People, listen. God is calling you to great things and you will see a reality that is insane to others but your suffering will show you what Jesus endured. Sing in prison. Share the word with a friend. Receive the spirit of truth and be saved
Surely another reason is that we as Christians also experience the Lord tangibly for ourselves by His Holy Spirit. He is very real to me in ways that are impossible to articulate in words.
Azula Nah not convinced, unless you can prove to me without a shadow of a doubt you are real then I own't believe you are. Even if you come to my home I will discount it as an hallucination. Do you see where I'm going with this? Your skeptical attitude is impossible to please so I won't waste my time.
I didn't. Everyone in my church did, they all claimed the lord "spoke to them". Despite being raised in the church my entire life (19 years at the time) I had never felt god "speak to me". Nobody could say what he sounded like. Nobody could say what words he used. And despite hearing his words, they couldn't tell you what he actually wanted. One would think that an all powerful god would be able to get his message across in more effective manor... but to nobodies massive surprise, he can't. Why? Because those feelings you get aren't god, it's just YOU.
i am not a big fan of apologetics. you cant prove the existance of God or the bible - that is the point. to be honest the entire concept sounds very crazy. i am an extremely intelligent human being - almost perfect sat scores and ace anything i attempt and very logical and sane. for many years i was a huge atheist and totally against christianity especially. it is not until recently that i see my motivations for disliking it so much. but todays world is different. in the old days people didnt have access to information so those in power told them whatever would keep them under control. they especially used religion to control the masses. but now anyone can learn whatever they want via books and internet. many of us are not smart enough to put together an ikea bedroom set, yet we read the discoveries of great thinkers and scientists on subjects like evolution, and now all the sudden so many people think they know it all and are too "smart" to believe in God. i was that way. we all have limits to our knowledge and often its like that saying lost in the forest and cant see the trees or whatever. but there came a point in my atheist living where my knowledge and wits could not help me. i did the unthinkable. i tried praying to this God that i swore i didnt believe in. i tried reading His word. let me tell you - He showed up! im talking about real miracles, changes in my life, an opening of my eyes. for example i went from having liver cancer to having no trace of cancer in 2 weeks with no medical treatment. the doctors couldnt explain it. i have the paperwork, so that is just one of the many proofs of God in my life. but you dont need my proof and neither does God. He is a big God. now may not be your time but remember this post. if you ever get to a point where you dont know what to do, call on Him. He is real and He loves atheists just as much as christians. He will leave 99 of us to go help one of you figuratively speaking. dont rely on us christians to lead you to God as we are very imperfect and many christians still dont even understand that it is not a works based relationship with God but one based on love, grace and mercy so the last thing we should ever do is judge another person or think we are better. but when that time comes in your life when you need God, go to Him. be real with Him. read the bible. He doesny always give us what we want but often when we are at our lowest point, He knows we need to be restored and that we need hope, and He will show up in a tangible way. and to any christians on here speaking rudely to athiests and nonbelievers - remember there was a time when we all didnt believe. now that we know, that doesnt give us the right to judge others who are just like we were and could find Jesus andthey could enter heaven before us so respect them. the last shall be first - remember the parable of the workers who started late and got the same pay. someone could hate christians all their life and find Jesus at 90 two seconds before they die and be just as we are. God calls everyone and does not desire that one should perish without knowibg Him
+Lion Gang lol. I don't know bruh. what you are asking me is like going into an apple storeand asking the guy at the register why Steve Jobbs picked an apple for his logo and not an orange. one thing for sure about God - I'm not Him and He don't need to ask my permission to do stuff or allow stuff to happen. people anywhere can find Him tho - you don't need church or Christians around - I found Him alone in an 8x10 thru prayer. u pray for real He will show up. so if He real then u gotta ask Him yourself. or if I'm just a crazy man and He is made up and fake, then u pretty mad at nothing. if u so mad about Africa you can tell Him - He is OK with that. but the real hit is yes He does have favorites. like Paul: beheaded. Peter - crucified upside down. John - exiled to a deserted island. Stephen - stoned to death by Paul. Even the Christians being killed by ISIS are the ones we strive to be like. being one of God's favorites doesn't prevent you from suffering, it pretty much guarantees it. it's easy to focus on other people but we all die one day and u gonna stand alone before your creator. your relationship with Him is your own and it's personal - got nothing to do with what anyone else believes or says or does. instead of messaging me on here u can go right to the source. if u believe in logic, compare what you have to lose with what you have to gain.
+Lion Gang naw. I knew God first. then me and God read the book together. no sense in reading and studying religious books til u find out which one to read. if u believe in God and don't like His book then u gotta take it up with Him. it's kind of a hard book - people say they read it but they don't even know the main point to being a follower of Jesus or even the point of the Bible. only with guidance from Him does it make sense. I still keep reading and keep learning. but if God not real then it's just a book u don't like. I'm sure there are millions of books I wouldn't like - I just don't read them. it's just those two options tho. the Bible is either meaningless and irrelevant and not worth it time, or its a book that makes u angry and u gotta take that up with the Author. for me - being created in the first place - having a shot at life and my basic needs being met to survive, along with my personality and talents is enough for me. I'm grateful. He didn't have to make me ... He can do what He wants, but He chose to and that alone is more than enough but He gives so much more. He set me free to know that the things in this life - good and bad - don't define me or make or break me, but I have eternity to have the best time ever. it's not His will that any should perish - He came to be a savior. I just had to put my pride aside and acknowledge that I need one. seek Him if u want to. He will be happy u did. or u can out ur faith in people lol . and believe everything is an accident. or maybe u can try pray to Buddha or Vishnu or something lol but Jesus is the one who answers my prayers. not always the answer I want but that is for the best cuz I'm human and I don't always ask for the best things lol.
George Spicer Wow. Just wow. So many more people need to have your mindset, myself included. It's nice to know the there are still people in this world who are truly grateful that we even get a chance to experience all of God's wonderful creations.
One of the reason I think Christainity is true is the sheer amount of hate it gets, you would not waste time hating something you know isn't true and Jesus said he would be hated so he was right.
+bulldogsbob Amen: And the Fact that all these other forms of religion are predicted in scripture, as opposing Christ, the Bible Speaks for its self although its a shame that the outside facts are covered up to seem like they don't exist.
+bulldogsbob Have you ever read the bible ???? Your loving god kills babies, condones rape, slavery and human sacrifice. And let's not forget that he will damn 99% of humanity in a burning hell for fucking eternity !!! How can anyone love such a god is beyond me.
..Find the true religion. We know christian was acceptable to GOD when jissus (Isa in islam) was alive but Now Only Islam is Acceptable . Allah(GOD) sent many Nabi and Rasul (messenger) to give the true to man. Nabi-Rasul(messenger) try to give man the true But None of them became 100% successful except Mohammad (s). When Jissus was alive and who followed jissus they will be in Heaven( zannath ) the place of peace but then GOd said all religion is unacceptable Except Islam becouse Many Nabi-Rasul like.. Jessus,Adam,Nuh,Musa . wasn't became 100% successful but Mohammad (s) became 100% successful... and as god said all religion is unacceptable except Islam ...That means Christianity is also Unacceptable..Hindu is also unacceptable..ALL Religion's are unacceptable Except Islam ..And there are so many prove in Quran and Hadis ....And iam saying that be Muslim ....if you be a Muslim or not be a Muslim I dont have any benefit ..I found the true religion and i hope you will found the true also.. .... get knowledge about Islam and other religion ..And compare them that which religion is true ..And do not try to make your religion true ...please try to search the truth.....I respect Jissas (Isa A) and i love him ...ALLAH also love jissus becouse he was the nabi and the rasul of Allah..
@GNB if you look really into history you will find out that only 7% were religion wars(2% of that was not secular), so the rest was fought for money,power or women in which big majority did not believe in any deity, an atheists. So if you would blame someone,then blame the atheists who do not have an standard of right and wrong,who do not believe in God so its ok to do what ever they want.
