What if Chrisitanity is a sham and Jesus was just a story? What if the entire Bible was a book written not in the 1st Century, but in the 12th? Does that mean Christians are doomed?
What if you're wrong and Chirst was everything He said He was and more?
2007-05-27 23:39:30 · 8 answers · asked by capitalctu 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
But the point is the 5300 documents outside the Bible states He did exist. I dont know about you but do you exist? How many documents can you prove your real?
The first-century Jewish historian Josephus referred to the stoning of “James, the brother of Jesus who was called the Christ.” (The Jewish Antiquities, Josephus, Book XX, sec. 200) A direct and very favorable reference to Jesus, found in Book XVIII, sections 63, 64, has been challenged by some who claim that it must have been either added later or embellished by Christians; but it is acknowledged that the vocabulary and the style are basically those of Josephus, and the passage is found in all available manuscripts.
Tacitus, a Roman historian who lived during the latter part of the first century C.E., wrote: “Christus [Latin for “Christ”], from whom the name [Christian] had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus.”—The Complete Works of Tacitus (New York, 1942), “The Annals,” Book 15, par. 44.
With reference to early non-Christian historical references to Jesus, The New Encyclopædia Britannica states: “These independent accounts prove that in ancient times even the opponents of Christianity never doubted the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 by several authors at the end of the 18th, during the 19th, and at the beginning of the 20th centuries.”—(1976), Macropædia, Vol. 10, p. 145.
2007-05-27 23:52:07 · answer #1 · answered by ddead_alive 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you take religion out of the equation altogether and look around you for evidence of a Creator, you would see that you cannot even take your next breath without God. Religion is distracting people from the beauty of the life they came here to live. Religion puts shame and guilt on innocent shoulders for no reason. You are constantly on your guard in case you 'sin'! This isn't God. Jesus came to show you that you can't die. You are Eternal, like Him. Do as He did. Love those around you and harm none. Care for Mother Earth and Her creatures. Let go of the ways that make you anxious. Love Christ without the religion that makes you fear Him.
2007-05-27 23:55:43 · answer #2 · answered by hedgewitch18 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If it is a sham, and that is most likely, then christians are basing their lives around a lie.
If I'd wrong I burn in hell forever. But I don't think I'm wrong.
2007-05-27 23:50:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If only God would straighten out the mess with the religions, what a wonderful world it would be.
2007-05-27 23:45:35 · answer #4 · answered by liberty11235 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Mark my words, a one world religon is not a thing you want.
It means that the antichrist is here and everyones time is really short.
2007-05-27 23:50:24 · answer #5 · answered by robertt223 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
*sigh* another Pascal's Wager question and it's just way to early for me to start drinking.
2007-05-28 00:09:30 · answer #6 · answered by Kallan 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If I am right nothing to lose
If I am wrong nothing to lose either..
I am a christian..
2007-05-27 23:44:17 · answer #7 · answered by Redeemed 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Its not a sham. If it was, we wouldn't exist.
I type, therefore I am.
2007-05-27 23:43:49 · answer #8 · answered by tabulator32 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