(May 16, 2012 at 12:45 am)Alter2Ego Wrote: There are three reasonable explanations for that, as follows:
1. A person does not show up with a new religious teaching that nobody ever heard of before and attempts to spread it all around the world before he's even had the chance to establish it among his very own people.
"His very own people"? Excuse me, but don't you think we are ALL "God's people"?
Quote:2. There were no airplanes back then. It took weeks and sometimes months by sea to reach another part of the world.
Yeah, so? Wasn't your Jesus divine? He could walk on water but he couldn't instantaneously transport himself somewhere if he so desired?
Quote:3. The most important reason why Jesus presented his spiritual truths only to the Jews initially was because the Jews were in a covenant relationship with Jehovah,
And this prevented him from traveling elsewhere to bring others into his fold? I'm smelling bullshit.
Science flies us to the moon and stars. Religion flies us into buildings.
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
