Also, Do you Beleive that Jesus is:
1. The Son of God.
2. The Only way to get to heaven?
3. God in the flesh?
2006-07-30 16:53:52 · 63 answers · asked by John S 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes to all of your questions.
2006-07-30 16:55:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. Also,
1. No.
2. No.
3. No.
2006-07-30 16:56:00 · answer #2 · answered by Jylsamynne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. He's just as much as son of God as everyone else. If there is a Christian God then he is everyone's father and you are his son/ daughter. I don't think it's mean to be as literal as everyone thinks.
2. Heaven is a reward for a life lived well. Jesus's main goal was to get people to love each other, set aside their differences, and treat everyone as you would want to be treated. If someone does that then they live their entire life in heaven - in a way. If there isn't a heaven (Christianity isn't the only religion in the world) and we really only have the life that we live, then Jesus was right again. You are the sum of your decisions and the things you do that you consider good and selflessly. If there isnt' a heaven then all we have is what we've done in our lives. If we only do "bad" then we live in hell. If we do good, then we have all our good memories and experiences to re-live over and over. I would say doing everything you can to be the person you know you really are and helping others is the best kind of heaven - the one on earth.
3. God is the flesh, if there is a christian god then he is everything and everything is him. There doesn't need to be one vessel for him to come onto the earth, he's here in everything and everyone. If your'e not christian then it's the exact same thing with a different label.
I'm not "Christian" per say, but I do believe he honestly died for everyone. I think of it as being a marder for love - the best thing you can die for. If he was just a man, or if he was God in the flesh he still did the same thing and had the same positive effect on mankind. The specifis and redundant theories and arguing over the small things are irrelevant and just make people sway away from the main goal of CHRISTianity. Love and unity and selflessness. Unless you're promoting those you're not promoting Jesus's true message.
2006-07-30 17:03:57 · answer #3 · answered by Derek Bair 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes Jesus is the son of God, he died for my sins, is the only way to get to heaven and is God in the flesh.
Matthew 1: 20-23
2006-07-30 17:03:25 · answer #4 · answered by silver08 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It seems more likely to not be true, then to be true, at least to me.
I believe that an individual or group of individuals existed around 2000
years ago that are responsible for some of the stories of Christ. However,
a lot of time and a lot of imagination has passed since then.
However, I don't know if God exists. Its not clear what it means to me
for an entitity that is DEFINED to be omnipotent to have a son. Does that
means he shares genetics?
I don't know if heaven exists - but I really really really don't believe
that if it does, the Christian rules of exclusion are valid. They would
imply that God is not merciful, which seems to me to go against the
entire new testament.
Omnipotence cannot exist in flesh because to be flesh is to be
imperfect.
Finally, closing the loop - I have no reason to believe that a man
who died 2000 years ago knew I might ever exist. He might have
thought that the manner of his death might generally improve the
human condition, but he couldn't have specifically known about me
unless he could see forward in time.
To see into the future completely violates the concept of free will.
No free will kind of destroys the concept of judgement to decide
whether people should go to heaven or elsewhere.
So, there may have been some guy 2000 years ago that thought the
manner of his death may generally improve the human condition.
I'm very doubtful beyond that.
2006-07-30 17:05:14 · answer #5 · answered by Elana 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, no and no.
There seems to be some historic evidence that there was such a person and that he had a small following during his life. Stories like that of his birth in Bethlehem though have no basis in historic fact. The Christmas story is a revised collection of several other stories that predate Jesus. The same thing is true of many other Jesus stories. Many of the stories were written hundreds of years after the fact and are revisions of other stories or were contrived after the fact to prove that certain earlier prophesies had been fulfilled.
The Jews who were being persecuted by the Romans clung to the Jesus story and the Romans eventually saw that they could turn this to their advantage and the Catholic church was born.
Then begins a long history of conquest, torture and killing in the name of Jesus.
Is there some sound philosophy in the New Testament? Yes. Do most people who claim to be followers of Jesus live by that philosophy? I don't think so.
The odd thing is I consider myself an atheist but I believe I live my life more like Jesus suggested than do most Christians.
2006-07-30 17:05:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1-No, if he carries our sins then he surely will go to Hell, how can God go to hell?
2-No, then how can he be the God?
3-No, then this would mean that only Jesus would be there in the Hell, all others will be in the Heaven. I don't accept my God to be in Hell
5-No, isn't he the son of God? then how can he be God in Flesh?!!
34-"Such (was) Jesus the son of Mary: (it is) a statement of truth, about which they (vainly) dispute.
35 It is not befitting to (the majesty of) Allah that He should beget a son. Glory be to Him! when He determines a matter, He only says to it, "Be", and it is.
36 Verily Allah is my Lord and your Lord: Him therefore serve ye: this is a Way that is straight.
37 But the sects differ among themselves: and woe to the unbelievers because of the (coming) Judgment of a Momentous Day!
38How plainly will they see and hear, the Day that they will appear before Us! but the unjust today are in error manifest!
39But warn them of the Day of Distress, when the matter will be determined: for (behold,) they are negligent and they do not believe Quran Chapter 19 (34-39)
2006-07-30 17:39:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does it matter what I believe? If it is true, then I am saved and if it is not true then I am no worse off.
The whole concept of Jesus dying for our sins is a way for "Christians" to absolve themselves from the consequences of their mistakes.
1. I don't know if Jesus is the son of god or not. I don't believe we have any way of really knowing if that is true or not.
2. If Jesus is not who the new testament proclaims him to be, then heaven doesn't either.
3. If Jesus is God in the flesh, how can he be "God's son?" And if he truly died and he was God, who resurrected him?
2006-07-30 17:02:05 · answer #8 · answered by Kristonia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe Jesus Christ died for my sins.
I believe He is the Son of God.
It is only possible through Him to recieve eternal life.
I don't believe He is God in the flesh, but rather a seperate being from God the Father, thus, the Son of God.
2006-07-30 16:58:03 · answer #9 · answered by lovin' life 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
1. The Son of God - Yes
2. The only way to heaven - Yes
3. God in the flesh - No, they are two separate people.
2006-07-30 16:57:32 · answer #10 · answered by calif_dad.4ever 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus didn't die, he was lifted to heaven and will return as a sign before the Day of Judgement
No, God has no son and no partner he is One.
Jesus is not how anyone gets to heaven. you get to heaven by your deeds and the mercy of god
No such thing God is God and he sends prophets like Jesus and Moses and Muhammad and Adam and many others but he does not have any son or daughter or partner - he is One, there is no other but Him.
2006-07-30 16:58:27 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