Those of us that have studied the Bible from an objective standpoint recognize it's flaws. This book isn't evidence of anything, it can be used to find out what is probably historically accurate but it is by no means reliable. So what other evidence do you have to support your conclusion that Jesus is divine?
2006-12-02 19:22:03 · 15 answers · asked by ChooseRealityPLEASE 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I didn't ask you to turn the question around, when you do that all it tells the rest of us is you don't have an answer.
2006-12-02 19:27:12 · update #1
I'd just like to point out that the prophecies spoken of were available to be known and viewed. In fact, from what I understand, the Jewish people were well educated on their texts and what was in them.
Jesus wouldn't have to fulfill them in order for someone to write down (decades after his death) that he did in fact fulfill them.
A REAL test would have been if those prophecies had been recorded and then revealed to no one until he did fulfill them. As it is, they are no proof at all. OF COURSE anyone fitting him into the mold of the Messiah would have him well, um... fit into the mold.
It's like someone saying three hundred years ago that a person will do a, b and c. Then I come along, and I live and die and such. Then, thirty years after I die (or more), someone decides to write that I did a, b, and c... and there's no proof whatsoever other than those writings that I did any such thing.
2006-12-02 19:30:42 · answer #1 · answered by Snark 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Labeling oneself as exclusively christian is so limiting. I am christian, and then some. So, I am entitled to answer your question. Can anyone prove the big bang theory? Can anyone prove the glacier age happened? No. It's not like they have a video of these events. Ultimately we have to trust our intuition to believe anything fully.
Regarding Jesus, I believe he was divine for sure. But then again, I believe everything is divine. He was just more adept in esoteric matters than the avergae joe, like you and me. The bible has been tampered with throughout the centuries like it's the cable box. But there are things that just ring true when you hear them. And many of the teachings of Jesus that the bible contains ring very true, despite the fact that the bible isn't very accurate. Wisdom is wisdom, no matter who says it or where it's written. And we as humans have the divine power to discern bull from truth, wisdom from stupidity. The problem is that hardly anyone is excercising this power.
Try looking into the Essene Gospel of Peace (see link below) and the book The Way of the Essenes. The bible isn't the only text that contains info about Jesus. As Jesus says in the bible, "seek and you will find". After informing yourself a bit more about the "alleged" origins and life of Jesus, make your own decision about whether he had extraordinary expertise in exercising his divine power or not.
In my opinion, Jesus is of course divine, because everything in existence is divine. That is the supporting statement about his divinity. But you may not feel and/or think that everything is divine. If that's the case, there's nothing I can say that will prove Jesus's divinity.
2006-12-02 19:34:16 · answer #2 · answered by vipanesq 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The chance of any one man fulfilling just eight prophecies has been calculated by Peter W. Stoner in Science Speaks at 1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000 -- yet 60 major Old Testament prophecies, having 270 ramifications were fulfilled by the life of Jesus. An example of the precisely fulfilled prophecies include the place of His birth, Bethlehem (prophesied in Micah 5:2, fulfilled in Luke 2:4-7); that He would be born of a virgin (prophesied in Isaiah 4:17, fulfilled in Luke 1:26-31); that He would be despised and rejected by Jews (prophesied in Isaiah 53:3, fulfilled in John 1:1, Luke 23:18); that He would be betrayed by a friend (Judas) for thirty pieces of silver cast on the floor of the Temple and used to buy a potter's field (prophesied in Zechariah 11:11-13, fulfilled in Matthew 27:3-10).
2006-12-02 19:26:27 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Is this another of the Muslims posing as a Christian and asking inane Questions? Looks like that.
Well, I've studied all three of the Judeo-Hebraic Messianic Faiths - Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Undoubtedly, when you read a lot of Testaments [read "written eye witness reports sworn in Court"] they are bound to have differences. Because no two witnesses will have the same perspective. If you wish to categorize them as "flaws", then you're welcome to your opinion. Please respect our right to our opinion, too.
Dismissing a whole lot of Testaments by saying that they aren't "evidence of anything" and that "it can be used to find out what is probably historically accurate but it is by no means reliable", is not a tenable argument, but an improper conclusion.
Ergo, this evidence, in itself, is adequate to support our conclusion that Jesus is divine.
Defense rests.
2006-12-02 19:33:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Good Q, there is no real substantial evidence other than what's left of the bible to conclude that Jesus is, in fact, the Christ.. However, I do believe him to be the Christ based on the old testament prophecies of the coming savior and faith... Peace be with you my friend..
2006-12-02 19:31:16 · answer #5 · answered by john316tdh 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I noticed that not a single one of these people can answer the question.
The bible isn't exactly a reliable document, therefore you can't rely on anything it says about Jesus.
2006-12-02 19:34:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because the Bible is the word of God. God wrote through man. The chances of Jesus full filling all of the 300 prophecies about Him are 1 on 100,000,000,000,000,000. What more evidence do you need.
2006-12-02 19:30:48 · answer #7 · answered by Liz M 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I know that it is true because the Holy Spirit dwells within my heart. Because when i Pray i have been given scriptures, and i believe because Jesus has changed my life completely and i know the love of my saviour
May God bless you
2006-12-02 19:32:37 · answer #8 · answered by jan d 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why do people try and pick a fight? I just don't understand it! I don't have to have "logical" reasoning about the Bible to know that it is accurate. God has worked in my life in miraculous ways that people like you would not understand. Your whole objective is to make Christians look stupid. You know what, I believe what I believe because I know He is real. Let people alone and let them believe what they want to believe.
2006-12-02 19:28:16 · answer #9 · answered by Gurilie 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Notice that David T is claiming that Jesus' prophecies are "real" because the bible says so......lmfao.
2006-12-02 19:33:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