christians! Come and convert me!

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How do you know that these people were reliable?
Because what they say works out logically, and has successfully lasted two millennia against scrutiny.

so is buddhism or islam. what is the difference?
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I don't think the other two work out logically. Allah isn't God - he's some inferior god who contradicts his own existence. Christianity, with the element of forgiveness, trumps all other faiths.

Actually there is no difference between your god and allah.. and that element of forgiveness its all over in quran.
approximately every verse ends with "allah is forgiving merciful etc.. And according to quran every sin you have done can be forgiven if you repent. Islam is just a little bit brutal version of christianity.
And what about buddhism?? Actually its way better than both islam and christianity.
anyway tell me, according to bible what happens if I suicide? or what happens if I die as an atheist?
Am I going to hell for eternity or not?

Not all people do bad things, and the bible is clearly authored to have a positive message.

how do you know that? that book is clearly suitable to be abused. why do they wrote it like that than?
and you guys keep telling that bible is not literal. how do you know that? Is there a manual or something tells you not to take bible literally we dont know about?

The point is that being good doesn't get you favour.

I agree

Only God is just. No one else can know enough to be.

I dont agree.
if god was just, being good should get you favour. at least shouldn't get you sorrow..

The point of the story is that people were living unhealthily and the solution of reversing that was by force. By using forgiveness in the form of Christ this is unnecessary. The detail is an exciting story using mass destruction and genocide... it's a story telling mechanism.

dont you think bible encourages people to use mass destruction? by the way that story, noahs ark is taken from sumerian lore. and probably an exaggerated version of a flood which was really happened. Again who tells you to take that stories as metaphors?

2. Yes God kills, but never murders. This is the distinction. Killing isn't wrong, murder is.

first of all thats a sick idea. and second then tell me if killing isnt wrong what about torturing? It is what happens in hell is it not?