With so many religions throughout the world and its history many have claimed to have had the right "Holy Books" and the right God or gods.
Yet many fail miserly as to prove with evidence why they have the right God or gods when questioned. Leading them to fall back on the stupidity of blind faith.
With the Bible and Christianity not so; God's word says on the account of two or three witnesses let a matter be established. Deuteronomy 19:15:
God left us his two witnesses. One is prophecy with 100% accuracy and the second is the Holy Spirit.
God knew people with brains will always question a prophet or somebody claiming they heard from God. So God gave instructions how to spot a phony.
Deuteronomy 18:21-22:
And if you say in your heart, ‘How shall we know the word which the Lord has not spoken? When a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the thing does not happen or come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him.
Second is prophecy. Since God is all knowing and can see into the future He can 100% accurately predict future events through his real prophets short term and hundreds and thousands if years in advance in specific details years before it happens.
Isaiah 46:9-10:
Remember the former things of old,
For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done.
God's word was indeed written by men, but God was the force and the one who inspired them to write it down, not of their own will or desire to start a religion for men to follow.
2 Timothy 3:16-17: All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
2 Peter 1:20-21:
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
Second is the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit always bears witness and testifies of the truth and the truth of God's word the Bible. The Holy Spirit is also known as the Spirit of truth. The Holy Spirit testifies of the Son of God Jesus Christ unto only in him is eternal life and salvation.
1 John 5:5-12:
Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
This is He who came by water and blood Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness on earth, the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.
If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son. He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
The blind leading the blind.
Ask a Muslim why He believes in the prophet Muhammad or the Quran to be true and the most likely answer will be because "A angel revealed it to Muhammad in a dark cave? Further asking them how do you know Muhammad wasn't lying? Mostly likely answer "Because we have the Quran" How do you know the Quran is true? What evidence do you have?🤔 You see ladies and gentalmen, it's foolish and naive to follow a religion or anything without actual facts about it being true.
Matthew 15:14:
Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”
A quote from the Lord Jesus himself:
If you really desire the truth I believe you will find it!
Check out this great documentary about the Bible and it's prophecies recorded throughout history.
God bless😊❤️
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Yeah there's tons of failed biblical prophecies, and most of the prophecies in the bible that are filled are done so within the same text, that's hardly reliable. A few examples Genesis 26:4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed. Isaiah 17:1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. (Damascus is still around today) Isaiah 19:4-5 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts. And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up. (the Nile is still there) Isaiah 19:18 In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction. (the language was never spoken in Egypt)
Lol that's quite the logical leap. The bible says that it will be a ruinous heap,, but you think that this meant only for a short time and that it would rebuild even though that it's mentioned nowhere in the text?
The Nile is the river of Egypt. Context clues
Yes, and there's no evidence that it ever occurred. So that 100% thing dropped a little bit. The problem is that you've started with a conclusion (that God exists and the bible is an accurate depiction of that God), and seek evidence to support your a priori assumption. The proper and honest way to do this is to start as objective as possible, view all the evidence, and then draw a conclusion.
Lmbo... You are a funny guy. Israel was left desolate and in ruins when they went into captivity to other nations. When God says a nation or a city of that nation will be in ruins or never rebuilt He is specific in saying that. For ex. A prophecy concerning a city name Tyre.
Ezekiel 26:14:
I will make you like the top of a rock; you shall be a place for spreading nets, and you shall never be rebuilt, for I the Lord have spoken, says the Lord God.
And what makes you think the river (Nile) couldn't be dried up? Couldn't God have the power to do so? Or Maybe it was talking about the water dried up in terms of it being reduced in water volume at particular time.
Well for starters you brought up another failed prophecy, the destruction of tyre as somehow proving that prophecy works. Namely "shall never be rebuilt." Tyre still stands today. You're saying that the Nile dried up, and no one reported it? There's no way that you can actually be that naive, so I assume you're just being intellectually dishonest, suspending your rational mind grasping at straws in a vain attempt to justify your a priori beliefs
Sorry, I was extremely tired and irritable this morning and was a bit harsh with my speech earlier. But, you said that you think the bible is very clear with its prophecies for a reason, do you not think that it clearly says that those towns will be destroyed, but say nothing about them being rebuilt for a reason?
Lol No problem bro.. I didn't even notice you were being harsh.. Why would it give a reason for it not being rebuilt? And some parts some towns were destroyed but God did say they will rebuilt in a far future etc.
Not the ones were mentioning. The bible says Damascus will be a ruinous heap. It never says that it will be rebuilt, and if you continue reading it further goes on in verse 9 to say "all will be desolation." You said that when the bible says something it means specifically what it says. So since the bible doesn't mention the city remaining to this day, and instead only said it will be in ruins it would mean the city should only be ruins.
Right, but there's a reason that we say indefinitely (meaning unspecified amount of time.) however the bible says no such thing, only that it will be a ruinous heap. It doesn't say it shall be a ruinous heap for a time.
No. For instance if I told you I was going to break my computer. Would you assume that I was going to fix it later? Here, this is a start to my views on it. https://youtu.be/Gpw-TSd36l8
I wouldn't be wrong to necessarily assume you would fix later on, but I can also assume you will fix. Since I know Damascus is no longer a ruin of heaps I can know for sure God meant only for a period of time.
That's why I said you're intellectually dishonest. You aren't looking at the bible and reading it for what it says, you have an a priori belief that it's true, therefore no matter what it says you will try and explain it away.
Prophecies are pretty vague, in my opinion. I grew up in a Christian family, and believed it pretty much until a few years ago. I sat down and thought about things, and realized it just didn't make sense. So many morals were flawed, with the general answer being "Only God knows". I don't see any difference between Mohammed and Jesus, to be honest. Could those that witnessed him after his Resurrection have been lying? Also, Christians are pretty on to the whole blind faith thing as well. You haven't given many facts in your explanation either.
