do you believe in God/ Jesus...Why or why not?

Question

just wonderin

Answer 1

I believe in me. That's all I can rely on.

Answer 2

There is absolutely NO archeological evidence to suggest that Jesus actually existed. No writings. No artifacts. No official records. The only non-biblical written references (Josephus, Tacitus) are first of all, hearsay, and secondly, highly dubious hearsay, at that. At least part of the references in Josephus is an obvious forgery, added much later by a Christian scribe.

I see many answers here where Christians... even Christian 'preachers'... incorrectly state that the Gospels were written by apostles of Jesus, who actually witnessed the events. That is absolutely false. The First gospel to be written was Mark, near the beginning of the 2nd century. Matthew and Luke were written a few decades later, using Mark as a template, and then creating fictional scenes in which they put words into the mouth of Jesus... words that came from the "Q-document", a Judaized list of sayings from the Greek Stoic and Cynic philosophies. None of the 1st century writings refer to Jesus as an actual historical person from the recent past... they present only a 'spiritual' Jesus, who was the product of revelation during midrashic modernization of OT scriptures, under inspiration from the 'Holy spirit'... an emanation from the godhead, similar to 'wisdom', or the Greek 'Logos'.

Modern biblical scholarship makes a very compelling case for the idea that Jesus never existed... that he was, in fact, entirely fictional.

The Jesus Puzzle
http://pages.ca.inter.net/%7Eoblio/jhcjp.htm
http://jesuspuzzle.humanists.net/home.htm

Answer 3

Yes.
I would say evidence.
I was crippled until I was 15 years old.
I had Rheumatoid Arthritis, water on the knee, staff infection, a pinched nerve in my hip, scoliosis, and i was sick all the time and couldn't get over one thing until I caught another. A minister asked if he could pray for me at one of those tent revivals. I watched my leg grow to normal. Let the scoffing begin.
I had one of those vertical Apostle Paul trips when I was 19.
Scientific theories point me to God. For instance, the idea that something came from nothing eventually leading to life seemed like a fairytale to me. Something can't come from nothing without someone as huge as God being in the mix.
The complexity of life also points me to the idea of design. I just don't have enough faith to believe macroevolution or even material eventually becoming alive. I'd say that evidence and proof are not synonymous terms in relation to these arenas of science. Don't get me wrong, I've always made A's in science classes.
I would say that there are evidences for the accuracy of the scriptures in the fossil record, the cosmos, life itself, in ancient written texts, and in archaeology.
Another convincing factor has been with my experience with helping a few people escape the occult. Enough said. Trust me.
When I was saved, I can't hardly describe the change that occurred in my life. I'll just say that all the cliches are true.
When I was water baptized, it was a cool experienced. Not as cool as being born again but still cool.
Things became even more alive in every facet of life when I was Holy Spirit baptized. I could go on and on for a day about all this but I'll stop here.

Answer 4

I don't believe in a god, but I believe that there are gods. I believe in Jesus, which his real name is Joseph (Jesus=(hey-zeus) in spanish does mean messiah), but I don't believe what Christians have to say about both of them.

There more to them then what people are always hoping for.

Answer 5

I believe Jesus existed... Is he the son of God? NO! Is there a God? NO!

God is nothing more than mans way of explaining the unexplanable. It's also mans way of finding purpose in life.

Answer 6

Of course I do, I believe in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, I believe in God because He is the creator of the universe and I put God's Word(The Bible) into practice which is the 100% truth. Jesus Christ is the one and only Son of God and through Him I have life and salvation.

Answer 7

Yes, I believe in God the Father, and God the Son,Jesus. Because He first Loved me and is my refuge& comforter in times of trouble & the source of my joy in life,now & in eternity. I could sing praises and of His Love forever. Thank-you Lord!

Answer 8

No. I used to. I was raised Baptist. But my past life experiences and common sense is now why I do not. You've never heard of someone doing something in the name of non-believing.

Answer 9

i believe in power higher than us .call it GOD, NATURE ,OR ALLIENS that seeded EARTH long ago .
as far as everything else ....
BIBLE was written by a MAN . interpreted by many others in ways that suited them .(English king did not like one so he created his own)
JESUS was killed - GOD allowed it to happen . to prove what ?
is dying or killing somebody proves anything.
i guess it does. - a lot of religions are still trying to show us that their BOOK is the only BOOK and their way is THE WAY . unfortunately , just like in the past hundreds of years ,they are doing it with weapons .
is there a religion that teaches to respect people of different beliefs ,as equals?
Cristian wars,Islamic jihads,Jewish pogroms..

Answer 10

Yes

Answer 11

no, i don't believe jesus is God. God is spirit, neither male nor female, hebrew or arab or african. Yes , it is possible for God to incarnate in human form,but it won't be because that's the beginning of injustice. God does not give preference to any race or sex.