RE: Will Jesus return on a white horse?
December 31, 2012 at 8:00 pm
(This post was last modified: December 31, 2012 at 8:32 pm by Mark 13:13.)
(December 31, 2012 at 6:34 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:Well many of the people we take for granted have as much evidence for existing as Jesus or even less
So, in other words, you have bupkes? That's about what I figured.
not sure what that means but ok if you insist then before i answer your question what would you accept as evidence ; my opinion ( im not a historian so can't lol) or that of an eminent historian or a scientest? would they have to be athiest; agnostic or theist? how contemporary? because with the plethora of information on the question available I need to be sure we don't waste each others time.
(December 31, 2012 at 2:07 pm)Darwinian Wrote:(December 31, 2012 at 2:03 pm)Mark 13:13 Wrote: True and I would hope scientists keep exploring the universe as through this exploration we grow in understanding but far than being a dead end , real religion goes further than science and asks is there anything beyond our Cosmos and just as science needs to develop new tools and maths to explore further. The exploration of beyond the cosmos needs a different set of tools than our right sided brain offers.
But religion also gives you answers and then expects you to believe them on pain of eternal damnation.
Well not every religion does but i wont be retarded about this I know you mean the Judeo-Christian branch. But I would say religion does not give you all the answers that's why the word mystery appears so often, and whereas some may expect you to believe as you say or else but most would if pushed agree that its how you live your life not necessarily what you believe that will determine your fate. What religions do try to do is find a greater purpose and meaning to this life of ours than its an accident and has little real meaning beyond the present and wonders what is our fate after the death of the body. It tries to explore the why rather than the how.
(December 31, 2012 at 6:34 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:Well many of the people we take for granted have as much evidence for existing as Jesus or even less
So, in other words, you have bupkes? That's about what I figured.
i did find this on my first minute on the net of looking for an answer you might accept http://www.squidoo.com/who-really-believ...us-existed
enjoy.
