That's like believing in fairytales. Come on, get real people!
2006-07-20 18:29:04 · 18 answers · asked by Person 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There is a scene in the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade that is a good illustration of this.
Indy is forces to cross a wide chasm where there is no bridge. The map tells him that he needs to take a "leap of faith" at this point to get to the other side.
Everything in him knows that if he steps off the edge, he's going to fall into the pit and die. There is no logical reason to take this step.
However, if he doesn't, the bad guys will kill his father. So Indy does the only thing he can: he takes that step of faith. When he sets his foot down, he finds that there really is a bridge there, but it has been painted to exactly match the other side of the chasm wall. He walked safely across the chasm.
The point is that once you have the faith to believe, and you take that first step, you quickly learn that it is real. And you cannot convince anyone else that it is real. Each has to take their own "leap of faith" in order to discover the reality of it all.
What makes Christianity different is that not one of us is capable of making that first step unless God calls us to step onto that bridge. Not one of us would do it if God didn't first call us to do it. That's just human nature.
But the good news is that anyone who calls out to Jesus can find that bridge and cross it.
2006-07-20 18:56:05 · answer #1 · answered by Peter B 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The problem is that all of us want to believe.
We are not willing to accept that we dont know the truth- that none of us has seen God. Its just being convenient cowards to believe anything offered to us.
Just a bit of openminded questioning will reveal that the priests etc who profess to tell us about god themselves know nothing and are just repeating text by rote.
If we want to see god the only way is to increase the level of perception one has and the best and quickest way to do that is to meditate. The yogis have been telling us for ages that it is possible to "percieve" the creator only if we will tune ourselves properly. Yoga basically means to be in tune with everything in the existence and is the highest way to live a fruitful life.
Enjoy
2006-07-21 01:45:28 · answer #2 · answered by Siddarth G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chyeahh, right! That's not true! I am Christian, and I believe in what you call "fairytales". Many people know that Christianity is real.
2006-07-21 01:37:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Europeans are predominantly Christian because for over 1,000 years, anyone who was not was executed.
Europeans exported that custom to the Americas and the majority of Central & South Americans became "Christians."
North American native Americans weren't quite so easily subdued by their conquerors and retained their religions for the most part.
2006-07-21 01:34:30 · answer #4 · answered by Left the building 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christianity is not a thing...its a faith. The question is why people hae faith in Chritianity.
Thats because it answers many questions and the vibe's right.
All religions ae faiths and all religions are right ..there is no number one religion. All religions preach te same things and the difference oly comes in the misinterpretation of undestanding. You shouldn't compare religions.
2006-07-21 01:34:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christianity, like any religion, is based on faith. Faith that there is a God or some kind of supreme being. I, myself, am Christian and put my faith in God. Sure, there's always a possibility that's any religion is incorrect, but what it all comes down to is faith and trust that God is real.
I, personally, believe that having any religion at all is better than having none.
2006-07-21 01:38:25 · answer #6 · answered by sevault@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they have faith and there's nothing wrong with that but me personally don't believe in god one so my personal opinion is that the problem with Christianity is the whole religion is based on the belief that a woman didn't cheat on her husband its all a little circumstantial
2006-07-21 01:36:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christianity, like any other religion is nothing more than a man-made make-believe fanatasy to help emotional people escape reality.
2006-07-21 01:35:06 · answer #8 · answered by Brenda's World 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps so in your opinion, however, Christianity means much to many people, and no matter how long you sit and discuss atheism or whatever it is you believe with them, you won't get them to change their minds.
2006-07-21 01:32:37 · answer #9 · answered by kellykellykelly16 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In response to your question...
I used to be an atheist. Over a period of time however, I grew convinced of the existence of the Christian God, and ultimately committed my life to Christ (e.g., see http://www.godsci.org/gs/chri/testimony/seek.html ).
For scientific and intellectual evidence for the existence of God, see http://www.godsci.org/gs/godsci/evidence.htm
Cordially,
John
2006-07-21 01:33:07 · answer #10 · answered by John 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