Also, Paul and the disciple's had absolutely no reason to lie! They gained nothing by following Jesus in the worlds eyes. They were killed for their faith and suffered. If they were lying they would've back tracked at some point.
@Achraf Er-ramy Judas betrayed Jesus for money. So he didn’t flat out deny Jesus existence. He just let his love for riches supersede his being loyal to Jesus
What does it take to make a person believe? I believe that I can eat food. I say that because I have smelled food, touched it, seen it, tasted it. I have personally eaten food. it has appealed to my five sense. My experience is enough "evidence" to say that it is true that I can eat food. I dont look at science and theories if I could eat food or not. I just know it. "Taste and see that the Lord is Good; blessed is he who takes refuge in him." Psalm 34:8 Christians have seen and tasted that the Lord is good, we felt it so strongly to the point that if we deny him, its denying ourselves. God has helped us in our time of need, it the deepest and darkest problem we always have hope, and we are never alone. It is a beautiful relationship, like a son to his father.
I love Jesus Christ and I believe that He is Son of God, because He is PERFECT in every way. He is God because He showed us the perfect love. He made everything to make sense for us. I just can't explain it but my love for Jesus Christ and God is my ground for believing in Christianity. My faith is my love for God. It's not like I force myself to believe, but I naturally believe because I'm in love. it's hard for unbelievers to understand but that's why I believe it to be true.
Completely agree! My daughter said the same thing today. When you have a relationship with Him, you know that He is real and that He was sent to die for your sin so you can have a relationship with God. Raising and defeating death, He is at the right hand of God, and we now have the Holy Spirit living within us. Our personal testimony is the most powerful. 🙌🏼 ❤️ God bless you!
I'm a Christian because I know beyond a reasonable doubt that Christ rose from the dead. The evidence is overwhelming that Christ was Resurrected from the dead.
DoorMatt yes that is true although the book you belive in was created over 2000 years ago with no evidence altgough in evolution there is more scientific research and proof into it.
TheGr1mm R3aper Heres some real evidence about Islam One evidence of Islam is the Quran it literally predicts so many scientific facts that were discovered in the last century or so and the Quran was written 1,400 years ago. If you need any verses I will be more then happy to give some. And it also predicted signs of The Day Of Judgement. One of them is how Arabs will be competiting in building taller skyscrapers. The Burj Khalifa is the tallest Skyscraper in the world and it was built by arabs and now arabs have plans to build a even taller skyscraper The Kingdom Tower or Jeddah Tower. The word day is mentioned in the Quran 365 times. Remember this was 1,400 years ago and people didnt know their were 365 days. Also the world Man and Woman are mentioned in the Quran 23 times and Men and Women have 23 chromozones. Their are many more examples like this just read the Quran for yourself and you'll see!
I don't understand anything but Jesus as my lord, The word has possessed me, it is in me and I cant rebuke this, I don't understand any other voice. I feel God when I read the Bible after I pray and seek salvation and understanding in Jesus name. I rejoice in the name of Jesus. I weep in prayer and I cant stop..Thank you God for your son Jesus..Amen.
First of all, Thank you for adding the title to claim why do you "Think" Christianity is true, and not why you "Know" Christianity is true. Secondly, it is good that you opened up the comments for us to discuss and write our ideas.
Carolyn Brown they hate God because God's word speaks against their evil is that they do and they don't want to stop it so they lie to themselves and say that God is not real so that they won't fear Him
Nimoshi Monster the Bible don't make sense to the Natural mind but to the spiritual godly mind it makes perfect sense!! the Bible is God's word of God to us it's his love letter to lead us to himself through his son Jesus Christ but many people don't like the Bible and don't want to get into it because they don't understand that when you accept the Lord then your sinful nature turns into Godly nature which makes it easier to resist temptation and anyway the choices that you make hurt you and that is why God tell us not to do certain things because it is for our own good but a lot of times we don't agree with them because we fulfill the sinful nature which is against us and Satan uses that to pull you down!!
Victoria Faithful be logical and read the whole bible. I was going to argue with you but i realized that it is no use. But all i can say is to be logical and dont be a slave to a religion that threatens you if you try to leave.
For those in doubt, here is your direct proof of God’s existence: Everything can be reduced down to energy; that energy is God. Energy can’t be created nor destroyed; God is eternal. Vibrations are what sustain the universe and everything in it; what causes molecules to vibrate is love. Love is an outside force acting upon something to bring about a result for the sole purpose of its well being. God is love. “I am the light of the world. He who believes in Me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Like most religions, Christianity is a pastiche of truth, exaggerations, tall tales, falsehoods and propaganda with a little creative 'interpretation' thrown in by self appointed 'holy men..'
Victor Essien it seems to me kind of like he’s approaching it the way that Lee Strobel did in his book The Case for Christ which is a great book of you haven’t read it. I think another valuable argument is that of Dr Frank Tarek. One of the threads of his main argument goes along the lines of this: evolutionists and atheists even insist that there is a driving force in nature to make life, whether that be natural selection or God. If there is a bias towards life then there has to be a reason for life. Things don’t just happen with no catalyst. Especially the making of the most complex human brain. But it has to be God because if there were no God then the purpose of life would just be life itself, to survive and enjoy life. And that is circular logic and self-defeating. So if we as humans can obviously observe there is a bias towards life then we can deduct there is a purpose and therefore a purpose-giver.
Atheists say that since they believe that there is no God, they are right and Christians are wrong...yea, sure. As for me, I am not satisfied with the atheist's argument, nor am I satisfied with the theist's argument. We do not know, and that is the answer.
Dr. Cosmo Kramer Atheists don't belief there is no god, nor do they claim there isn't one based on their atheism. You don't know what you're talking about.
@@doctrinalwatchdog6268 Hell is a quarantine for sin, a separation from God, so yes he does send the sin to hell. If you don't wanna go with the sin where it belongs he literally sacrificed himself with you in mind, amazing isn't it?
@@dited358 the sinner goes to hell not just the sin and God is omnipresent so how can a sinner be separated from God who is everywhere, that is not what the Bible teaches, it teaches God is present in hell also (Rev 14:10, Psalm 139:8).
To Vector Silver: True Christians do not hate gay/lesbian people, or anyone else for that matter. To hate is a direct violation of the teachings of Jesus, thus the teachings of God, and is therefore sinful. A lot of people call themselves Christian, but are not a true representation of what it means to be a believer in Christ. Not only that, but you have to look past what many true Christians say because we are, after all, human. Make an independent study of Jesus and see He is authentic.
Indeed for myself at a young age, the same historical question was a catalyst to keep studying the bible. Perplexing to think that these men, would testify over and over again that YeShua lived, died, rose to live again forever, was a stumblingblock to my unbelief. These men, most of them bluecollar types made no gain, were repeatedly rejected and punished by their own community, yet persisted unto death. If it was a scam anyone of them would have aquired fame untold for whistleblowing.
Read Quran... - Quran. Is true . ---If you read the full Quran with the meaning. Hope you find the way........Try to search true religion .....I am 100% sure Islam is true .....I was Cristian but recently i converted to Islam.. .......God said get knowledge. Iam also saying study and get knowledge you will surely find the true.........Islam is 100% true.................First of all study and learn after that search which religion is true........i hope you can find the true religion (I am 100% sure Islam is True) Trust me...
I have a Question ...Did you search that which religion is true ? ...Did you read full quran with meaning ? I think you Didnt . and you are saying you wonder if i will say the same thing while i am burning in hell....hahahha.....It is almost impossible that i will burn in hell but though iam a muslim if i do bad thing i would might have to go hell..ALLAHU ALOM.(But I hope I will no do anything bad )............. If you become a Muslim or not , I dont have any benefit ....I just said you to search By Yourself that "Is Islam really true?" ....i think you always try to show that your religion is truth but do not try to find the true religion....And NOTE - READ THE QURAN WITH MEANING.....YOU CAN GET HELP FROM ANY OF MUSLIM SCHOLAR .....READ QURAN AND HADIS OR LEARN FROM ANY MUSLIM SCHOLAR WITH POSSATIVE MIND. I HOPE YOU WILL FIND THE TRUE.
