I have two papers due in about 4 weeks in my class "Great World Religions: Christianity." The subject for one of the papers is "What is most believable about Christianity and why? What is most unbelievable about Christianity and why?" I know this one is more of an "opinion" paper, no wrong answers, but I'd like to see what everybody else thinks. It might help me out getting started.
Now, I don't want you to do my homework for me...I'm just a little lost getting started. I need a direction to take off from. That's also why I am asking for only one or two sentences on the subject...please no big long paragraphs, just a line or two. Something that will give me a good starting point.
2007-04-03 07:03:09 · 22 answers · asked by syntheticfate 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Most believable: "Yahweh is the Lord God of Israel."
Most unbelievable: "Christianity is universally correct for everyone."
2007-04-03 07:22:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whether or not Jesus of Nazareth portrayed in the Bible is a real historical figure or a fictional mythical character, how the world views and interpret this Jesus matters.
In christianity, Jesus portrays the characteristics of the perfect good human as well as God in human form. In this world especially in current times, it is difficult to see who is good and who is evil. Is George Bush evil? Is the Pres of Iran evil? Is the religious right evil? Is the vatican evil?
It would take a heartless ignorant man to say that Jesus portrayed in the Bible was evil. He is the perfect human that everyone can follow without questioning whether he was good or evil.
We cannot allow the religious right nor the liberal left to claim and use a false Jesus to use for political propoganda so it is very important that we understand who this Jesus really is.
The way we found this out is to look at his teachings and how he lived his life. He didn't dress like a pope. He didn't judge nor shun the sinners of the times. He embraced the sinners and he scolded the religious majority.
2007-04-03 07:22:54 · answer #2 · answered by 6th Finger 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most believable about Christianity is the fact that it survived and thrived as a religion for over 2000 years. The most unbelievable about Christianity is the number of Christians that have no clue what Christianity is all about.
2007-04-03 07:09:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I find it believable that Chistanity murdered and tortured people because it believes it is "right". I believe that many of the stories of the Bible may have a basis in truth but a good story taken literally can cause a lot of damage.
It is wholly unbelievable that a god could be both Omnipotent and Benevolent. Omnipotence itself is a paradox. It is unbelievable that Christianity can war within itself about a supposedly loving God.
This is not what your prof is looking for, best wishes.
2007-04-03 07:10:29 · answer #4 · answered by Momofthreeboys 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
To start off, let me say that I am a Christian, but I do have questions about it.
Most unbelievable:
~Paul's letters surviving 2000 years and that his words are infallible.
~The story of Adam and Eve
Most Believable:
~The God came to earth. It just makes sense to me that God would take human form and show himself to humans.
~Jesus life altogether. There is no possible way the whole thing was made up.
I hope that is somewhere along the lines of what you wer looking for.
2007-04-03 07:11:05 · answer #5 · answered by Star 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God’s word tells us that He is self-existing and ever-existing. In eternity past God was there. At a certain point he made a decision to create man. God’s desire was to have this man express Him in His image and represent Him with His authority earth (Gen 1:26-28) The bible tell us in the very first page of Genesis that God’s creation of man was different from His creation of all other things. He created man in His own image. Let us illustrate this matter by using a glove. A person’s hand cannot fit into a handkerchief because it does not have the image or form of the hand. Because the glove is in the image, the likeness, and the form of a hand, it is able to contain the hand. A glove is made in the form of a hand for the purpose of containing the hand. In the same way, the human life was created according to the image of God so that God could dispense Himself as the divine life into the human life. Man was created not only to express God but also to be God’s representative authority. The unique way for man to express God and represent God is to receive God as his life that man may become a counterpart of God. Man was created with the capacity to receive and contain God’s divine life. All of man’s human virtues, such as love, honor, and goodness, were created by God so that man may have God’s live and live out the divine attributes
2007-04-03 07:15:07 · answer #6 · answered by i know more than you 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If reality isn't a democracy, why did they "vote" on God's be conscious on the Council of Nicea? think of Christianity if the Augustan theory of the Trinity weren't a factor of the religion. Athanasius' idealogy might have gained....all of it got here right down to a vote. So i would not play that card. i in my view have self assurance Islam is greater achieveable through fact i'm a Muslim. yet I refuse to have self assurance in diverse the thoughts and "sayings." I do whether, have self assurance thoroughly in the Quran itself. As an informed (and enormously scrutinous) person i'm able to declare optimistically that it quite is reconcilable with Western society. some Muslims are hindering that assimilation through preconceived notions of the West, yet i think of they are enormously like minded. women can vote, divorce, very own components and get a job in Islam (think of this 1400 yrs in the past). we are on the spot to combat purely in self protection; and different than for recent propoganda have been a faith of peace. I not at all have killed a guy or woman or maybe an animal. i do no longer even squish bugs in my living house, I placed them outdoors. I placed on Western clothing, play the guitar, have BBQ's and so on. yet I additionally quickly, do no longer drink, no pork and no clubbing. i'm effective some Christians locate their faith to be thoroughly pleasing: and that's the outstanding thing approximately all of it--diverse strokes for various persons. Peace!
2016-10-02 02:51:24 · answer #7 · answered by carol 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most unbelievable: That a religion that claims to be founded on God's love for mankind has so many adherents who are ready, at a moment's notice, to tell people they are going to burn in hell for all eternity just because those people don't adhere to the particular brand of christianity that the person doing the condemnation believes in.
Most believable: that we are urged to behave in moral and altruistic ways towards other people.
2007-04-03 07:13:37 · answer #8 · answered by Karin C 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is interesting to ask believable and unbelievable,
The word believe, belief, believing, faith and trust are mentioned 185 times in the new testament.
I guess the point being that Believe is very important.
Unbelieve or faithless is mentioned 11 times in the new testament.
I think The big point is Faith and belief.
2007-04-03 07:16:10 · answer #9 · answered by chris p 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Believable: That a man would decide to allow himself to be crucified in order to show humanity (not "angels") that forgiveness is "divine" in an earthly manner.. (The only true way we can all live on this rock in peace).
Unbelievable: That people can accurately interpret ambiguous text translated from ancient documents written in another imperfect and ambiguous language.
2007-04-03 07:11:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