Have you ever asked a Christian this...?

[Gimple]

"Why hasn't Jesus returned yet? Doesn't he care about saving as many people as possible?"

As far as I know, Christianity is shrinking. The youth are abandoning the church at an exceedingly rapid rate. So the logic goes, wouldn't Jesus save more people and prevent more people from going to hell the sooner he returned?

Have you ever brought this up with a Christian? If so, how did they respond?

[Minimalist]

[Amarok]

They will pull the whole "he strikes like a thief in the night" line . Which strikes me like Indian food in the sense that it is shit.

[brewer]

OP: You're kidding right. Don't you know he's in office right now? You had best put your affairs in order.

[Fireball]

They will pull the whole "he strikes like a thief in the night" line . Which strikes me like Indian food in the sense that it is shit.

It's always that dodgy vindaloo that does one in...

[Chad32]

I'm pretty sure Jesus/Jehova doesn't care about saving as many as possible. He admitted that the road to heaven was narrow, and not many would get in, but doesn't seem to go out of his way to improve the odds of people getting in. In fact the bible is really all about the failures of a god trying to make a world function the way he wants it to. It doesn't help that his plan A seems to be killing or threatening to kill the "unworthy", and he doesn't really have a plan B.

[Minimalist]

I try to speak to jesus freaks as little as possible.  I always find it a depressing experience.

[vorlon13]

"Why hasn't Jesus returned yet? Doesn't he care about saving as many people as possible?"

As far as I know, Christianity is shrinking. The youth are abandoning the church at an exceedingly rapid rate. So the logic goes, wouldn't Jesus save more people and prevent more people from going to hell the sooner he returned?

Have you ever brought this up with a Christian? If so, how did they respond?

(bolding mine)

No, as a matter of fact, He doesn't.   Apostle Paul did, but not Jesus.

Jesus was sent by the Jewish God in fulfillment of Jewish Law and Jewish prophecy via being born to a Jewish virgin to the Jewish people so that He might preach a perfected version of Judaism and Jewish Law, assisted by 12 Jewish disciples, to the Jews of that era so that they might be better and more pious Jews than their Jewish leaders.


Apostle Paul probably exceeded his authority a bit when he decided he knew better than Jesus did and hijacked Jesus' perfected Jewish religion and made it all his own.


This era's 'Christians continue their proud 2000 year old tradition of rewriting Jesus as THEY see fit. 

So your question to them is going to garner a bewildered look like you have been eating moldy potato salad . . . .

[Mystic]

Indeed Jesus, like all past Prophets and Guides, is doing their best to spiritually help people to be guided and prepare people for the return of Jesus and Imam Mahdi, per my understanding.

I don't know how much Christians emphasize on the connection of Prophets with all people but they are spiritual guides in the unseen.

And they all call people to the Guide on earth who is meant to be the main leader and companion in the journey.

This is beyond stupid.  All Prophets came so that the justice be implemented, and like Socrates and Plato rightly argued, you need a navigator who sees justice as is to guide the just city on course and all parts will come together through that Wise Captain who sees the light as it's meant to be.

Surely there is an awaited leader who will do that, and all religions believe in this.

Sunnis believe the Mahdi will be born, the Jews believe the Messiah will be born, etc....

All Prophets hence came to prepare for the final revelation and the final just city and implementation of God's light by a chosen king and leader.

Be the final revelation the gospel of Jesus or something else like the Quran or whatever,  justice and the just city will happen on a world scale with a divine chosen navigator to steer us on course like talked about as a necessity for justice  by Plato and Socrates for any just society, let alone a just world.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

No, I've never asked a Christian that question. My queries to Christians are generally things like, 'Do you know what time the bookshop across the road opens?' and 'Can I get the dressing on the side, please?'.

Boru