.Find the true religion. We know christian was acceptable to GOD when jissus (Isa in islam) was alive but Now Only Islam is Acceptable . Allah(GOD) sent many Nabi and Rasul (messenger) to give the true to man. Nabi-Rasul(messenger) try to give man the true But None of them became 100% successful except Mohammad (s). When Jissus was alive and who followed jissus they will be in Heaven( zannath ) the place of peace but then GOd said all religion is unacceptable Except Islam becouse Many Nabi-Rasul like.. Jessus,Adam,Nuh,Musa . wasn't became 100% successful but Mohammad (s) became 100% successful... and as god said all religion is unacceptable except Islam ...That means Christianity is also Unacceptable..Hindu is also unacceptable..ALL Religion's are unacceptable Except Islam ..And there are so many prove in Quran and Hadis ....And iam saying that be Muslim ....if you be a Muslim or not be a Muslim I dont have any benefit ..I found the true religion and i hope you will found the true also.. .... get knowledge about Islam and other religion ..And compare them that which religion is true ..And do not try to make your religion true ...please try to search the truth.....I respect Jissas (Isa A) and i love him ...ALLAH also love jissus becouse he was the nabi and the rasul of Allah..
As soon as I started looking for answers and questioning existence itself I was attracted to the account of Lot and Sodom and Gomorrah. I went to learn more and came across a video of the ruins right near the Dead Sea. Then to see the pure sulfur balls buried in the rock and ash. Still preserved after thousands of years. That really woke me up and corrected the wrong things I said prior about the Bible and that I would believe in Jesus if he came down in front of me. The irony of that statement. God put me in my place that day and I am forever grateful. Romans 14:11 “‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God.’”
***** Don't start on contradictory when you believe in God and the Bible. A world without belief in god won't be a world with denial of his existence, it'll be a world where he never existed in the first place. In fact, a world where we need an omnipotent being to claim influence on lives is quite sad. The fact religious people show denial of other Gods in other religions kind of corks the fact you think an Atheist's denial of your God is blasphemy.
The Law Why do you say a man in the sky? Because you dont realise that which we call God is in all matter and exists outside of the universe as well. You need to look at a life in a new way. I look beyond that which we see. Blessings to you.
Peter Kimble OK, disregarding the assumption of god being a man and being also based in the sky, Why do you need to use this so called 'being' to give reason to love or lack thereof? is it not enough that you love and are loved, that you cherish and respect? Is it not enough that we as humans can feel affection for one another and for material existence? Why do we need this 'being' to explain human nature when it's so beautifully presented in every day life?
JESUS CHIRST IS TRUTH CHRISTIANITY IS NOW JUST ALL BUSINESS.. TRUE Christian are the word of God Jesus chirst is the only living God call the ANCIENT GOD OF ISRAEL CALL CHRIST
+sasquatch2999 One of his arguments is that without the Bible, there can be no logic. WTF? Can you help me understand how logic comes from the Bible and not some other religion?
The way I understand it, the presuppositional argument can be used by any theistic religion (Judaism, Islam, Christianity). Also know as TAG, this argument is usually used to prove the existence of God more than specifically Christianity. I like Ravi Zacharias' critique of other religions which reveals why Christianity is, in the end, the only consistently logical religion. For instance, in Buddhism the ultimate goal is to extinguish desire, but that's a desire in itself. Or Hinduism believes the universe is God and is eternal. Well, science is in virtually unanimous that the universe "began" to exist a finite point and time ago (13.7 billion years); hence, the universe can't be God.
+William Mirewood William If any of the below information is incorrect simply prove you have not acquired your knowledge through osmosis and submit refuting evidence . The bible is a collection of historical documents, 66 books written on three continents Asia Africa and Europe written by 40 authors of 1500 years. There have been 23000 historical archaeological digs related to the historical accuracies of the bible, not one of them has refute historically what is found in the bible - the names and places outlined in the bible. 300 prophecies that Jesus fulfilled through His life, death and resurrection. Here is one example in Psalm 22 about Jesus dying on the cross, written a thousand years before his death, before crucifixion was even invented by the romans. Approximately 2500 fulfilled prophecies in total. 2. Historicity The way historical documents are verified is through the amount of copies available and how many years after the original they were recorded. So lets see how the historicity stakes up against the new testament: There are 6000 manuscript or portions of manuscripts that confirmed the historicity of the new testament, we don't have any of the originals, the earliest copies we have are are from AD120 , written 25 years after the originals. New testament - 6000 copies - earliest copy available to use 25 years after the original.Julius Caesars gallic wars - less than a dozen copies - earliest 1000 years are the originalAristotle - less than 10 copies - 1400 years after the originalSocrates - zero, the only think we know about Socrates is from PlatoHomer - 643 copies - 2100 years after the originalPlato - 7 copies - 1200 years after the original 3. The da Vinci code lie - the bible has been changed so many times that it is no accurate and the early christian community defied Christ including putting miracles in the bible that were originally not there. There are two arguments for this - The corrupt translations argument and the overzealous monk argument. 3.1. The corrupt translations argument The bible has been translated so many times that it's no longer reliable, like when you play chinese whispers and as it has been translated so many times that the original message is lost. The only problem with this is the bible is not translations of translations, it's a translations from the original greek, hebrew and aramaic manuscripts, so this premise does not make senses. 3.2. The overzealous monk argument Constantine calls together the Council of Nicaea and says to the monks you get 66 books and no more and had to leave out other books and then change those books to reflect that Jesus looks like the divine son of God. However there are three problems with this theory: Early on the biblical historical documents(books) was translated into syriac,coptic and latin, so now the monks need to steal or find 6000 copies or portions of manuscripts in the greek, syriac,coptic, latin and change the text without showing their inkwork The early church fathers quoted extensively from the new testament in the writings, so much so that 95 - 98 percent of the new testament can be reproduced from just the their writings. So now the monks have to find all the early church fathers writing and change the text, don't show your inkwork, make sure the lies match what was said in manuscripts in the greek, syriac,coptic, latin, get those writings back without anybody finding out
+William Mirewood I could provide websites to refute each point mentioned here -rationalwiki.org/wiki/Evidence_for_the_historical_existence_of_Jesus_Christ But it wont do much good, but let me put this to you, everyone has a belief, even atheist ...yes, do they do, they belive that everything came from nothing and we are all worm food. Religious people belive that there is a creator of everything....only one can be right. However, if I die and turn to wormfood then I lose nothing, if you die and the bible is right you lose big and for eternity. Now you next question might be, ok, so why is chrisitany the truth ? Well every other relgion is works based (working your way up an invisible ladder to be accepted before God) , Christianity is based on Jesus works, all other religions teach man must reach to God, Christianity teaches God reaches down to man in love and for that reason its unquie and should be considerd as the truth. Its funny how so man atheist say they hate region, but then Focus on Jesus, really in truth they hate the God of the bible, not religion.
Okay the "presuppositional" argument made... absolutely zero sense to me. I'm hearing "If God isn't real and as described by the Bible, then how could human beings have the ability to reason?" Open to clarification from a believer but seriously, how does that follow?
Paul did not get knocked off his donkey. That misconception is due to a famous painting. The scripture does not mention a donkey at the scene. Just a small quibble. Love you John. God has taught me much through your ministry.
Study on Quran... - Quran. Is true . ---If you read the full Quran with the meaning. Hope you find the way........Try to search true religion .....I am 100% sure Islam is true .....I was Cristian but recently i converted to Islam.. .......God said get knowledge. Iam also saying study and get knowledge you will surely find the true.........Islam is 100% true.................First of all study and learn after that search which religion is true........i hope you can find the true religion (I am 100% sure Islam is True) Trust me...
