(February 5, 2014 at 10:12 pm)Lek Wrote: I rely on the testimony of those who who walked with Jesus during his public life and the miracles he performed as written in the scriptures. In a courtroom we use testimony of witnesses to help determine guilt or innocence.
The Gospel writers were not eyewitnesses. The Gospels are of unknown authorship.
If you rely on personal testimony to corroborate miracle claims and magical events, no wonder you're gullible.
Right now, today, you could go interview 1000's of people that claim to have been abducted by aliens. Do you believe them?
Quote:The bible is a testimony that was passed down through the years telling of a coming messiah that was fufilled in Jesus.
Nope. The so called prophecies are either: mistranslations, about another character, self fulfilling. Not to mention, that the NT authors had the OT to refer to.
Quote:I also opened myself to God and he drew me to him. I've investigated atheism and other religions and at times I've considered walking away, but there's nothing to go to.
Yeah, I hear the same story from followers of those other religions. You still haven't explained how someone that doesn't believe in any of them is supposed to be able to discern the difference.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
