Can you christians help me with this issue?

Question

Most of you state clearly (as if it was certified truthful) that there is a God and that jesus existed, and the bible is true, etc. Buy why do you feel this way? What makes you feel that all of what you believe in is true? As far as you know, you could be wrong.

I may not be religious, but I don't ignore the possibility of a god or a holy spirit because I simply don't know the right answer. I choose to discriminate against religious people because I see no reason in blatantly following a religion, and getting offended by people who go against that religion.

Maybe just try and be open minded and see what you find out throughout your life. Or do whatever.

Answer 1

It is in our Hearts. In our Faith. But that is cool. You can believe whatever you wish and we will believe what we wish. Peace

Answer 2

It seems to me that you're making the assumption that EVERY person who is a Christian is ONLY a Christian because that's how they were raised, and they've been a Christian their whole life. This isn't always the case.

I had been a skeptic almost my whole life (since I was five) until just a little less than a year ago. I was that kid in Sunday school who wanted to know what the animals ate when they were on the ark, and how Noah managed to get all of them on there, and how Moses led the Israelites across the Red Sea and they didn't get their feet wet or muddy, how David was able to kill Goliath with a pebble, who Cain married (his sister? YUCK!)...and WHY was there so much evil in the world, and WHY did people have to die?

Everyone I asked was pretty unprepared to hear such questions from so young a child (usually children accept it blindly until they're at least ten), so they couldn't-or wouldn't- answer me.

Over the years, my skepticism became full-fledged atheism. BUT that wasn't the end of it. You know, a few months ago, I asked a question of atheists, because I REALLY wanted to know. I asked them what made them become atheists. And MANY of the reasons given were EXACTLY the same reasons I myself had to become an atheist.

When I came to the conclusion that there was no God, I admit that I wasn't too happy with it, although it did release me from worrying about an afterlife. So I kept looking for answers. I thought that maybe there was a God, and it just wasn't the God of Christianity. Soooo...I researched other religions: Wicca, Buddhism, Islam, Satanism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, and Mithraism...and I also did a pretty thorough study into Celtic, Egyptian, Roman, and Greek mythology.

I took my questions to books on philosophy. I read books on science. I took biology, an introduction to physics, astronomy, and chemistry. I studied history and archaeology.

And then by accident, after all this, I started to read books by Christian apologetics. And they MADE SENSE. ALL of their arguments made sense, whereas nothing I read before that did.

Now (sorry this is so long) MAYBE I believe in God because I want to believe, or because I need to believe. Or maybe, just maybe, I believe because ever since I decided to believe in God, He has proven Himself to me daily.

I AM open-minded. I'm perfectly willing to admit I may be wrong. That is actually why I'm here, on Yahoo Answers' R&S section, answering atheists and asking them questions. Not only because I value you guys' opinions (and I DO), but because I want to see if any of you can throw anything at me that makes me doubt. So far...no such luck.

Are YOU willing to admit that you're wrong about Christians? And that MAYBE we follow Christianity, not because we were raised that way or because we've been Christians our whole life, but because we've found that Jesus didn't lie when He said, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

Answer 3

Yes I do state clearly that God and Jesus are real. I can state that because I have felt the love and the presence of God in my life. I see the beauty that He created. I have seen His miracles. I have had prayers answered. When you have faith, you can feel God in your heart.
I have an open mind, and I have chosen to follow God because I know is is there.
But you could turn around that last statement you made on yourself. Maybe just try and be open to Gods love and see what you find through out your life. I don't get offend for my self. If you don't feel the way I do , that is your choice. I get offended because of the lack of respect for my God. But I don't get angry. And I forgive.

Answer 4

If one believes in God, and if one buys into the Christian religion, intellectually and/or through personal experience, then you have learned what has been known since Roman times as the "good news," and it seems very selfish not to share it, but this ought to be done with common civility.

The original spread of Judaism and of Christianity had the same cause. Persons of these faiths were persecuted, so they fled to places where they would be safe, taking their belief with them. Christians, especially, since few Jews evangelize, told people in their new communities the 'good news,' and Christianity spread. And Christians that died in places like the Coliseum demonstrated by their actions that if Jesus had conquered death, death was not a threat but a door to something better.

Christian churches have sometimes possessed power, and like all human beings in power, been corrupted by it, so we see multiple instances of awful things being done mistakenly or dishonestly in the name of religion. But those bad things were done by bad people who happen to be Christians, and their actions were often condemned some time later by the churches in whose name they were committed.

Knowing you are bad is a requirement for becoming a Christian; otherwise, why bother? Our experience is that becoming a Christian provides us with real assistance in living the way we ought to live.

And, yes, we believe that death is not the end.

Answer 5

Only the Bible explains our origins.
And it states at;
(2 Timothy 3:16-17) All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work.

It is a book for our Good.

It gives answers to our problems.

Without it we would have nothing.

Answer 6

lets answer a question with a question if there wasn't a higher person how do we exist. and a true believer of Christ would not be offended by people who choose to go against but we are saddened by the fact that they are lost.it says in the bible that every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is lord so why take any chances not believing.

Answer 7

I personnaly see religions as both god and bad. Prophets are there to show us that it is possible to live at the purest and bravest level when it comes to being against evil, as they did, so religons do good. but on the other hand they also enable evil doers who falsely prophesse to be good to hide in the midst of the truely religous AKA "Osama,Bush".

In the times where there were no religions it was much easier for evil doers to succeed so I think the world needs religons for the weak amognst us to fair better but also, we need to recognise the liars and kick them out, excumuniacate them and brand them literally like it says in the koran for what they are.