I have a Question ...Did you search that which religion is true ? ...Did you read full quran with meaning ? I think you Didnt . and you are saying you wonder if i will say the same thing while i am burning in hell....hahahha.....It is almost impossible that i will burn in hell but though iam a muslim if i do bad thing i would might have to go hell..ALLAHU ALOM.(But I hope I will no do anything bad )............. If you become a Muslim or not , I dont have any benefit ....I just said you to search By Yourself that "Is Islam really true?" ....i think you always try to show that your religion is truth but do not try to find the true religion....And NOTE - READ THE QURAN WITH MEANING.....YOU CAN GET HELP FROM ANY OF MUSLIM SCHOLAR .....READ QURAN AND HADIS OR LEARN FROM ANY MUSLIM SCHOLAR WITH POSSATIVE MIND. I HOPE YOU WILL FIND THE TRUE.
@@InspectedBasixByMahdi You actually believe that Muhammed rode a winged horse with a human looking head to the moon and split it in half? BTW your "prophet" who never prophesied or spoke directly to God married a 6 year old girl so he's also a pedophile. Islam doesn't allow itself to be scrutinized because it falls to pieces the moment it does. Try watching David Wood or Apostate Prophet and your eyes would be opened if only you wanted them to be.
What's wrong with CHRISTIANITY? 1. Monopoly of TRUTH. 2. Evangelizing AGAINST before evangelizing for. 3.A poingnant STORY of a HEBREW MAN-GOD who spoke ARAMIAC, his text was WRITTEN IN GREEK and MIRACLOUSLY the Geophraphy that send his executors enjoy all the EARTHLY riches, and blessedly so by The God who would like us to holy see the ITALIANS in the POST-CHRISTIAN EUROPE as his only REPRESENTATIVE. 4. The Concept of GOOD AND EVIL. 5. And of course the PRIMITIVE concept that states that WITHOUT SHEDDING HUMAN/ GOD/ animal blood, God can't forgive US. 6. The history of the CHURCH. 7 .The fact it was sanctioned by the criminal, VICIOUS ROMAN EMPIRE.
This was very offensive to me, my dog has been barking poetry for years! Still going to give this a thumbs up I thank God for John Piper, as a former skeptic turned Bible believing fanatic, JP has been there countless times to tie up the loose ends from a past life bent on unbelief.
@@anglovikingyt2389 That's not what they meant. The context used in the comment is suggesting their 'past lifestyle', not an actual passed life. We know that we only live once, but as children of God we are spiritually REBORN, therefore we live a new life, a life of Christ.
Also, why don't these arguments work for accounts from other religions? If Mohammad or a figure from the Vedic scriptures says something in their respective books, then why wouldn't we "assume their trustworthiness" as this man tells us to do for Paul?
Find the true religion. We know christian was acceptable to GOD when jissus (Isa in islam) was alive but Now Only Islam is Acceptable . Allah(GOD) sent many Nabi and Rasul (messenger) to give the true to man. Nabi-Rasul(messenger) try to give man the true But None of them became 100% successful except Mohammad (s). When Jissus was alive and who followed jissus they will be in Heaven( zannath ) the place of peace but then GOd said all religion is unacceptable Except Islam becouse Many Nabi-Rasul like.. Jessus,Adam,Nuh,Musa . wasn't became 100% successful but Mohammad (s) became 100% successful... and as god said all religion is unacceptable except Islam ...That means Christianity is also Unacceptable..Hindu is also unacceptable..ALL Religion's are unacceptable Except Islam ..And there are so many prove in Quran and Hadis ....And iam saying that be Muslim ....if you be a Muslim or not be a Muslim I dont have any benefit ..I found the true religion and i hope you will found the true also.. .... get knowledge about Islam and other religion ..And compare them that which religion is true ..And do not try to make your religion true ...please try to search the truth.....I respect Jissas (Isa A) and i love him ...ALLAH also love jissus becouse he was the nabi and the rasul of Allah..
Wow. That might have been the single worst argument for christianity or god that I have ever heard. For fuck sakes, how can anyone take this man seriously... or christianity for that matter?
O.K. All of the people who think GOD isnot real just type in Ravi Zacharias in the search box, and lisson to him for just little while and he will get you started in the right direction.
For me the way i know God is true is because i feel his love. And if you don't feel God you are never going to understand God and believe in him. So i can't prove it because I feel it and not you. Christianity is not a religion but a relationschip with God. So if you don't want to accept his love you wil never feel it. If you have a relationship you feel the love of that person but you can't prove that the person really loves you because its only you who feels it. And even if i would be able to prove the existence of God there would be a lot of people who would not want to believe in God because our sinful nature wants to be its own God and not have somebody who reigns over them. But the way i see things is how could you choose the world over God because the world is so cruel. You may not agree with some things God says or does but i do not agree with tons of things the world says and does.
You do notice that christianity has relied on ignorant people since its beginnings to keep its power. Also, the Catholic Church has sold away sins to people, which would not be something that 'God' would want, would he? They have been corrupt, and the times when they have been at their weakest were at points where big scientific discoveries and advancements were made/proven, as well as when the Black Death occurred, which went against the church's belief that if you are a good Christian, then 'God' will be good to you, meaning he would not kill you with some plague, but it happened anyway.
+Sean Reagan God never sead he would be good to you if your a good christian. Sometimes we/i need bad things to happen so that i wont forget God and go away from Him.
+Sean Reagan God never sead he would be good to you if your a good christian. Sometimes we/i need bad things to happen so that i wont forget God and go away from Him.
+William Mirewood So if you would have relation with a woman and she makes you think different about some things in life and you and you tell here how sweet she is and how much you love her(which we do to God also because we love him) thats a religion i don't think so.
@RageAndQuit You are really speaking from ignorance, man. He's not talking about just what the Bible says, but what we even know from history, archaeology, the incredibly fast spreading of Christianity in light of intense persecution, martyrdom (of eyewitnesses), the impossibility of legendary development in such a short span of time, etc. There's more. Please don't oversimplify like everyone else seems to.
Parents tell a four year old that a magical space wizard loves him, and he'll believe it for the rest of his life. Parents tell the same thing to their fifteen year old son and he moves out of the house to go live with hobos.
This is true, im 14 now (old enough to think for myself) and religious is absolutely ridiculous, i am suprised my parents believe in such a silly thing. Its literally plaguing the world. (Mum): God loves your more than i do (*Me* thinking in my head) oh so you would burn me in a sickening torturous manner for not believing in you when you have not given me a one bit of evidence you exist but a book that was written by a sheep herder 2000 years ago
***** Because it ruins families and lives, i hear people telling me all the time that once they told their family that they are athiests, the families kicked them out of the house or abused them and than there are the terrorism that comes along with it and the hate for the gays. Its also stops people from getting better. I remember one story of a boy that needed to get a tumor out and they just put some oil instead and the kid died. It also stops science progression as some people dont even think evolution is a fact overall dumbing down the whole population. I also see very nice religious people wasting their lives praying to something that dosent exists, it sickens me. You see why i hate it? Its ruining everyones lives
Christianity is not religion. It's simply the Truth. And if you don't at least look at the evidence, in terms of apologetic material of all the founding documents, etc., then you're not doing the bare minimum this obvious truth cries out for. Search up J. Warner Wallace here on youtube and watch some of him to learn what made him turn from atheism and his +20 years being a cop.
***** Actually i looked into everything, i put a lot of thought into it and came to the conclusion that none of it makes sense. there is no evidence at all, there is just a 2000 year old book filled with lies and questionable sayings. you can't say christianity isn't a religion its the truth, how do you think that? you and everybody else in this world have no proof, just a book.
