetical situation not proof of the existence. Right?
Okay so I want to try and understand the logic of the responces of the Christians.
With the exception of CL no Christian would EVER doubt the existence and divinity of Christ. Why? Because if they did they would go straight to hell. There is verse in Hebrews. Im not going to look it up but remember listening to a bible study that basicly says that once you take jesus as your savior then renounce him you CANNOT go back.
This is the iron clad way to keep followers since they want to cheat death by having an after life but they dont want to end up in a bad after life. Also since you cannot be sure of an after life it's better to be safe than sorry.
Fear is why they wont even entertain the idea and why you cannot use reason to change them from a religion.
That said using ones imagination that suddenly real proof of nonproof would make this a very dangerous world for a short time.
1/3rd (ish) of the world's population is of the opinion that they could go to heaven because they believe. They have a hope of something beyond death.
Take that away and things might get ugly for a while. They say that we have no reason to be moral so what would happen to them if suddenly their reason was gone?
Once that generation passed however then we as humans would move on and find some other reason or philosophy to hold on to give hope back to go beyond death.
Okay so I want to try and understand the logic of the responces of the Christians.
With the exception of CL no Christian would EVER doubt the existence and divinity of Christ. Why? Because if they did they would go straight to hell. There is verse in Hebrews. Im not going to look it up but remember listening to a bible study that basicly says that once you take jesus as your savior then renounce him you CANNOT go back.
This is the iron clad way to keep followers since they want to cheat death by having an after life but they dont want to end up in a bad after life. Also since you cannot be sure of an after life it's better to be safe than sorry.
Fear is why they wont even entertain the idea and why you cannot use reason to change them from a religion.
That said using ones imagination that suddenly real proof of nonproof would make this a very dangerous world for a short time.
1/3rd (ish) of the world's population is of the opinion that they could go to heaven because they believe. They have a hope of something beyond death.
Take that away and things might get ugly for a while. They say that we have no reason to be moral so what would happen to them if suddenly their reason was gone?
Once that generation passed however then we as humans would move on and find some other reason or philosophy to hold on to give hope back to go beyond death.
