i cant believe in christianity because?

Question

i have the read the bible from beginning to end at least a few times over and cannot bring myself to believe to it is not a myth.

don't get me wrong,
i want god to exist.
I want there to be a reason for the good and bad things in this world.
i want there to be happiness brought to those who are good and punishment to those who were wicked.
I, perhaps selfishly, want to spend an eternity in heaven experiencing whatever kind of awesome goodness and happiness the bible seems to hint at it being like.
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but my mind cannot reason that jesus was real,
so i am gonna live my life as a normal good person.

even though there is no punishment for misdeeds from any other source other than when behave in a way that eventually punish yourself, or any other kind of misdeed that would warrant punishment from society itself (ie. the government),
i will be good to my fellow man and try my best to do no harm in the world. i will live by man-made morality and pursue a happy life for myself and my family.

how can I be this earnest and still caught in satan’s lies at the same time?

Answer 1

hello fellow moral logical atheist

Answer 2

WHEN I FIRST BEGAN TO READ THE BIBLE

In a few years I figured out that my head was so full of religious beliefs that just did not fit into what I was reading.
I knew that I would either have to believe the bible as the word of God or just give up on it. I decided it was the word of God.
Pure history to tell us how we got here and where we come from and why we are in the shape we are in and that includes not
being able to see things as clear as we would if we had no sin.

ONCE YOU LEARN IT IF YOU EVER DO?
WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO FIND THE RELIGION THAT KNOWS IT?
YOU WILL SEE THAT RELIGION DOES NOT EVEN KNOW THAT IT IS WHERE YOU REALIZE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW.

YOU REALLY HAVE TO WANT WHAT GOD WANTS YOU TO HAVE AND IT IS SERIOUS BUSINESS. SEEK AND YOU WILL FIND.

John 8:32 [ the truth ]; John 17:17 [ They are sanctified by the truth ];

Answer 3

WOW...I dont know, but youre spirtual life is like a tragic clown.... or some sort of tall midget.

How could the propecy be fulfilled so well if Jesus wasnt who He said....check this out, brother.

The Bible stands alone among literature. Prophecies written hundreds of years before an event have been fulfilled with 100% accuracy. There are approximately 2500 prophecies in the Bible, 2000 of which already have been completely fulfilled -- the remaining 500 speak of future events.

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).

Fulfilled prophecy extends to the present day -- consider the people of Israel. In Genesis 12:2,3 and 13:13-15, God promised Abraham a great nation, a great name and a land that will belong to his descendants forever and through Abraham, that all families of the earth will be blessed. At the time, Abraham was 75 years old and his wife was barren. The prophecy was fulfilled when Abraham was 90 years old (Genesis 21:2) when his wife Sarah miraculously bore him a son. Over the next several hundred years, the nation promised to Abraham appeared (Exodus 1:7).
Later, through Moses (Deut. 28-33), God warned Israel that He will use other nations to remove them from their land if they are unfaithful to Him. He predicted that they would eventually be scattered across the whole earth and would find no rest. He also promised to bring them back to their land. Israel was unfaithful. King Nebuchadnezzar took people captive to Babylon, then burned the city and the Temple. God then allowed the Israelites to return to the land (Ezra 1). Later, in AD 70, Titus the Roman also destroyed the city of Jerusalem, scattering the people. In AD 1948, Israel became a nation and the people began to return to their homeland. They have since survived several conflicts. We think of the United States as having a long history, yet it has been in existence for only 200 years. Israel has been a people for more than 4,000 years.

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Blessings,
David

Answer 4

I find it interesting that you have said:

You can't believe in christianity.
You cannot bring yourself to believe to the Bible is not a myth.
Your mind cannot reason that Jesus was real.

And finally:

How can I be this earnest and still caught in Satan’s lies at the same time?

Apparently you have no trouble believing in Satan.

Are you sure you really want to believe in Christianity, the Bible, and Jesus?

Answer 5

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If you can't believe Jesus was real - you must not believe Ceaser existed ...

http://equip.org/free/JAS710.htm

Facts for skeptics of the new testament
..."Using these facts, the point to press home with the skeptic is this: If we reject the authenticity of the New Testament on textual grounds, we’d also have to reject every work of antiquity prior to AD 1000, since there is less manuscript evidence for their authenticity than for the New Testament.
Has the New Testament been changed? Critical, academic analysis says it has not."

Manuscript evidence for superior
New Testament reliability
http://www.carm.org/evidence/trustbible.htm

http://equip.org/free/CP1005.htm -- Is the Bible Myth?
... "Besides all of this, the myths of the ancient world were never based on solid historical fact. They were stories invented to explain such recurring phenomena like the changing of the seasons or the motion of the stars. The events recorded in the Scripture, on the other hand, are firmly rooted in history. By way of illustration, it is an accepted historical fact that Israel became a nation after the exodus from Egypt. Later, Israel became a monarchy, David and Solomon really lived, and on and on and on. It is also a historical fact that Jesus was a JJew who preached about God the Father, who claimed to be God, worked miracles, and was crucified during Pilate’s reign. All of this is, in fact, literal history

How do I know the Bible is Really from God?
http://comereason.org/cmp_rlgn/cmp005.asp

"Many times people will raise an objection to a Christian's belief in the Bible as being the infallible word of God. They claim that using the Bible to support the Bible is "circular reasoning" ( testing the validity of an idea by its own pronouncements). This is not so. ..

