(March 13, 2014 at 4:53 pm)Revelation777 Wrote: Are there not things written down in History books and Science books that you have never seen but you believe it? What if the people who wrote those books made it all up?
They could have made it all up. That's why historians don't treat something from a single source as settled fact. They look for other sources that corroborate the claim. This is precisely what the story of Jesus lacks.
(March 13, 2014 at 4:53 pm)Revelation777 Wrote: Maybe that is why Jesus said, blessed are those who believe and have not seen.
To get people to believe his story with insufficient evidence by promising a cookie for people who do (the cookie itself also to be believed in on insufficient evidence). That doesn't sound much like the supernatural claims of any other religion except all of them.
(March 13, 2014 at 4:53 pm)Revelation777 Wrote: Don't put the Lord God to the test. He has done far greater miracles than that.
And the longer ago they were (and thus harder to verify) the greater they were. Creating the universe, creating life, creating humans, drowning the world, stopping the sun, causing plagues, raining mana, raising the dead, healing the sick, walking on water, appearing on toast...anyone else see a pattern here? Even if you grant the existence of God, he seems to be running out of steam.
(March 13, 2014 at 4:53 pm)Revelation777 Wrote: Quite an impact Jesus made,,,don't see many others who turned the world upside down with their life.
Not many. Siddhartha, Mohammed (catching up even though Christians had an 800 year head-start), a few others. He had an impact, although the emperor Constantine seems to have had as much to do with that as Jesus did.
(March 13, 2014 at 4:53 pm)Revelation777 Wrote: I could be the best debater in the world and convince no one, but a hard heart will likely reject the truth of Jesus Christ.
Have you ever thought about how really convenient that excuse is?
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
