Christians, did you ever stop to think, just for a moment, that maybe, just maybe, one of the other holy books

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is right and yours is wrong? Could it be possible that maybe Islam is correct in asserting that your bible is corrupted? Could the Egyptians, who have built things that have stood longer than your religion has been around, could have had it right from the beginning? Is it possible that the book you hold so sacred really is just another book?

I know you think it's the word of god because people tell you it's the word of god and it says so in the book itself, but so does the Koran, and so does the Hebrew Bible. If yours really was and the others were not, then wouldn't it be evident to all? Wouldn't you have some real world evidence proving it was true and the others were false?

Wouldn't you have more than just "faith" to back it up?

Oh, almost forgot, I really want you to think about this, think hard. Do you know where your bible came from? Do you know who put it together, and what their religion was? Are you aware that the bible is only supplemental, not all encompassing?

Answer 1

I accept with what 'soul shaper' said . Hinduism says that " ALL THE WAYS LEADS US TO THE SAME GOAL" .

Here is something what SWAMI VIVEKANANDA said at The World’s Parliament of Religions
Chicago, 15th September 1893

Swami Vivekananda : I will tell you a little story. You have heard the eloquent speaker who has just finished say, “Let us cease from abusing each other,” and he was very sorry that there should be always so much variance.

But I think I should tell you a story which would illustrate the cause of this variance. A frog lived in a well. It had lived there for a long time. It was born there and brought up there, and yet was a little, small frog. Of course, the evolutionists were not there then to tell us whether the frog lost its eyes or not, but, for our story’s sake, we must take it for granted that it had its eyes, and that it every day cleansed the water of all the worms and bacilli that lived in it with an energy that would do credit to our modern bacteriologists. In this way it went on and became a little sleek and fat. Well, one day another frog that lived in the sea came and fell into the well.
“Where are you form?”
“I am from the sea.”
“The sea! How big is that? Is it as big as my well?” and he took a leap from one side of the well to the other.
“My friend,” said the frog of the sea, “how do you compare the sea with your little well?”
Then the frog took another leap and asked, “Is your sea so big?”
“What nonsense you speak, to compare the sea with your well!”
“Well, then,” said the frog of the well, “nothing can be bigger than my well; there can be nothing bigger than this; this fellow is a liar, so turn him out.”

That has been the difficulty all the while.

I am a Hindu. I am sitting in my own little well and thinking that the whole world is my little well. The Christian sits in his little well and thinks the whole world is his well. The Mohammedan sits in his little well and thinks that is the whole world. l have to thank you of America for the great attempt you are making to break down the barriers of this little world of ours, and hope that, in the future, the Lord will help you to accomplish your purpose.

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Answer 2

I'll take a slightly different perspective on this than many other Christians.

Perhaps the three "holy books" you mentioned specifically, the "Hebrew bible", the Quran, and the Bible, are all "right". Perhaps all are the "word of God"...the difference is the intended audience!

It seems clear to me that all three of these books share a common "history" (the history of God's interaction with early man if you will). If you accept the "truth" of the Old Testament (which all Christians must do), then you have to accept that God made a covenant with son's of Issac (the Hebrews) AND with the son's of Ishmael (the Arabs).

A covenant is a contract and in the case of the contracts God made with the Jews and the Arabs, they were, like most legal contracts, very long and involved and contained numerous conditions specifying the responsibilities of both parties. Furthermore, the contracts had NO stated expiration date (valid until the end of time!). I find it somewhat inconsistent to think that God would have simply thrown out those contracts and replaced them with a new contract. A just God would be compelled to honor all previous contracts even if he chose to offer a new one.

After centuries of watching people struggle to honor the conditions of those original covenants and seeing just how many failed, God then decided to create a "new and improved" contract and give the whole world the chance to accept it. Unlike the original covenants, available only to the Hebrews and the Arabs, the "new covenant" of Jesus wasn't restricted to a specific group of people, and the conditions were much less strict and much less involved (detailed). Love God and love one another...if you make a mistake, repent and try harder the next time. No ritual cleansing or blood sacrifices required in this new covenant.

Does the covenant of Jesus wipe out the earlier covenants...I think not...it is an alternative. When Jesus said, "no man comes to the Father but by me", was he saying that they old covenants were no longer valid...that Christianity was the only way to get to "heaven"? I don't know...perhaps...but it doesn't seem reasonable to me to think that God can (and would) change the rules of the game whenever he wants and then expect people to ignore centuries of training and history. Perhaps Jesus simply meant that he is the gatekeeper to his Father's house and that all men will have to acknowledge him at some point to enter!

...and if you read the "Christian Bible", it also seems clear that followers of BOTH the original covenants MUST survive in order to bring about prophecy re: the end of times...and from what I understand, prophecies in the Quran and in more recent Jewish writings also acknowledge that both the sons of Issac and the sons of Ishmael will participate in some "final battle". Thus, it is quite possible that God continues to offer guidance to both groups to help them survive and prepare for this final battle!

Personally, I think Jesus is the only way for ME (and for most people)...I'm not of Jewish or Arabic descent so I'm not eligible for inclusion in those original covenants and even if later "addendums" to these covenants allow for conversion, I know from reading the history of the Old Testament that few people can actually satisfy all the conditions of those covenants! Does that mean I'm "right" and everyone else is "wrong"...not my call...I'll leave that decision in God's capable hands and I wouldn't presume to understand the scope of his knowledge or plans!

Answer 3

✞✞✞ I am curious, why is this not directed to the Muslims that are burning the Bibles of the Christians that are in Afghanistan...Why is it always the Americans that are in the wrong? I do not see the American people lining the streets threatening death to the Muslims....There is something terribly wrong with all of this.... All of this will not cause the 2012 doomsday, because frankly there will not be a 2012 doomsday....Armageddon will take place in the Middle East...This will come after the 7 year reign of the Antichrist....I do however believe that we are on the very brink of the End of Days spoken by Christ in Matthew Chapter 24...I am sure that the tension between the Muslim and the American people will have some part in bringing all of this on, but it will not be here in the States...........

