do you agree that the myth of jesus dying on the cross for our sins is nothing but a hoax?

Question

has there ever been a bigger hoax perpetuated on mankind in the history of the world????

Answer 1

Well, getting up at 4 a.m. and creating that crop circle of a flying dog and calling it the new savior was a pretty damn good hoax! But no one wants to give me credit for that, do they?? You'll all see, when the Flying Dog Liberation Project {FDLP} takes root, I'll be the last one laughing!!

Answer 2

The simple answer is: No, I know it is not a hoax. My knoledge only requires faith. I would be interested to know what your disbelief is based on. Certainly you were not there to witness the event. So, your reason probably comes down to, "Well, I just don't think it's reasonable or likely and nobody can give me any proof", or something along those lines. Right? Well, God leaves these things up to each individual. You must decide for yourself. However, I will give you one small piece to mull over. John was a very successful fisherman. Had more than one boat (well off by the standards of his day) and was doing just fine. Certainly wasn't on the lookout for a messiah to follow. Then Christ comes along and he abandons everything to follow him. Was Christ just that persuasive? Maybe. But, take all the stories together and tell me what they add up to. You can conclude that the simple people of that time were easily duped and this was a very good con job. Still, there have been many phony prophets with very good lines. How many of them are still having such an impact 2000 years later. Maybe there's nothing to what I say. Still, I'd rather be on my side of the argument and turn out wrong, than be on your side and turn out wrong. If I'm wrong, I'll never know it. If you're wrong, well...God only knows.

Answer 3

Its a legend compared to a fact based event. What I mean is that I am sure that there have been several executees that have been killed due to their religious idealism and that the Bible was written with all of them in mind. It would be more effective to tell the story of the Son of God dying for our sins than thieves or murderers. I don't intend to put down the stories of the Bible, its just my point of view.

For instance, I've always been a science minded person - even as a boy. And the Great Sunday School Experiment that I failed occurred because I kept disrupting the classes for questioning the events in the Bible. I understood why they kept disciplining me it was because the class wasn't about debating - it was about learning. Anyway, I remember taking the Brother to task about the Great Flood and the story of Noah. Even as young as 12 I was aware then that it would be impossible to cover the entire Earth in water based on the amount of water on the planet - including snow and landborne ice. And if the Anomaly on Ararat is indeed the purported Ark, the amount of water required to get it to that height, even accounting for tectonic growth of the mountain would mean that there would have to be a unanimously indisputable geological record of such a flood. Not to mention the effect that having no region cold enough to freeze water at that time would have on weather to this day.

One of the "nails in the coffin" too is a recent claim that I read that states biblical years aren't of the same duration as the Gregorian Calendar. Even so, that still can't account for the discrepancy between the biblical 6,000 year age of the Earth and the scientific age of more than 4,000,000,000 years.

But, I always say that because there is room for science and religion in this world it doesn't mean that they are compatible. They, by their very nature, will never be part of a partisan effort to successfully or accurately explain our beginnings. But my faith is in science. I want to know in my mind, not in my heart. Besides, the heart regulates the flow of blood throughout our bodies, and that's all.

Answer 4

No I don't agree.
The only reason that I am answering this to to tell you that I pray that some day you will find out for your self that Jesus dying on the cross for your sins and mine was no hoax, but the real thing. God bless you.

Answer 5

"Christianity...[has become] the most perverted system that ever shone on man....Rogueries, absurdities and untruths were perpetrated upon the teachings of Jesus by a large band of dupes and imposters led by Paul, the first great corrupter of the teaching of Jesus." --- Thomas Jefferson

“The son-ship of Jesus Christ is the greatest fiction of human history.” (Lord Bishop of Canterbury Commission, the Spiritual Head of England, 1910.)

“The son-ship of Jesus Christ, the Trinity, the blood sacrifice of the lamb of God, atonement are not the teachings of Jesus. These are all inventions of Saint Paul who never really met Jesus.” (Hastings Rashdall, The Theory of Good and Evil)

"Initially there were 34 gospels that were compiled by word of mouth. Four were chosen for unclear reasons and 30 were left behind [burned]. (Encyclopedia Britannica)

“There is strong reason to believe that St. Paul fabricated the belief system of Christianity from Zoroastrian mythology. In order to hide Paul’s plaigerism… Christians burned the library of Alexandria in 390 A.D. Books in that library kept Mithra’s original story of what Pauline Doctrine is an almost exact copy. (George Sarton , Introduction to History of Sciences) ,

Although Nontrinitarian beliefs continued to multiply, and among some people (such as the Lombards in the West) it was dominant for hundreds of years afterward, the Trinitarians gained the immense power of the Roman Empire. Nontrinitarians typically argue that the primitive beliefs of the Christianity were systematically suppressed (often to the point of death), and that the historical record, perhaps also including the Scriptures of the New Testament, was altered as a consequence.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nontrinitarianism

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Answer 6

Well, if it was a hoax, then I'm sure that those who died insisting that they SAW Jesus die on the cross and then SAW Him alive three days later were pretty upset when they found out that their eyes deceived them.

I'm sure if that was true, they were like, "Aw MAN, if I had just recanted, that lion wouldn't have been able to eat me for dinner!"

Answer 7

Funny you should word your question like that. Although i am not one of the christian faith, there is a book that made a big impact on me and you may benefit from it contents.

It is called "The Christ Commission" by an author named
Og Mandino

Perhaps in light of this, you may choose your words a bit more carefully.

Blessings to you and yours
)o(
Trinity

Answer 8

You can tell yourself that all you want, or even try to get others to agree with you to make you feel better but you need to erase the Evidence before you can be truly correct. You don't want Jesus to be true because you enjoy your sin and don't want to be accountable to anyone.

Answer 9

Why would anyone but a complete fool believe it was a hoax.

Answer 10

Sure theres been a bigger hoax on the world, its called Christianity.