Why did people not believe he was the savior? There is documented historical evidence that thousands of people saw him make mutliple fish appear out of nowhere.
If you see that, how could you still not believe?
And he brought someone back from the dead? People were stupid back then for not believing in that. What are your thoughts on this?
2007-03-09 23:03:07 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because people thought he was a joke and really wasnt a Savior, but if they were living today inthe 20th century they would believe.God wouldnt hang on the cross and rise for nothing.Its a miracle showing everybody that he is a true savior.
Im 13 and i know this.cause im a christian
2007-03-10 14:42:26 · answer #1 · answered by Andyru 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, you must be referring to the people who saw it happen, not to us who merely stare at the pages of a very old book.
Well, first of all, if these events took place at all, many of them happened in very restricted circumstances. How many people would really have witnessed the raising of Lazarus? A few disciples and a member or too of Lazarus's family, which was much the same thing. As for the feeding of the five thousand, who would have noticed in a huge crowd how many loaves or fish there were at the beginning? People would just have noticed that there was food being distributed where they were standing. You can't see much in a huge crowd. Only the disciples around Jesus would really have known or thought they did. Furthermore the Gospels tell us that Jewish leaders thought that Jesus was casting out spirits (i.e. curing the demented) in the name of Beelzebub, a devil. Clearly people believed then that there was white "magic" and "black" magic. As Jesus was often violently critical of the hypocrisy of Jewish leaders, Pharisees and Saducees, such people would and did like to believe he was working for the devil. It would make them feel more at ease with themselves.
The big question at the time was whether Jesus was the Messiah, who was supposed to be ensuring the triumph of Jehovah and Israel over their religious and political enemies and rivals. For a while a lot of people were wondering whether Jesus would free Israel from Roman rule. Hence the excitement when he finally came to Jerusalem for the passover, seated on the donkey. Palm-waving and Hosannahs echoed out in the streets. But then Jesus allowed himself to be taken prisoner and be crucified by the Romans. Clearly he was not a successful nationalist leader. End of story except for those who believed they had witnessed his survival of death, when he very discreetly came to see them after the Resurrection. Certainly he never presented himself to Pontius Pilate or the High Priests to prove to them they had been wrong about him.
If many are called but few are chosen, this principle would seem to have been applied to those allowed to view the miracles and the resurrected body. Jesus was always discreet, as if he was trying to leave people freewill, and not force them into a position where they had to believe willy-nilly.
2007-03-09 23:34:20 · answer #2 · answered by porphyry 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If performing miracles, your idea about someone being a god, then how about the other prophets like moses who split the water for the jews to flee from the Pharaohs. Abraham who was not hurt when he walk into a big fire. Then you have Solomon who move a whole castle from another country in the blink of an eye.
Then you have your current day miracle performer. Why don't you call him god?
2007-03-09 23:11:04 · answer #3 · answered by halo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol. Theres documented evidence of people seeing ghosts too but most people will tell you its a lie. So how is that proof? Eye witness testimony is never taken at absolute proof of anything in any court of law because eye witnesses can be wrong.
2007-03-09 23:16:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is NOT documented, historical evidence of Jesus. It's just fictional, religious mumbo-jumbo. People don't believe in Jesus for the same reasons that they don't believe in the Tooth Fairy, or in Santa Claus.
2007-03-09 23:10:02 · answer #5 · answered by gelfling 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I guess that wraps up the missing evidence for abiogenesis.
Whether or not Jesus performed those miracles, all that really matter is that the spiritual essence of life is still well intact. It is the constant that is here everyday, and can be tapped into with the mind. Submitting to that is freedom.
2007-03-09 23:08:16 · answer #6 · answered by Julian 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
dont believe everything you read or hear.he is just a man.you did not see him do it so doubt.besides they found his bones,maybe.those are stories written long after his death,not facts
2007-03-09 23:16:48 · answer #7 · answered by woodsonhannon53 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is because thay are smart not brainwashed live in the real world not a fairy tale one and thay are not conned
2007-03-09 23:16:15 · answer #8 · answered by andrew w 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
choice.
2007-03-09 23:10:02 · answer #9 · answered by makasha777 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