Answer 4

Some people just like to tempt fate because they're so bored with their own reality that they attack the faith and beliefs of others. Live and let live. Being atheist shouldn't mean being an antagonist. Just walk away and ignore what they say. Some or many atheist people admit to personal reasons such as abuse or neglect for their vendetta against religion(s) because of what they went thru in their own childhood. I get that and have some memories of this myself but there are also benefits they can learn by becoming better examples. Spirituality is something that grows with you and not meant to tear your lives apart. Many parents do make the mistake of force feeding religion on their children and than set poor or contrary examples. You cannot blame societies lack of evolution of social skills on religion as a scapegoat.

I wonder what it would be like to actually live in a society truly based on a democracy and social economic needs instead of the one apparently based on a "mostly" criminally corporate bias of greed and exploitation. This to me is yours and most parents real nightmare/monster.

Answer 5

Yes, I have considered all those thoughts and many more back then when I started the search for truth. I come to realize that all Bible say, it's true: There is a way for salvation, HUMANITY HAVE A CHANCE FOR ETERNAL LIFE: JESUS THE CHRIST!

I am surprised to see that the real heavy questions are not asked by Atheists when fighting against Christianity. Some of the questions I had, I've never seen asked anywhere.

Anyway, now I have what it is called "personal evidence". But it's so personal that I can't tell you.

In the end I want to add that I admire your advanced manipulation methods.

Peace!

Answer 6

The bible is a supplement to what, exactly?

The bible was written by men, who were given vast knowledge by God. No one has ever questioned the fact that the bible was written by men, and NOT by God.

I think perhaps you don't understand how religion works. It's a matter of faith. It's THAT simple. And Christians have faith that the bible is the word of God. There doesn't have to be "proof" when you're talking about faith.

With religion, a person has to make a choice. "THIS is what I believe in," and then they go forward with that. If there is any doubt in a person's mind about what the truth is, then they do not have faith and they have not chosen a religion.

Answer 7

What I think, in my attempt to follow Jesus, is that this is what is important:

Matthew 22:35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

I think that loving my neighbor as myself (treating others as I want to be treated) means that if I don't want anyone else telling me that my choice to follow Jesus is wrong, that I have no business telling others that their religion is wrong

I'm not sure that I could call myself a Christian at this point, because many many people say that this means I have to believe things I don't believe, like the OT and what Paul wrote, becuase Paul never met Jesus.

I believe that my choice to try to follow the life example and teachings of Jesus is a personal choice. And I believe that in order to really follow Him, I must allow others the same personal choice to believe what they beleive.

And yes I do know that the OT was for the Jews and never for Gentiles.

But I expect that there will be a lot of Christians who feel the need to correct me.

Answer 8

Just wondering....why do you have an avatar picture of the Lord and the name "confirmed atheist?" Atheists do not believe or accept any part of Scripture, so why do you have a picture that symbolizes the Christian faith? And why do you write all this devil's propaganda in all your questions I've seen, yet refuse to put your contact e-mail? That alone doesn't show a strong foundation of your statements. To answer your question, no one told me to believe in the Bible. In fact, I am surrounded (outside of my husband ) by hell-bound family members. God called me out when I was a young child and I answered that call with "yes." I began praying, believing, testifying as a child even things I yet understood, but through "an unwavering faith" to God and studying of His Word through my teen-age years to my adult years He became more and more real to me. His presence covered my life and it has been evident to friends and perfect strangers my entire life to the point that God has used me as a magnet consistently with co-workers and perfect strangers who "seek me out" and want to know about God. I'm not special, I'm just a willing vessel....and that is all God wants from any one of us, to be willing. If you were, He would show you great and marvellous things like He has me.

Answer 9

You make too many assumptions, I have read the other books. I do know how the bible was put together. There is way more to Christianity than the bible. No one told me anything, I used to be a Atheist, but a personal experience with the Holy Ghost changed everything.

Answer 10

Yes I have!
So I studied other religions to find out what is truth.

There is no "The truth for you."
2+2=4 is a truth. This is not subject to interpretation.
One can say I don't believe you have the truth but truth is just what it is, truth.

Christianity has a rich history which started with the Jews at the beginning of time. The bible is filled with historical facts that Archaeologists use and has been proven very reliable. We have over 5000 documented ancient findings of scripture, many in different languages, all the same. WE have the dead sea scrolls to prove this also. The Vatican just bought 2 gospels dating 90 ad, the same as we have today. There is prophesies that has come to pass from the bible that proves it's reliability. Over 300 just for the man Jesus.

We have non christian evidence of Jesus from Tacitus and Josephus both historians. And a Governor named Pliny the Younger who all wrote about "Christos" and his followers the Christan's.

Archaeologists have found the tomb of Caiaphas who was the Pharisee that brought Jesus to trial.
Jesus WAS a real person who was an historical figure. Even well read Atheists KNOW this.

We have eye witnesses who had every thing to loose by claiming to be a follower of Jesus. Why? When Jesus was killed they scattered. Afraid. BUT when they saw he was resurrected they became bold. Why?
Since the bible is reliable, and Jesus WAS here you must decide.
Was he a nut? A liar, Or who he claimed to be.

For me, I personally have had MANY supernatural experienced with God/ Jesus. So many in fact I started keeping a journal.
God is real, Jesus is The Christ and there is salvation in no other name.
I have studied the bible and where it came from. It is very accurate in different languages and it a great work of antiquity. Archaeologists us it often.
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