Why do christians believe that Jesus Christ died for their sins? Please explain/prove outside the Bible?

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Lionman95 · Accepted Answer

I think it´s hard to prove that outside of the bible since it´s a belief system and a way to try to explain the world and humanity.
The idea behind sin is that Jews and Christians developed the concept of sin to answer the questions a. why are there so many bad things in the world if they argue that God is good and gracious.
So Jews and Christians look at their life trying to find ways to explain that also for incedences where people did bad things unintentionally.
So the concept of sin was created therefore to combine all the bad thoughts people have of others, all the bad deeds people do and did.
Christians believe that Jesus took away the burden of all those bad deeds and thoughts.
Jesus didn´t take away the possibility to sin, it´s rather an offer to live a life focused on god and to therefore be gracious and loving to others because from Christian/Jewish perspective every human is an other image bearer of God.
If you don´t believe in an evil entity that creates all the bad in the world but instead try to explain the problems of the world then you probably won´t understand the concept and need for the cross and the atonement.
The best analogy I could come up with is that for you to eat something natural like either fruits, meat or other plants have to die first in some way so that you could live on. The same way Jesus died to help humans find a new way of living and let them live a life connected to God.
It´s not good analogy to be fair

Guy13 · Accepted Answer

You have to do the leg work but Roman secular historians document the events, other religious historians document t the event, for two hundred years no one questioned the death, burial, and resurrection. There are 100s of eye witnesses of the events, FORENSIC evidence on body, etc. it is there if you want to look.
Lee Strobel: news reporter, vehemently anti Christ, studied to prove Christianity false, Believer. “Case for Christ and Lee Strobel book or you tube. Not too heady.

Abdu Murray: our Quran on left Bible on right spent year going through both as Muslim. Discovered Christ Jesus is Messiah, Savior, and Lord. Very heady…brilliant like Ravi Zacharis was. Grand Central…. book great read. You Tube.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Have you ever looked up the definition of faith.

Picture a Jesus's people living under the yolk of various invaders Romans, Greeks, Persians, babylonians, assyrians, Egyptians and through an off shoot of Judaism these Christians would live in the lands of their conquerors and grow. Eventually the religion of the man the Romans crucified and his followers they had persecuted and killed would come to rule the Roman empire and beyond. That's the power of faith and a miracle in itself.

jennifer_bloom · Accepted Answer

One thing I get out of the Christian bible is Jesus saying that if they slander and abuse him, they will also slander and abuse you. I’ve been hated by hundreds of people for unreal reasons, because in almost every community I’ve ever been in, there was somebody making up lies about my character and turning people against me. It was usually the bible study leader but sometimes it was a bible study member that was making up lies about me.

XHopelessRomanticX · Answer

It’s difficult to prove that outside of the Bible. Nobody has ever died for the sins of humanity before Jesus, and nobody has ever died for the sins of humanity since Jesus.
Much of the Old Testament consists of the history of the Jewish nation of Israel, their laws, and prophecies concerning different historical events as well as the fore-coming of Christ. The Book of Daniel, for example, refers specifically to the conquest of Persia by the Greeks. The Book of Isaiah talks of a coming Messiah. Christians read the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John as eye witness accounts of that Messiah.

bamesjond0069 · Answer

Why would a Christian need to prove it outside a Bible? That's like saying prove there is no God without using any science.

Lol I mean... you're just looking for the weakest argument possible because you're not confident in your own position.

I mean I was an atheist and militant one at one point and when I read the Bible I realized it contains far more wisdom than I would expect "dumb myth believers from thousands of years ago" to posses. So that got me open to it. Then I had not quite the experience of speaking tongues but something similar in relation to God and that's that. I have no doubts now.

jshm2 · Answer

They don't.

Only Western Christians do. Coptic and Eastern Christians do not.

As for why they believe the "died for your sins" myth, it comes from the founder of Christianity, Paul (Yes, Jesus and his family have nothing directly to do with Christianity)

Paul the Greek was adamant that Jesus "rose from the dead". Hence was "divine". A claim he never could prove, and it's why there are many schisms in Christianity.

FunkyMonkee · Answer

It's all bullshit. There never was such a person.

all_hayl · Answer

prove what we believe?  i don’t think you know the meaning of the words “prove” and “believe”.

Anonymous · Answer

I will answer your question if you answer mine: Explain to me why Darth Vader died to save Luke Skywalker, outside of Star Wars. No references to Star Wars in your answer, thank you.

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