Non biblical accounts of
New Testament events and/or people
http://www.carm.org/bible/extrabiblical_accounts.htm

Lee Strobel: You know, Frank, one of my heroes when I was in law school was a guy named Sir Lionel Luckhoo, and the reason I thought this guy was just an amazing lawyer was if you went to the Guinness Book of World Records he is recorded as the most successful lawyer who ever lived. He won 248 murder trials in a row as a defense attorney. So, as you can imagine, he was a very skeptical person - maybe a bit like you. A guy who says "You gotta prove it to me or I'm not going to believe it." And he didn't believe in the resurrection either. But somebody challenged him and said "Why don't you investigate it yourself? Use your monumental legal skills and investigate the resurrection yourself." He spent years doing that and I'll recite for you one sentence that summarized his conclusion. He said "I say unequivocally that the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ is so overwhelming that it compels acceptance by proof which leaves absolutely no room for doubt!" So here we have the most successful attorney who's ever lived who knows what evidence is, who knows how to pick apart a case and find all the flaws in it, who comes to the conclusion that this is something that is reliable. He put his faith in Jesus Christ and in his words "My life was changed 180 degrees for the good."
http://www.equip.org/bam/frank_in_hawaii.htm

Answer 6

Jesus was a real person. If you have read your Bible then you know that Joseph and Mary were on their way to register with the census ordered by caeser when Jesus was born. And when they finally were able to register with the governor, they were a family of three. There are ancient records that were verified to be authentic and true that verified the existence of the birth of Jesus.

also, Jesus' geneology is listed in detail in the gospels that make claim to the promised land promised by God the Father to Abraham. this would not be recorded if it weren't true

Answer 7

I guess maybe I dont understand why you feel Jesus is a myth? Could you share those reasons?

Im all for living good and moral whether you have a religion or not. Religion vs Atheism vs Agnosticism wouldnt cause so much conflict if we just all lived good moral lives. It's the second one from either group steps out of line that the trouble between then starts.

Answer 8

Satan is the reason you can not believe in Jesus and he is the one that is keeping you in the darkness. You are a good person i can see that, But its your Choice for Jesus is a gentleman and he will not make you do anything you don't want to do, he will just wait patiently for you to make the right choice, For He loves you so much
May the Spirit of Jesus Fill you and your Families heart this Christmas and for many years to come, May He bless each and everyone of you
Merry Christmas

Answer 9

Perhaps you remember reading this verse: "I have seen the burden God has laid on man. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end." (Eccles. 3:10-11). You see, you have eternity in your heart. That's why your heart wants to believe. But we have finite minds that can't comprehend all that God truly is. If you want to know if God is real, listen to your heart. It's not wrong. God bless you, my friend.

Answer 10

because of the fact we predict of all of us understand each element, there is an answer to each thing we've become arrogant and ignoring ideals to our very own peril. we are falling into age previous issues funds regulations corruption everywhere and selfishness is extreme on the time table. regardless of faith you call does not help this so in this society might seem dumb. help others how stupid.

Answer 11

I was raised Christian but through my studies I have found interesting information. This is only my view from facts I have found. Jesus did exist, we have proof and evidence. Jesus was the messiah, however he never said you will go to hell if you don't believe in him. Jesus said "no one gets to the father but through me" and also said "follow me for I am the way". Neither of these specifically say to physically follow Jesus or to believe in him otherwise hell. I believe that Jesus was merely showing humanity that we need to be like him, be a better person and that is the way to God.
Through interpretation and translation from hebrew to english this all became messed up. Plus with the religious tyrany throughout england in the middle ages the bible became warped. What we know from not only the bible but every religious book is that we need to be better people. That salvation lies in kindness and love. Jesus said that above all things love is the most powerful and that God is love. I believe we are meant to understand love and live with love and hope and be kind to people. This is how you get to God.
Also we won't be in heaven. Heaven was meant for God and angels not humans. According to writing, God is to create a new world for us to live in harmony. Where we will all live reguardless of right or wrong. We will live without disease or famine. Although only the good will never thirst or hunger, the wicked will not. I believe hell is not a location or a place. It's part of your mind, your concious and subconcious thought. Hell is like having bipolar disorder. Hell is like a coma. Hell is like having no control over your thoughts, abilities and emotions. Hell is an endless depression, a fit of rage, anger and pain that dwell only in your mind and never end. To exist in an enless depression without sleep is hell. But then each person's hell might be different.

Here's the thing. God knows who's good and wicked. It's been written in the "book of light". I don't think your beliefs have anything to do with it. I believe yes you do have to at least believe there is a God out there. I don't believe this God requires a name or likeness. I believe He is just there.

Don't bring yourself to believe religion exists. All you are saying is you don't believe in religion like Christianity. But you want to believe in God, meaning you have faith. Faith and religion are not the same thing. I believe in God and in Jesus but I do not follow any religion. I don't believe in religion. Religion was created by man. Faith was created by God. There is a reason for good and bad in this world. It's to test us, to see if our soul is white or black. Just live a good life and treat people with kindness. I don't believe that God would send someone into hell for not believe in Jesus even if that person was kind and decent and tried to live a good life. God is loving like a parent only hundreds of times more. A parent wouldn't kick their kid to the curb unless they believed their child was a horrible person.