The Reality Salesman Wrote:Why don't you just say, “I don’t know if God exists, but I believe in Him because it makes me feel good.” Wouldn’t that me a more honest approach?OK, I reread the post, sorry for misquoting you. It seems you were saying you think that's our reason for being Christians, not that it was the only possible reason. (Correct me if I'm wrong again.)
Incidentally, this brings us back to problem 4:
4) SHOW ME THE EVIDENCE!
First let me clear up something from earlier:
Simon Moon Wrote:For something to be a prophecy, it must be very specific and only fulfillable by one, and only one event.I found some. They might not all be on 100 Fulfilled Prophecies, but I'm using Please Convince Me now, which I would also highly recommend.
None of the so called prophecies fit this description.
-Prophecies about Other Countries
Isaiah 45:1 Wrote:Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped,Babylon's defenses were enormous, at least by ancient standards. Even their walls were more than 70ft thick and 300 feet high. But they had an opening for the Euphrates river to flow through. They diverted it and were able to go through the opening in the wall.
to subdue nations before him and to loose the belts of kings,
to open doors before him that gates may not be closed:
Isaiah 14:23 Wrote:“And I will make it a possession of the hedgehog, and pools of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” declares the Lord of hosts.This prophecy basically said that Babylon would become swampland. In the 1800s, when archaeologists tried to dig up Babylon, there were some parts they could not dig up because the water table had risen and submerged it.
Jeremiah 32 Wrote:36 “Now therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning this city of which you say, ‘It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword, by famine, and by pestilence’: 37 Behold, I will gather them from all the countries to which I drove them in my anger and my wrath and in great indignation. I will bring them back to this place, and I will make them dwell in safety.By 538 BC, the Jews were released from what used to be Babylon, and many of them went back to Israel.
Nahum 3:15 Wrote:There fire will consume you,This prophecy was directed at Nineveh. Archaeologists have found ash covering the ruins of Nineveh, showing that it was indeed destroyed by fire.
The sword will cut you down;
It will consume you as the locust does.
-Evidence of Jesus's existence
The fact that Matthew, Mark, and Luke knew Old Testament writings and prophecy does make them less reliable. However, John was not learned in these, and his book depicts many of the same details of Jesus's ministry. Apart from the Bible, there are a number of other sources that talk about Jesus. Three of them are outlined here.
Other source:
http://pleaseconvinceme.com/2012/the-old...-prophecy/
There's more to be said as far as evidence for the Bible, but I have to get going. Hopefully I'll be on later though.