PoPeYeBIGBOSS No, no. We have a whole lot more than a "book". We got the word of God which the Bible is. But as for evidences, we got many, like I've mentioned before. We got attestation to Jesus by not only His disciples, but also the disciples of His disciples, if you can believe that. The apostle John had disciples of his own, as did Paul. We've got ancient documents of Papias of Hierapolis (disciples of John) and of others. You see, it is not as though that we merely have the 6000+ ancient Greek manuscripts, 10000+ Latin, more thousands in Syriac and Coptic, etc.., we're also got nonbiblical sources attesting to the eyewitnesses that wrote the Gospels as well as the letters, that make up the New Testament. You've got to be open to all these pieces of evidence. I recommend to you J. Warner Wallace. He explains the evidence very well. Search him up here on youtube! God bless
How do you know the Bible ISN'T true? Why do you choose to live in faith that the universe was created from nothing? How do you know it was? You DON'T. Everyone must live in faith of something, and the Bible says faith is the essence of things HOPED for. Anyone who's wise will choose to live in hope of goodness and justice that can only be enforced by God. Why would anyone choose to live without hope in justice by means of a loving God? It's entirely self defeating, unless of course that person doesn't love justice or truth that much, in which case living without hope for such things won't bother him that much because that person is evil. This is how I KNOW God is real and the Bible is true -- because a person who loves truth, righteousness, fairness, mercy, justice, and even love itself can only be happy if they have hope for these things, and without God there is NO hope for these things, and the only God in any religion that satisfies the desire for these things is the God of the Bible, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. And what a coincidence that the only God in any religion that satisfies the desire for these things also belongs to the religion that has the most evidence across multiple different fields of study to support its being true.
TheTurtleVillage contradictions. Period. Im not going to argue. I feel sad when i do it. Because i know it wont have an effect on people. And i think arguing is actually part of my desire. Its human nature and human stupidity. Which is why atheists (im a hindu) will argue with christians. However i am not saying there aren’t atheists who are good and argue when required. Whatever. I at least hope one day christians will learn the truth.
@@TheTurtleVillage Wow! Amen to that! 🙏 Also, even our YEARS are based off of Christ's death. B.C. & A.D. .....but people will look to anything BUT the Truth. Because by nature, human beings hate the Truth and God, and love their sin and wish to be their own god or worship other idols other than the true living God. And people who claim that God doesn't exist or that the Bible isn't true sure do get very angry and devoted to something that "doesn't exist". Deep down, even if it's way deep down and hidden, they know.
John 7: 15 The Jews then were astonished, saying, “How has this man become learned, having never been educated?” 16 So Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me. 17 If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from Myself. 18 He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who is seeking the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him. 19 “Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why do you seek to kill Me?” 20 The crowd answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill You?” Jesus: John 14: 21 He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.” 22 Judas (not Iscariot) *said to Him, “Lord, what then has happened that You are going to disclose Yourself to us and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him. 24 He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me. John 21: 24 This is the disciple who is testifying to these things and wrote these things, and we know that his testimony is true. 25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself *would not contain the books that *would be written.
As a former minister, I pose the following and here's Part I: 1. John's explanation is assuming that everyone believes the Bible. I would like to see how he would answer the question to someone who knows nothing of scripture or of the Christian God. It is undisputed that Jesus did exist, the other accounts of resurrection and miracles etc. are inconsistent and somewhat unverifiable.
@@HighValueMan24 It sounds to me like you're saying you know he has a gift because his understanding of the text matches your own, and he believes in what he says. Is that right?
@@sirilay in Christianity, yes, he has depth and understanding. We believe he’s been given a gift because well, his gift to understand Christianity and believe in it. Sometimes it’s very difficult to keep faith; but this man has a good heart.
Christianity is true because God is true, it is from God that Christianity is truth, not man. Man is not the determiner of truth nor the judge of it only the receiver of it by God revealing it to him. You, o man, only know truth if God brings your soul alive to know it. The is no proving truth to a dead man, that is anyone w/o God, only through the life made possible in Jesus Christ death and resurrection can one know truth of anything. God imparts salvation and truth by grace, you then by faith, given to you by God, enter into repentance to redemption. Neither John Piper, you, me, or any mankind make Christianity true, it is of it's self true, but you can't even know this, but God give you grace in a soul new birthed to know truth. The only truth you or anyone needs to know is that you and I are liars and He is true. John 14:6
I love Jesus too and im not arrogant to not accept the truth but why are you so sure and how could i be so sure . Everything About christianity is written years after Jesus died how could you be so sure they didn’t fabricated the whole thing . Second of all you jumped to the conclusion that Jesus is god and in the books he never clearly claimed divinity, and what’s with the pop and priests forgive your sins (they are humans like me) . And how could someone moral and righteous on isolated island who never managed to come in contact with christianity go to hell while a killer/rapist who believes in Jesus eventually goes to heaven. And is god three or one and why is this complicated concept and why are so sure that god is three is this all according to the gospel, and why animals has to suffer for us and is the story of noa not taken from other metholigy , and why so many denominations does Jesus wants for christians to divide and who is right and why the other believers in Jesus has to go to hell too many questions i will humble myself and search for the truth if there is any but someone has to ponder these questions
Indeed, these questions need to be asked, but once you answered them you can in fact be sure about Christianity without being arrogant. Thousands of people have already answered these questions.
2. About a year later I was at home and it was in the middle of the day. Suddenly I saw a man in front of me. He looked like a jewish or middle eastern man about 30 years old. He had his eyes shut and was apparently in great pain. On top of his head was a crown of thorns. Today I can remember almost every single thorn. You see. I didnt even have faith earlier. I felt that he was supposed to be a fairytale like Cindirella. Could never explain what happened. But it gave me hope
...except his reasoning is highly flawed. For me, there's nothing to admire about a "passion" that's based on fallacies, or ignoring the hits and accepting the misses.
I don't understand the Atheist in the comments section. I do understand that you are the types of people to give up in easy situations that you don't bother looking for the answer, I do understand you are the hopeless people of the planet, mainly the fact that you think humanity has no meaning or life is meaningless. With evolution comes an assumption, so my question is, did nothing create everything? Or, are we all knowing? If you can answer yes to both these questions, there's hope in you and there always will be, and Christians aren't delusional, we're hopeful. Let anyone hate to this comment, I've converted atheist before.
Daniel Amador You are jumping to conclusions and placing everyone that needs evidence before claiming what is certain, to have common beliefs. you are the types of people to give up in easy humanity has no meaning or life is meaningless and Christians aren't delusional. I am a Christian but for the most part i find atheist much less obstinate than Christians in these comment sections. What evidence do you have for the proof of the God and Jesus of Christianity ? What do you mean "let anyone hate to this comment" ?
truethinker truethinker First paragraph. How am I the type to give up in easy situations? That's an assumption right there, and it's false bc I always knows there's a way even when ppl say there's not. Every Christian should know that, no not just Christians, anyone who trust in God should know that. For the most part I like the way you think but I don't believe Christians are more stubborn than atheist. Mainly because not everyone is born a Christian, yes sure by family choice but mine was my choice bc I found God. Idk if you read the Bible but if so then u know the reason we can't see him is because we sinned already. Everytime I ask him to speak to me or show me something, not just for me to trust him, he shows up in a dream or makes what some people will call "coincidence". True believers believe that coincidences are God speaking. And with every creation theres a creator. One more, how could u call urself a truethinker if you can't make up your mind about what u believe in? I'm not at all saying Christians are 100℅ correct but I do believe that Jesus gives us hope. That's why I'ma end with this question, who do you look up to for help in a tight situation? Yourself? Luck? God?
truethinker Man say, show me and I'll trust you. God says, trust me and I'll show you. And even if there is a chance of this being all fake, I don't think we should take that chance. But of course some people won't care and be atheist because the way they want to live. Which is another reason I love God is because our freedom of choice. It can go bad or good and he'll let it happen. He's with us until the end of days, so I'm gonna stay with him like everyday could be my last. And I have a friend similar to you but the main reason he stopped believing is because he didn't wanna live in fear about sin. If by any chance ur feeling the same way, fearing God is the beginning of knowledge. I used to also but try and remember this. In the end of days, Jesus will be our judge, but he will also be our lawyer. How can you lose a case with ur lawyer as ur judge?
I was repeating what you wrote not saying you were those things . Just pointing out how you are generalizing and accusing by jumping to conclusions . The sane way you are doing to me. I am a rationalist not half atheist but like the apostle Paul i appeal to reason and expect Christians to be an example of the art of expressing the value of knowledge and the skill of communicating the Gospel with love respect and patience. I have work to do on that front also.
@Griffin9857 Continued: The fossil record (literally billions of examples) fail to show one example of a transitional form, but rather shows a sudden, inexplicable appearance of a wide variety of both simple and complex life-forms. All naturalist theories have failed to explain life from non-life, and Darwinism has failed to prove evolution of life once it is present.
@@furios2203 Good to hear. While I do not remember this specific conversation, your comment is refreshing to read in light of the video topic I think I remember watching.
question: What christianity do you mean. The christianity of the 1st century what the apostles and Jesus practiced or the christianity today called neo-christianity. Sir do you really know who Paul is do you know his background? Can you give an exegete of Paul's epistles, Can you explain Primitive christianity. Can you explain the methodologies of reading the bible?
+Yoctopory Sarcasm? John Piper provides an excellent reason for believing in Christianity. That's far more than you can say about the atheistic worldview. "I don't believe in God because there is no evidence. So I either: .1) Don't believe in anything or .2) Believe in evolution (even though you must accept it by faith just as much as Christianity.)"
+balshgracie um sorry to tell you but thats not true. not to mention the fact that a number of key things in the bible have been taken from previous religions and myths, such as the story of Noahs Ark is plainly stolen from Epic of Gilgemesh, a Greek myth, the story of jesus is similar to that of so many other myths before hand, things like turning water to wine, dying for the sins of man by crucifixion and the vast numbers of virgin births. Anyway I'd consider u look into these points I've made and I'd be interested to know what you make of them. Also i ask that you keep an open mind as there have been over 4,200 religions in history and its a little silly to assume the one which you were taught is therefore the correct one.
balshgracie Let's imagine its possible to prove that the historical places and events in the Bible are real. How does this prove the existence of Yahweh?
Ok, lets work on the premise that everything in the bible is really true. Firstly so we agree Jesus lived and performed supernatural impossible miracles like raising people from the dead and feeding the five thousand. That he was crucified and raised himself from the dead, went to hell and came back to earth ... well that means he is God. He is Cleary not human. The bible actual says Jesus is God, col 1:15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. John 1:1 1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning. 3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcomea it. Secondly if we believe everything in the bilbe is true the, we have to believe the accounts in genesis that God made everything, that God says who he is, that he says he is the alpha and omega, the beginning and the end and that his name is Yahweh Rev. 22:13, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End." John 8:58, "I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!" Gods name is I am Col. 2:9, “For in Him all the fulness of Deity dwells in bodily form.” The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. Does that answer your question ?
Here's Part II; Regarding his second bullet for question #1 - there are a plethora of populations in history which knew nothing of Christianity yet had a moral standard which they followed and a moral guide that was set. In fact, there are populations even today that know nothing of the gospel yet have a internal moral guide. A better argument would have been that God's presence is inherent even in those that don't know him in the Christian way.
+Pirate Kitty Of course its based purely on faith (but its also a relationship, based on faith), everyone believes something, atheist also have faith, and a belief that God does not exist. However, if you look at the complexity of nature and the human mind, it obvious this was created by a greater being, are beyond us it take far far more faith to look at all creation and believe it came from nothing, dont you agree ?
+balshgracie Atheists do not say that a God does not exist. Atheists say there is insufficient evidence to prove that any god that humans worship exists. Yahweh must be far more complex than anything in our universe. And yet you are claiming that he does not have a creator. Evidence, I need evidence.
+Pirate Kitty Hey, how are you doing? First off, our beliefs are not purely based on faith. There are many scholars and resources that show us God's existence. We do have faith but most faith is backed up by personal experiences, science or prophecy. But all honestly, if you're focused on just evidence, it is going to be hard for you to understand where we come from or what we believe.
+Pirate Kitty its not all based on faith. the faith we have isn't faith that he is real because we know he is real. the faith we have is in his promises. if you want to know the science behind Christianity then email me at jplumbridge1999@gmail.com and i will tell you and show you it.
1. Yes, I tip the scales, but I do so with logical thought that all can consider and make their own judgement on as to its validity. 2. When you say 100% proof, I think you refer to the scientific method and how that obtains what you call proof. If you would read Barbour's research into Science and Religion though, you may be convinced that science is not as reliable as we would like to believe. As it is, scientists working on quantum theory are beginning to realise this fact.
Cringed as soon as he said that our assumption of existence is evidence of god. A disappointment from a man whom I've come to expect an actual argument from. If I can think of the word "think" that doesn't mean that god exists just because the bible says that god allows me to think. If a book said "Rocks make you think" does that mean that if I think its proof that that book is true? Honestly what the hell guys.
Intergalactic Lord of Sauce HAHAHAHAHAHAHA "HISTORICAL" The Bible says that a global flood engulfed the world, 15 cubits taller than mount everest, in roughly 2000 BC. It even dares to suggest the dimensions of an ark that could hold every animal in the world, and that some random guy (with no experience might I add) could create it without any help whatsoever, and the progeny of this one man and the animals he took with him could magically enter every nook anc cranny of the world (even the US and Australia, despite being seperate land masses). Not to mention the Bible has been changed throughout history significantly, and some of it's authors (like Paul) aren't even reliable. Don't lie to us, the Bible has no evidence for its validity.
everett zarnick the Bible proves that God exists because it is his word and all the prophecies are coming true even as we speak!! stop being stupid and stubborn and ask God yourself to reveal himself to you
The evidence, of a spirit world is pretty lame so far, and the huge history of fraud and fakery is hard to shake off as nothing. Those ghost hunter shows really strike me as total crapolla. Oh I got a chill must be a spirit, yeah, sure. So Caesar did not leave behind some DNA and a video blog, however the main point I was after was he has multiple texts, from various sources, in his time, writing of him, and good inference at least that he wrote things down that have survived till today. That is not circular reasoning. Jesus has no various sources thing going on. Many claim he does, but there is so little, and most of that outside the bible is a couple of words interpreted to be referring to christ, weak, very weak. All religions are fading, but not fast enough to save us from the stupid ideas (god writings and beliefs). Also I am not an atheist, I do have a mild form of spirituality, but no leader, no god. Additionally I see it as more a feeling, or emotion and not a well reasoned out belief. In regard to god there are no facts, no proof, no evidence, and with our huge long history exalting this sky man one would expect one or two crumbs, not jesus burnt into toast. If one has faith in god, that person cannot claim to be able to reason rationally, due to that persons belief in a god, an obviously man made idea, used as a giant con to get power and wealth from the believers. I again assert that once you have gathered enough knowledge, and pondered on life and living with your brain and senses such as they are, there comes a point where god becomes unnecessary, and just plain silly. All the aguments for him (always him most of the time, boo) all seen as weak, and invalid logically. Oh and you cannot undo it. Those who claim to have left god and found him again are just fooling themselves and the always gullible faithful others. I would put these "found god agains" in the same pile with the "I have been to heaven or hell and back agains". Harmless wackadoos. One more thing there is no such thing as a typical type of anything person wise, and normal means average in most ways. Stay away from the normals, they are boring ++. When you read either the bible or the koran cover to cover, with your faith colored glasses off and rational thought on, there is no other conclusion that is plausible. The only way I can see god being possible and keep the bible is to say, as the holy rollers often do, that the word, messages and or signs of god were interpreted by men of their times in a way to help god to share his "truth". To prove god does not exist would require visiting the spiritual realm, and finding nothing, or spiritual individuals, with no boss spirit. Since there is so far no evidence of such a place, or a way to get there, that is a tall order. Now if you believe then you have god the "holy ghost" hosting miracles in our physical realm, creating Earth, global, flood, parting the Red or Dead Sea, blasting Sodom and Gomorrah to dust. We have proven by the use of science and experimentation how the Earth formed, which is wildly different from god's bible account. Well you can interpret the made up hell out of that text, to help shore up bible science, which is weak and just sad I think. Now if the bible text could with little interpretive stretching line up well with modern day astrophysics, then we have a worthy prediction from the ancient past that could give us pause. Then invoking god the creator would have a bit more merit. Problem is the bible does not do that. The bible shows us a very mixed up account that does not show any scientific insight at all. The same thing happens with the other major miracles. The global flood, Noah and the Ark. Geo-science has discovered strong evidence for comet/asteroid strikes, but zero evidence of a global flood. The ark proves itself to be false as the maths make it impossible. Now if god had lent a hand building the ark out of miracle wood from heaven, then maybe such a giant wood ship could have floated for a year. Problem is that this extra magic claim was not made, and history has demonstrated that there is a size limit for wooden ships. Even if Noah and his kin were master carpenters, the too big boat would sink for sure. Not enough room for the animals and their food and vegetarian Lions and Tigers, Noah was supposed to be hundreds of years old, and many more impossible things make the whole tale wacky. What is next? Ah Exodus. No evidence, and there should be some. Add to that a hundred years of looking really really hard to find some evidence and getting nowhere kinda does it for me. So no physical evidence, so what about history? Moses and all his magic tricks did not get written down by the Egyptians or anyone else, and it should have been huge news. Blasting Sodom and Gomorrah, once again no evidence, and once again the loving god is a baby killing fool. God has a repeating history of killing innocent babies, and do not give me that original sin bull turds as Adam and Eve as even a story makes no sense. If you think that really happened, slap yourself hard and knock out some of your stupid. So forget the olden times and the fake news, how about a god argument many see as evidence of a god. Design. Things are so complicated we need some one to make it so god did it. Ta da! Well if I say vomit green is the new black and I really really believe it, that will not make the little vomit green dress the go to party gown. Also the science shows things get more complicated (and beautiful) over time. Super novas create heavy elements, they clump together, get crushed and melted, and sometimes big clean crystals form, which are complex and beautiful things that did not need god in any way. I could come up with other clean indicators that god is made up, and that it is perfectly logical not to believe in him/her/it, but the holy rollers will never see it. They will use faith alone to hang on to god and jesus and mohammad, and moses and all the magic characters they have been indoctrinated to hold dear.
“Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.” “Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.” “The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.” “A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That's where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It's having backbone.” Unnatural disasters happen seemingly every week. Train crashes, shootings, nuclear accidents; is there any place of refuge one can flee from this insanity? Very few of mankind's creations r designed 2 make u feel good, unless u get pleasure from seeing the human body desecrated by guns, explosions, fights, and any other things these so-called "artists" create. In the name of freedom, many have used art as a means 2 destroy the human mind. As an excuse 2 continue we hear "Art reflects society". How many times has this lie been repeated: "creations r not real", they say and yet any one of these people can call 2 mind images and complete scenes of horror in graphic detail. They will carry these so-called "unreal" creations around with them 4 the rest of their lives. These images r now a part of their being. In the name of RECREATION these people in fact r re-creating themselves in their own images. SOCIETY THEN REFLECTS ART. In man's decision 2 further separate From God, his re-creation of himself leaves him in a dysfunctional state of confusion. The mind becomes a burial ground 4 dead waste. Isolated from the wholeness of God, Earth and his fellow brothers and sisters, this man seeks solace in activities he thinks will stimulate his mind. He begins downloading in2 his brain a series of manmade creations designed 2 destroy it. All manmade creations originate from one of 2 sources: the Tree of Knowledge or the Tree of Life. One of these trees contained deadly fruit, the other - Fruit of Everlasting Life. The one who disregards this fact recreates himself and his kind in2 extinction. U r reading these words on a machine created by man. As u read, u hear a voice speaking 2 u the words that u perceive. They make sense 2 u because u understand (stand under) the SPELLing. The words r what binds this SPELL 2 ur illusion. When u hear the Truth, like a memory - u recognize it and this recognition releases u from ALL illusion. Many languages r brilliant in their attempt 2 CONfuse u. CON meaning: against, fuse meaning: 2gether. Words and their SPELLbinding illusions have the power 2 keep man separate From God. U were born in an all-knowing state of mind. The first words spoken 2 u begin the SPELL. The words come from one of 2 sources: the Tree of Knowledge or the Tree of Life. In ignorance or simply lack of respect 4 God, many use words that CONfuse the minds of humans and turn them in2 projections of their own illusions. Because of this fact, many people grow up and blindly assume their pre-selected role under a dictatorship without even being aware of it. When asked what they r doing here on earth, most will answer with statements that do not reflect their Natural God-Given Desires. This creates a pyramid-like structure with the dictator on top, and each level under it knowing less and less. Upon reaching the bottom level - which is where the majority is, u will find chaos, disorder, and illusion. With ILL as its prefix, ILLusion is a state of insanity. In the name of democracy, supreme power is vested un2 the people in this insane state instead Of God. A future re-created, 2 b ruled by man, is one of isolation and despair. Returning the leadership back in 2 God Will allow mankind 2 achieve its original collective goal which is union With God. Ideas contrary 2 this goal should not b blamed or persecuted - just simply ignored. They originated when man first chose 2 ignore God's Rule. Simply put - in the beginning, the Human was made perfect In God's image. They had no need 4 knowledge. They were also given freedom of choice. The Tree of Knowledge and the Tree of Life r reflections of this freedom. The human is now a reflection of their choice. They could have simply chose not 2 Choose. God Being centrifugal in nature, freedom was the CAUSE and choice was the EFFECT. In knowing their perfection made in God's image, there was no need 2 choose. In fact, their were NO NEEDS. There was only love in an all-knowing state b4 the fall. The worst thing u can do is give up ur God-given right 2 choose. 4 in it - u can choose not 2 choose. Therein is the final judgement. The illusion ceases and u awaken from ur dream. Now the healing begins... With an all-knowing mind, made in God's Image u can create as ur Creator - God Intended. With love, honor and respect 4 every living thing in the universe. Separation ceases, and we all become One Being singing the One song. One song In The Family Of God. Praying God and Loving all…….
+Steve Fowler As opposed to believing there is no God? I'm assuming you are an evolutionist. Let's briefly review your extremely logical and scientific theory. “18 or 20 billion years ago, there was a big bang where nothing exploded and made everything.” (Prentice Hall, General Science, 1992, p.61). Then, "4.6 billion years ago the earth cooled down and it was a hot ball of rock. Earth began as a hot ball of rock.” (Glencoe, Biology, 1995, p.398). And then, "millions of years of torrential rains created great oceans,” and “swirling in the waters of the oceans is a bubbling broth of complex chemicals. ...progress from a complex chemical soup to a living organism is very slow.”(Holt, Earth Sceince, 1994, p. 281-282). Take a long, hard look at what you have just read and tell me it isn't "hogwash". You expect me to believe I came from a rock, yet when I say we were created by God you say I'm a fool? "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God." (Psalm 14:1).
The event regarding Jacob is not a mystery... nor does it discredit the bible in anyway. Jacob, through obedience to the Lord, demonstrated his faith by placing the rods of many colors in front of the livestock. In turn for his faithfulness, God rewarded him with speckled and spotted cattle. Now of course you cannot demonstrate this miracle anymore then you can demonstrate evolution... But it takes far more faith to believe that it rained on the rocks for millions of years and a "simple cell" (a specimen far more complicated then the NASA space shuttle), could have come to life through naturalistic causes... It just aint gonna happen.
The miracle is immediately attributed to God because an animal will not produce variations in its offspring from impressions made on its imagination. Jacob used the rods in obedience to a special divine direction, without knowing any thing of their natural virtue (whether they helped scientifically or not). Be that as it may, your arguments do not discredit the bible, and they do not help your hopelessly flawed theory of evolution.
Friend, I have nothing to prove to you, and I assumed you believed in evolution because the only alternative is that there is a God... Judging from our dialague, it's obvious you do not believe the latter. I have complete faith in God's word and the promise made by Him to preserve it perfectly. In spite of the evidence screaming there must be a God... If I am wrong, I stand to lose nothing. But if you are wrong you stand to lose your soul. You better make sure you know exactly what you believe.
