Look, I've never read the bible before.
All I know is it's all on how you want to interpret it.
2006-06-21 11:28:56
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answer #1
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answered by Anonymous
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Remember the tempting of Jesus by Satan in the desert? Jesus Christ in his human condition was offered all the riches the world had to offer in exchange for his allegiance to Satan. Ultimately, Jesus, as the emissary of God the Father, rejected those temptations. If He had been merely a delusional human with thoughts of grandeur, Jesus would most likely have wanted an ally like Satan in his corner. By rejecting the offer of unlimited earthly powers, Jesus was also rejecting the dark side of his own human nature.
Holy men would never be able to 'kill' their Creator (God). They would, however, have the power to reject him. Jesus was God made flesh, certainly, but His death was the last blood sacrifice necessary under the old covenant between God and Man. This fact alone would have eluded Satan, who would have done anything to prevent mankind from reconciling with the Creator. In other words, the ministry, deeds and sacrifices of Jesus Christ were precisely the opposite of Satan's own vision. Christ's resurrection and the pouring out of the Holy Spirit were two more nails in Satan's coffin.
Historically, very few ideas based on lies survive. For a religion such as Christianity to succeed for over 2,000 years suggests that forces other than human logic and reason are at work. Individuals may rise and fall, but the essential belief structure remains intact. Satanists and atheists have had 2,000 years to disprove the tenets of the Christian church and yet it still survives. I have yet to see anything based on delusions or lies last that long.
2006-06-21 11:47:41
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answered by Anonymous
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Actually, Jesus is called the propitiatory sacrifice in the bible. Everything he did was fortold. Holy men did kill Jesus, but for selfish reasons. They believed that once people started believing in him it would take their spotlight. When Jesus came along he said that he was the new testament. This is the reason why they have the memorial every year. It is alot to explain. But it's great that your studying the bible. If you think about it Satan is actually the one to blame. He proposed a test to God. saying that man could live on thier own without God. That is why he enticed eve to disobey God. That is also the reason why we are imperfect. I sincerely doubt that what we call "life" (man's inhumanity.....cruel, twisted, and hurtful world) will last forever. If we obey God now then only good will come in the future. That my friend is the meaning of faith... The assured expectation of things to come.
2006-06-21 11:33:19
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answered by demsaydanghecute 1
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The Holy Scriptures of God are of Divine Inspiration , and can not be a source of confusion to mankind , even some mem have tried to corrrupt over Manuscripts The Word of God have been preserved. The name of Lucifer is not Biblical , it is a Latin name for Satan worshipers. The New Testament is without any doubt the New Covenant between God ans Man , cause to be called "testament" there should be he dead of the Author of Faith , Iesus Christ.
Hope this answer can help you in your quest,
thanks.
2006-06-21 11:36:14
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answered by build2connect 2
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The truest part of your statement is the part where you state that People have abandoned God for Satan's clever delusion of God's eternal forgiveness, but the delusion is not just forgiveness.
Jesus did not correct what God had written as you put it he was actually God's student, he was aproved by God and he has been given all his power and Authority by God!(Mathew28:18) Satan didn't win, and although he is having success in the World he isn't winning, he is loosing, which makes him angry and more determined to use more of his sly tactics to confuse people, out of following and searching for the true God Jehovah, but Satan is succeeding to get more people away from learning the truth about Jehovah, and thereby he wants people to miss out on the blessings that Jehovah will bestow upon people in the near very near future and further on!
All evidence shows that we are nearing the end of man's tragic experiment in independence from God, It has been clearly demonstrated that rulership by humans apart from God can never succeed. Only God's rulership can bring peace happiness, perfect health and everlasting life. So Jehovah's toleration of wickedness and suffering is nearing its end. Soon God will intervene in human affairs by destroying this entire unsatisfactory system of things.Bible prophecy says:" In the days of those kings{human rulerships now existing}the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be brought to ruin......It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms {present rulerships}, and it itself will stand to times indefinite." (Daniel2:44)The vindication of Jehovah's sovrieghnty, his right to rule, buy his heavenly kingdom is the central teaching of the Bible, Fortelling a key part of the sign of the "last days", Jesus said"This good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all nations ; and then thre end will come." (Mathew24:1 The big Question to ask is:Whose side are you on?
2006-06-21 16:05:25
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answered by I speak Truth 6
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The Bible is only confusion without the Holy Spirit. Man's will is never right but God's will is perfect; we need to to God's will instead of our own. It was necessary for us to kill Christ before He could become our Saviour. God hardened the people's hearts so that they would kill Jesus. Jesus was God, He cast demons out of people; Satan can not cast out Satan and a house divided cannot stand (Matthew 12:25, Mark 3:25, and Luke 11:17). It is Satan that is talking to you. It is not a test but a choice of free will(to follow Satan and go to hell or to follow Jesus and go to heaven. God's Book says that Jesus is God and Satan is the one talking to you.
2006-06-21 11:37:33
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answered by †ServantofGod† 3
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I have just four words to say to you, "Paragraphs are your friend."
P.S. Don't over think this stuff.
P.P.S There is no god; there is certainly no reason to suppose there is. If there were any evidence for the existence of a higher being, it would have been in the papers by now.
Indeed any such evidence would have to be pretty convincing, after all, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. The bible itself is not evidence. It is just some book cobbled together from conflicting stories by some pre-historic goat herders.
2006-06-21 11:38:15
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answered by Anonymous
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Well, their are a lot of tests in life, but I think it is best to stick with this philosophy, Anything good is of God and anything evil is of the devil, So judge for yourself by his works. Did he do good things, or bad things while he lived. He taught the world about love, forgiveness, mercy, joy, He healed the blind, the sick and the lame, the list goes on... I think too many times as people we try to complicate things, including myself but it just comes down to watching what someone does, It it is good it must be of God, if it is evil it is of the Devil. Interesting thought though
2006-06-21 11:34:27
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answered by Anonymous
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For a more up to date version of the bible, you might want to consider reading a novel by Robert A. Heinlein called "Stranger in a Strange Land."
It's not like that really. The people who wrote the bible really were trying to tell us some important things but it has gotten a bit lost in the translation over the years.
Peace!
2006-06-21 11:29:47
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answered by carole 7
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You are completely wrong. Jesus was God, the second person in the trinity. He came to die for us, that was his mission. He came to restore what Adam had destroyed, which was man being reconciled to him. Only by dying and resurrrecting can we be free of sin and one day join in the resurrection that will take those who follow Jesus to heaven. That is the way God chose it to happen. It is a hard understanding for some people, but they are not God. The Messiah had to die for everyone.
2006-06-21 11:28:51
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answered by enigma21 3
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God doesnt need us, he created us for his pleasure, the only reason he is still with us now is because he knows satan will destroy all those who arent with Christ. If God did not send Jesus, none of us would be here because God would have probably been so angry and not happy with his creation, that he would have destroyed the earth early.
2006-06-21 11:33:56
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answered by Anonymous
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