(September 22, 2014 at 11:28 am)Rogue Wrote: I believe Jesus was a man that laid his life down freely for the good of his people. This is a ultimate example of LOVE.
No Resurrection=LOVE
Resurrection=nothing
If Jesus was God then he was the same God that used incest to populate the world, drowned millions of innocent babies and children in the flood. The same vain and cruel God that has caused so much death and prejudice.
I believe Jesus died to STOP religion not to start a new one!
The bible does say God hates Religion.
Amos 5:16-23
23. Away with the noise of your songs!
I will not listen to the music of your harps.
I don't believe God has ever spoken to anyone. Some men believed God was cruel and other men believed God was love. This is why the bible is so contradictory.
Belief is not knowledge! Beliefs are a reflection of the believer!
To believe in nothing; that's a negative.
I believe Jesus was God and Man. The same God of infinite abounding love, and terribly humbling judgment. The same God that sent a flood to rid us of abominations of beastiality and hopelessly hateful mankind.
Without the resurrection there is no Jesus. Even Jesus himself knew that he would have to rise again in order for his sacrifice to be worth anything.
His sacrifice was to end legalism, and fulfill the law of the torah so that we were no longer slaves to the law.
Also if you read the chapters before Amos 5 you'll find that it wasn't "religion" but "religiousity" aka "mechanicism" aka being inauthentic or just going through the motions while your heart is far from Him.
And the beautiful thing about belief is that it is unavoidable and you can't simply "suspend" belief because if you understand anything at all to be true, there is an intrinsic belief that comes with that. You can't accept something as true and not believe it simultaneously.
