Can you imagine what a ridiculous effort it would have taken for it all to be a scam? over 5000 years of people keeping things on the hush-hush just to make YOU into a believer. WOW!
The odds of all those prophets writing all those books because thousands of years later theres gonna be a guy to come and fulfill it all (and he will die a horrible death for it) just to convince a few people into believeing a lie and then we'll start a church so my great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great grandson can go to pastor school and maybe be rich!!
The odds of that without any evidence of it being a farce is pretty bad, in case you wondered!
Just My opinion! But please ponder it, instead of disregard it.
SO...only if you pondered this..IS it a scam? Are you EVER wrong? thanks
2006-11-20 18:58:45 · 17 answers · asked by ? 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No Alan, I dont actually. I'm just tired of people calling my religion one. I dont slack other religions.
I'm on the defense here at all times it seems!
2006-11-20 19:11:16 · update #1
people in watergate could not hold a lie together for a matter of weeks
the apostle eyewitnesses went to thier deaths holding that Jesus died for sins and rose from the dead
cant make this stuff up
2006-11-20 19:03:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Why I Believe the Bible
- A Nuclear Scientist Tells His Story
http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/2004/1/22a/article_01.htm
Why You Can Trust the Bible :
- Does It Contradict Itself?
- History and Science
- Foretelling the Future
http://watchtower.org/library/t13/why_trust.htm
You Can Understand the Bible :
- Help to Understand the Bible
- Why Study the Bible?
-- The Key to A Meaningful Life
http://watchtower.org/library/w/2001/7/1/article_01.htm
Why You Can Trust Bible Prophecy
- In Search of Trustworthy Predictions
- An Inherent Need
- Why You Can Trust Bible Prophecy
- Points of Contrast
- Will You Trust Bible Prophecy?
http://watchtower.org/library/w/1999/7/15/article_01.htm
The Gospels---The Debate Goes On
http://watchtower.org/library/w/2000/5/15/article_01.htm
These URLs will likely be modified soon. After that, the Advanced Search at http://watchtower.org/search/search_e.htm will find the new URLs by title, subtitle, or subject.
2006-11-20 19:30:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
True Christianity is not a scam. Yes, people distort and extort and adulterate Christianity and take advantage of simple folks. But that doesn't make the religion a scam, it makes people scammers. You should study Christianity before dissing it. And we wouldn't know a thing about Christianity without the Bible. At 18, there are a world of things you don't know, hard as that may be to fathom at your age.
2016-05-22 04:41:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the Bible is a big scam, why not you people try a bigger one to override it as you are so smart that you shold not be less inteligent then the people of 5000 years ago?
2006-11-20 19:23:55 · answer #4 · answered by naw m 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The odds of the Christian view of history are up against the odds of every other religious belief. And considering there have been thousands of human religions, each with their own wild story, your book looks more like the result of an overgrown powerful cult than truth.
Remember, the majority isn't always right.
2006-11-20 19:02:45 · answer #5 · answered by Michael 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Scam is kind of a tough word to use.
But consider these situations -
Buddhism is a very old religion - Do you consider it a scam?
Hinduism is a very old religion - Do you consider it a scam?
Judaism (without Jesus) is a very old religion - Do you consider it a scam?
There are lots of religions out there. Is it true that you consider all of them, EXCEPT YOURS, to be a scam?
A
2006-11-20 19:07:27 · answer #6 · answered by Alan 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes this is a true statement. It is a scam. And just like you said a BIG scam. A very very big scam. What a waste huh?
2006-11-20 19:03:29 · answer #7 · answered by Be objective 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Saved, Sanctified, and Filled with the Holy ghost.
Oh yes and a scary thought. I use to be a Buddhist.
{Shutters}
2006-11-20 19:08:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anthony E 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Actually, religion was so widespread back then that it was actually part of the government. So it totally makes sense that all their stories are similar. After all, they were required to hear the stories over and over. This is not coincidence, it is matter of fact dictation.
2006-11-20 19:06:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I have faith in my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The Bible is not a scam, it is the True Word of God.
2006-11-20 19:07:10 · answer #10 · answered by tracy211968 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