Prophecies are not vague at all. They are extremely specific to the details. I'm not going to write the prophecies down one by one because the bible contains over 300 prophecies. That's why I shared the documentary. Watch it or do your own honest research in depth.
Jesus never killed anybody, and was never married or had a girlfriend. There's some story about Jesus and Mary Magdalene, but nothing to back that up. Actually that story of Mary Magdalene being a former prostitute was just something some pope made up about 1500 years ago. Jesus was beyond even needing sex, and never loved women (or men) in that way. Jesus also brought a couple of people back from the dead.
There is no god. If there were it should be obvious he'd be the worst sadistic tyrant in human history, Hitler and Stalin are nothing. This is of course assuming the usual that he's all-knowing (apparently not or doesn't care considering he supposedly gave humans free will, knowing beforehand what us primates would do with it, might as well give a bunch of loaded AK-47's to a pack of chimps) and all-powerful (apparently not, or he is and just chooses to do nothing and delights in our misery). Such a being, if he actually existed, would be worthy of hatred, not worship.
That would have been the safer/less sadistic option. Better still simply not create us at all (he must have been bored). And we probably would't even realize we were "robots". Some even argue that free will is an illusion anyway (if the future is set and we just can't see it then there is no free will, it just is). I assume the simplest option: there simply is no god. That's far more likely than all of these convoluted explanations (or excuses, why would puny humans need to make excuses for a supposedly omnipotent being?). If god were real seems like he'd simply come down here and set everyone straight (no, it probably wouldn't be Morgan Freeman or Alanis Morissette style) rather than let millions of pastors, popes, priests, rabbi's, imam's, etc so so while inciting wars that have killed untold millions (far more than all human tyrants in history combined) over the centuries, unless he actually enjoys watching that play out.
"Some even argue that free will is an illusion" I'll tell you what when you feel hungry, don't bother to get food. When you feel you have to use the bathroom, don't bother going to the toilet or try to relieve yourself. When you wake up in the morning, don't brush teeth, don't shower. As a matter of fact don't even dare to leave the bathroom. Must remain there.
Heck don't even dare to think since free will is an "illusion" lol
"Yet many fail miserly as to prove with evidence why they have the right God or gods when questioned. Leading them to fall back on the stupidity of blind faith."
-That is rather ironic coming from you.
"God's word says" -Here is where your entire premise falls appart - the assumption that the Bible was written by a deity. I can not and should not argue any further as everything else becomes null since the Bible was written by men.
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It is pointless to debate with someone who believes based on faith alone. Because you are clearly beyond reason any attempt at arguing would never end. You can stay in your imaginary world as long as you like, but not if you insist on forcing those superstitions on other people.
I don't force anything on anyone. You're more than free to believe your ideas and reject Christinity if you desire. No hard feelings on My end. Believe it.
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Mate, you talk about blind faith, truth and facts that give some sort of proof yet you don't provide any proof whatsoever. You cannot even prove that Jesus did truly exist, let alone prove that the Holy Spirit exists.
If questioning a prophet, a God or a prophecy is a sign that your brain is functioning then people can very well question your religion as well.
How can you deny countless Bibical prophecies that were predicted well in advance before it happened with 100% accuracy? How can you deny Jesus didn't exist when historians clearly acknowledge He did?
How can you say the Holy Spirit doesn't exist when He clearly convicts those of the truth of God?
John 16:8-11:
And when He has come (Holy Spirit), He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they do not believe in Me; of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
By you denying all that you have denied you basically are calling God a liar.
There is not a single historian that acknowledges the existence of a Jesus Christ. And the vibe has never predicted anything. It's all a bunch of random gibberish that can be applied to any historical era only so you can satisfy your own ego. Dude, just give up. The moment you mess up with proof and science in your religion you have lost the argument. Religion is only for those who will show blind faith. Nothing more.
I have some question 1-How was Jesus brought into being? 2- claiming that Jesus is the biological son of God means Jesus inherited half his DNA from each parent (god and Mary). so again is god the biological father of Jesus?
Jesus never ceased to exist even upon his physical death for our sins. The Bible says he went to preach to the souls in prison in 2 Peter. Another thing God can work in ways are natural minds can't understand. If we who are extremely limited in our knowledge of the world around us, how can we possibly think and understand at the level of an all powerful eternal being?
You claim that Jesus is God; let's then replace the word "Jesus" with the word "God" in your last sentences it will be: "God said He laid down his life. No one takes it from him. It says in the book of John I think.
God was a sin sacrifice offering on behalf of all the sins men have committed begining with Adam.
There can't be no forgiveness without blood sacrifice. God was that perfect sinless blood sacrifice". That's the biggest flaw in christian doctrine.
What is the flaw in that? God became flesh to die for the sins of the world? God is God and he can do what he feels like doing whether you accepted or not. Jesus Christ was God in human form.
John 1:1: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:14: And the word became flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
the one true religion: atheism. You dont have waste you time going to churches/praying, you dont have to memorise a nearly 2000 page book and you get to insult people for believing utter nonsense
And? They can be sincerely wrong. Just like you can sincerely believe you were driving in the right direction for a address destination then figured out you were driving in the wrong avenue.
Your dissertation here proved absolutely nothing other than the fact that you believe yours is the "only and true religion".
You wrote this: "Yet many fail miserly as to prove with evidence why they have the right God or gods when questioned. Leading them to fall back on the stupidity of blind faith.", and then you proceeded to do EXACTLY what you said others do.
Do you expect me to write down Bibical prophecies of over 300 one by one? I put a video proving why the Bible is God's word for you to see? Or just do your own in depth research on bible prophecies and find out yourself.
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