Here is my view on things: So, do we all agree that if you hear an organised knock on the door we say "Who is it," as we know knocks don't knock themselves. Therefore presuming that someone must be at the door. Similar to the Big Bang theory. I'm not saying the Big Bang theory is wrong, in fact I actually think it's a logical way of explaining how the universe we live in came to be, all I'm saying is that similar to the knock on the door Something doesn't come out of nothing, in the sense that there must of been some beginning to everything. Something bigger then ourselves which is where the term God comes in. So in conclusion what I'm saying is the Big Bang theory doesn't bang itself and that in my opinion God was behind it.
That limitation makes it impossible for us to have 100% truth, and if you subscribe to theism, it is a small leap to conclude that God made it impossible. So to claim 100% certainty is arrogant. I don't believe God should allow us 100% proof. The foundation of the bible is rooted in weakness of humanity and our reliance on God for literally everything, including knowledge and reason. 'What is ours is ours by grace,'
"Why do you think Christianity is true? It has a lot to do with things outside my control. Especially where I was born. I didnt choose to be born American. Or to speak English, and etc.
A theory in the modern sense is like this: Gravity is a fact, the theory of gravity is how we believe it works based on observable evidence that has been documented and tested. Any more questions?
Although never coming to belief in a personal God, he recognized the impossibility of a non-created universe. The Encyclopedia Britannica says of him: "Firmly denying atheism, Einstein expressed a belief in "Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the harmony of what exists." This actually motivated his interest in science, as he once remarked to a young physicist: "I want to know how God created this world, I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element.
Lighthouses are more helpful than churches.-Benjamin Franklin. All thinking men are Atheists.-Ernest Hemingway. Faith means not wanting to know what is true. - Friedrich Nietzsche. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it.-Albert Einstein, 1954.
The truly amazing thing is that Abiogenesis is not as improbable as one might believe, given the size of the universe and sheer number of planets. Obviously estimating the number of earth like planets is far from easy, but astronomers estimate around 100 billion potentially habitable planets in the universe. Now let's say that the odds of developing life on one of these habitable planets is 1 in 1000000000, going off that we would still have 100 instances of the event happening.
1. Well Audiotrax 2000. Im sorry if you have lost faith. I guess we all do now and then. Today you need my testimony. And I hope I will have some credibilty to your hart . So here is my story. For a few years ago I ended up with a brainscan after a failed suicide attempt at a Swedish hospital. For the last four years I have only testified about this event to a few people. I locked myself into a toilet and hanged myself with a shoe laze. Some minutes later a nurse cut me loose......
The reason you believe this is because it is highly idealistic with a sweet sound to it. Nobody wants to die, and the belief in a heaven to which you are sent after death serves to lessen such a fear. You cannot make claims in the comment to which I am replying stating 'It is by God's grace alone that all of us are alive' ask yourself, why? How? What evidence is there to suggest this? Where did this evidence originate? Do not allow your reasoning to be violated by lies. Question everything.
Hitler in his reign contributed much to Germany, he did unseen amounts of good for his country, but does that justify his worship? He was after an evil man, even if god does exist (an existence of which zero evidence has supported) why would or could anybody worship such a being? As for everything else you have said, ask yourself how you have arrived at that conclusion, the reasoning you have just demonstrated is completely invalid.
If you are doubting your faith, use it. Don't simply search for evidence backing the view you wish to hold, this is foolish. There is nothing wrong in looking at other possibilities. Take an honest look inside yourself, clear away the shroud of mist and ask, do I really believe there was a man who was conceived by a ghost and given birth to by a virgin. Do I really believe there is a man in the sky whom controls everything, knows everything and has a great plan for us all? This is Christianity.
I see you are genuine, but do you not concede that trickery and exaggeration are much more likely explanations than miracles? I am not in any way aiming to insult you in saying this, but the only evidence of any of this is through a book that claims snakes talk. Claiming a book is evidence is akin to one claiming spiderman is real by virtue of the words in a comic book. Anybody who has told you that there are legitimate pieces of evidence giving strength to the Christian view are mistaken.
He states there are strong historical arguments for the existence and resurrection of Jesus but fails to provide them. He claims if this is true we should take very seriously this man's 2000 year old claims, still failing to provide evidence. He then goes on to present another obscure argument claiming that without the bible as a presupposition all of our reasoning processes are not possible, this as it is argued makes no logical sense whatsoever. Finally he appeals to a magical light. WAKE UP.
Does understanding wavefunction collapse theory rid you of the guilt within? Christianity is true because the bible points out the root problem of humanity when no one dares to do so. When the bible says our words are like poison of vipers, and that we do not know the way of peace, is it not true? When it tells us we are made in the image of God with His attributes such as creativity, love, hatred, is it not true? We are not just mass, but souls made to think eternal thoughts.
But we've never found the body of Jesus. We don't even know if Jesus existed as the events occurred two thousand years ago. The bible isn't also complete as some of the books were burned by the Church long ago. No one can be born without sperm from a man and especially can't be born from a virgin. No one can cure blindness or resurrect a dead man (well blindness would have been near impossible to cure back in those days). These facts make people not believe in Christianity.
Look I do not think you John Piper are not a unintelligent man but as you say people see Jesus and the bible how is this religion any different from other religions like say Greek mythology there are many gods in that and in the bible there is only one who is one to say that on man and or what ever he is has all of those powers and many gods seem illogical look i am not trying to change your mind but look around I believe in the theory of evolution is real and I had recently noticed that I
"The Bible is a reliable collection of historical documents written down by eye witnesses during the life time of other eye witnesses that report supernatural events which took place in fulfillment of specific prophecies and claim to be divine rather than human in origin" Voddie Baucham. The letters written about 90yrs after Christ would have been copied from the original. The Council of Nicea wrote so much commentary on the letters which make up the NT that it left out only 11 vrs'.
Read the introduction's to the books Paul and John. You will see that they are written by unknown authors. John was written 90 years after Jesus supposedly died; since he was guessed to be 30 when Jesus lived that would put him at 120. Look at what UN-biased historians alive at the time said of Jesus and you will find nothing. Please go back, buy a concordance, read about the Council of Nicaea, and really study the bible with a critical eye.
When you talk to real historians, there is actually strong evidence that the historical account of the bible is false using the tenants of "Historical Methods". Funny he even refers to "Paul", and "John" not realizing that the authors of these books is by unknown authors. I wish people would read their bible before misrepresenting it like he does. A good story does not imply accuracy. He never provides a good answer other than just saying I believe what I believe based on his presuppositions.
GOD is powerful ..Can he not do whatever He wants..Can he not be a son. a GOD .at the same time...Can you comprehend the depth of GOD's wisdom if he doesn't allow you to comprehend..to HIM..../who are you to question HIS ways....?GOD allow these things about JESUS to happen that is because He wants HIS people to have faith in HIS ways......why do you honor the heroes of your land who sacrificed their lives and fight for there beliefs..?why do you recognize a father who save the life of his.
Ohh ok. Well I believe we can go deep enough even with our limited understanding to recognize evidence and form arguments for God's existence. I wouldn't believe in God if there wasn't a good reason for it, but that's a whole other discussion. But Jesus was a fully divine human being. that is fully God and fully man. He existed forever, just not as a man forever. All 3 members of the Godhead are equal, as they are one in essence and coexist at the same time. think of one "what", and three "whos"
I agree God is one. again, please, look up some good trinitarian theology. even if you don't agree with it, you can at least understand it better. I'm not quite sure what you were trying to prove with the box analogy, but to be honest, much else of what you said is perfectly consistent with a Trinitarian understanding of God. Trinitarians do not say there are three gods, or there is God in parts or each member of the trinity is 1/3 God.
Look up the doctrine of the Trinity. it will explain some things for you. you shouldn't think of the father/son relationship as it is in human terms. that may be where some of the confusion lies. And In the end, if a transcendent God does exist, it would be illogical to conclude that we would be able to understand every last detail about Him. Sometimes, parts of Him are a mystery. We must reason with what we were given.
