Why the Bible is true

[everythingafter]

Ravi Zacharias clears it up for us: http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=DZ6ZYPNX

[Minimalist]

Verbose shithead, isn't he?

[Doubting Thomas]

A bunch of lame claims of prophecy and biblical accuracy. "They shall look upon him whom they have pierced" does not necessarily describe a crucifixion. Sounds more like someone being stabbed.

And what about all of Jesus' failed prophecies of the end of the world and returning in his listeners' lifetimes? What about the fact that the messiah was supposed to be a military leader with an earthly kingdom, which Jesus never was? What about "he shall be called Immanuel" which Jesus never was in the New Testament?

[Godscreated]

A bunch of lame claims of prophecy and biblical accuracy. "They shall look upon him whom they have pierced" does not necessarily describe a crucifixion. Sounds more like someone being stabbed.

And what about all of Jesus' failed prophecies of the end of the world and returning in his listeners' lifetimes? What about the fact that the messiah was supposed to be a military leader with an earthly kingdom, which Jesus never was? What about "he shall be called Immanuel" which Jesus never was in the New Testament?

Prove your statements.

[Minimalist]

And what about all of Jesus' failed prophecies of the end of the world and returning in his listeners' lifetimes?

We're still here. How much more proof do you need?

Your boy not only isn't coming back....he wasn't here in the first place.

[Cinjin]

Ohh - that's why.

thanks, that makes it all make sense now.
The name of this video should be called "Rhetoric from a Blowhard"

[Doubting Thomas]

Prove your statements.

Matthew 24, for starters. Jesus talks about all the bad things that will befall the earth at the end of the world, sun & moon darkened, etc, then says "This generation shall not pass from the earth until all these things come to pass." There are many other places in the gospels where he tells people that they shall not die until he returns.
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Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Jesus is not called Immanuel (or Emmanuel) anywhere in the New Testament. If he is, then please provide book, chapter, and verse.
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Michah 5:6, talking about a new leader of Israel, a.k.a., the messiah: And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

As far as I know, Jesus never led an army, nor did he defeat the Assyrians.

Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
9:10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.

The gospels (especially Mt.21:4-5 and Jn.12:14-15) claim that Jesus fulfils the prophecy of Zech.9:9, but this is a military king with an earthly kingdom. Jesus was never a military leader, and he always said his kingdom was not of the earth.

[Gawdzilla]

A bunch of lame claims of prophecy and biblical accuracy. "They shall look upon him whom they have pierced" does not necessarily describe a crucifixion. Sounds more like someone being stabbed.

And what about all of Jesus' failed prophecies of the end of the world and returning in his listeners' lifetimes? What about the fact that the messiah was supposed to be a military leader with an earthly kingdom, which Jesus never was? What about "he shall be called Immanuel" which Jesus never was in the New Testament?

Prove your statements.

Do you really think everyone is obliged to start from zero just because you have the attention span of a Zabriskan Fontema?

[Doubting Thomas]

Exactly. My first thought was "fuck off," partly because I was in a bad mood at the time, but then I thought I'd play along and see what kind of lame arguments he'd come up with. But I don't feel obliged to provide evidence of every claim I make. Christians never do, so why should I?

[tesseract7d]

Exactly. My first thought was "fuck off," partly because I was in a bad mood at the time, but then I thought I'd play along and see what kind of lame arguments he'd come up with. But I don't feel obliged to provide evidence of every claim I make. Christians never do, so why should I?

Because you're better than that.