What have you to say about this?

Question

What about Jesus' famous statement in the Bible, "Happy are those who have not seen yet still believe"? What you realize is that this statement creates the perfect cover for a scam. Let's say you are Jesus, you are a normal human being, you realize that you are going to die (everybody does) and you want to cover for this fact. Here is what you would say: "Happy are those who have not seen yet still believe." What you are saying is, "the way I am going to show you that I exist is by not showing that I exist." For every other object in the universe, the way that we know it exists is because the object provides evidence of its existence.

Answer 1

I think that's just another way of saying "Ignorance is Bliss."

Answer 2

Well done! You have discovered religion's secret strategy:

You must believe on faith because I will offer no proof. You must accept what is written in my holy book without question.

To question or doubt that faith is the only unpardonable sin - one which will earn you eternal damnation.

And if you happen to live in a place where it's acceptable (much of the Middle East), we will kill you if you dare to deny the faith or challenge its teachings!

It's a very powerful motivational tool!

Also, there are a lot of different religions out there - probably hundreds of sects and cults within the various main faiths. If each had to provide real proof, the result would show that at least all but one were false. So if any one could provide proof, they certainly wouldn't hesitate. They would love to become 'the only game in town'. Thus, it's logical to assume that the inability to provide proof is directly due to the absence of any real proof.

So, without any rational proof, they just keep demanding that their followers maintain faith. And buttressed by inspirational sermons & music, dire warnings of Hell, & supernatural stories described as historical events, it's worked for thousands of years!

Answer 3

That's John 20:29 of course, and as the last Gospel written it also puts all kinds of most words into Jesus' mouth to explain why he still hadn't returned from the dead at the head of the legions of heaven and to explain his divinity to a degree the first gospel, Mark, scarcely touched on. In Mark's gospel we have itinerrant preacher Yeshua Ben Yosef, who tells everyone to keep his miracles secret. In John we have Jesus Christ the divine Logos through whom the universe was created, a Greek style demigod that goes about proclaiming his own divinity at every opportunity. The contrast is stark, but mostly not noticed except by scholars and skeptics.

Answer 4

your statement regarding this Scripture is being taken completely out of context.

He, Jesus, stating that there would be those in our time that would believe he was the Christ from the proof that he left behind in his time.

The fact that Christ Jesus fulfilled over 300 prophecies that concerned him obviously doesn't get your attention, does it?

The fact that churches in "Christendom" have clouded and obscured who he really is should be of concern.

Just because 99% of religious organizations teach or adopt the teaching of the Trinity, some without even letting know the people that belong to the church

If you are trying to say that there is no proof that Jesus ever existed please consider the following:

A Historical Person

Yet, strangely, some say that Jesus never lived—that he is, in effect, a creation of some first-century men. Answering such skeptics, the respected historian Will Durant argued: “That a few simple men should in one generation have invented so powerful and appealing a personality, so lofty an ethic and so inspiring a vision of human brotherhood, would be a miracle far more incredible than any recorded in the Gospels.”

Ask yourself: Could a person who never lived have affected human history so remarkably? The reference work The Historians’ History of the World observed: “The historical result of [Jesus’] activities was more momentous, even from a strictly secular standpoint, than the deeds of any other character of history. A new era, recognised by the chief civilisations of the world, dates from his birth.”

Yes, think about it. Even calendars today are based on the year that Jesus was thought to have been born. “Dates before that year are listed as B.C., or before Christ,” explains The World Book Encyclopedia. “Dates after that year are listed as A.D., or anno Domini (in the year of our Lord).”

Critics, nevertheless, point out that all that we really know about Jesus is found in the Bible. No other contemporary records concerning him exist, they say. Even H. G. Wells wrote: “The old Roman historians ignored Jesus entirely; he left no impress on the historical records of his time.” But is this true?

Although references to Jesus Christ by early secular historians are meager, such references do exist. Cornelius Tacitus, a respected first-century Roman historian, wrote: “The name [Christian] is derived from Christ, whom the procurator Pontius Pilate had executed in the reign of Tiberius.” Suetonius and Pliny the Younger, other Roman writers of the time, also referred to Christ. In addition, Flavius Josephus, a first-century Jewish historian, wrote of James, whom he identified as “the brother of Jesus, who was called Christ.”

The New Encyclopædia Britannica thus concludes: “These independent accounts prove that in ancient times even the opponents of Christianity never doubted the historicity of Jesus, which was disputed for the first time and on inadequate grounds at the end of the 18th, during the 19th, and at the beginning of the 20th centuries.”

Essentially, however, all that is known about Jesus was recorded by his first-century followers. Their reports have been preserved in the Gospels—

Answer 5

I believe that the verse is

Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe." (John 20:29)

I believe what I feel and know in my heart to be true, you can go on thinking that you need evidence, but most Christians I know will tell you they have all the evidence they need. Why do you need it?

Answer 6

Jesus has provided plenty of evidence, apparently your sensors are out of tune. The wind is not visible, but we can see it's effects in the trees swaying. Jesus shows His presence in the same ways. We see the effects of His work in our lives. Every day. Let him who has eyes see.

Answer 7

One of jesus' statements out of all of his statements recorded, and taking it out of context proves nothing. Your assumption on this, which I am not sure where it is in the bible, is incongruent with the points of Jesus's ministry, and other verses in the bible.

Answer 8

heck of a thought,friend but if you try it you might like it being happy in the Lord is wonderful its obvious you havent felt His presence and if you did you wouldnt be blinded by the devil he is the master of confusion the days here on this earth are numbered and happiness is a gift, i want to enjoy Him all thats possible

Answer 9

I fail to see the "scam" or "cover-up",..

Jesus wanted nothing but to do the Fathers will, which was to save mankind from their sins. What did Jesus want for himself?....can you answer that. The answer is "nothing" he did everything for US and the Father, even the most extreme...gave his own life.
did you see the key word? "GAVE" not "GIVE ME" but he gave and gave until his death.

quit hating on Jesus, he never did anything to you.

Answer 10

You believe that oxygen is in the air, yet you can not see it. You believe that your significant other/family loves you, yet you can not see love. It's all about faith - there are things unseen in this world that are there - even though they are not visible by sight.

Answer 11

It was translated incorrectly. What he actually said was 'Insane are those who have not seen yet still believe, for they have been partaking of peyote.' I wonder why it got switched.