bent on overthrowing the religious leads of the day using illusions as he didnt agree with what the Pharisees were teaching so he could use his knowledge to deceive people into believing he was the messiah
2007-10-25 02:06:42 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
how do I know Jesus wasn't a giraffe?
I don't, I take it on faith.
2007-10-25 02:10:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill" - Jesus
He said so Himself, that's how we know He wasn't "bent" on overthrowing the religious heads of the day.
You speak as if He were deceiving people ... but look at what He said, is it true? He said repeatedly that just strict adherence to the law wasn't good enough, your heart had to be pure as well.
The story of the Good Samaritan is an excellent example. Three Jewish leaders passed a bleeding man fallen in the road and refused to help because it would make them "impure" according to the law (they'd have to stay outside the city limits for 7 days). But one man helped, and Jesus said of that man that he truly knew what it meant to "love thy neighbor". Do you agree? I thought so, because it is true.
Before you begin to call Jesus a false teacher, why don't you read what He wrote, figure out what He was talking about? I think you'll find that (even if you don't think He is God) He was a man all about the love. How is that deceiving people?
2007-10-25 09:25:30 · answer #2 · answered by arewethereyet 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, Jesus agreed with the Pharisees..it was the Saddusees philosophy and doctrine He questioned and He never promoted Himself to people that He was the Messiah in any instance. As well, if Jesus was a false prophet or teacher as you say then He must have been suicidal because He went to alot of trouble to establish the pattern that would lead to His demise on the cross. Chasing the money changers from the temple is what did it...He was arrested that night. Everything He accomplised was deliberate...meticulously planned and carried out for one purpose...to create a New Earth and New Heaven for you. Love in Christ, ~J~
2007-10-25 09:15:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who do you base a false teacher on?
there were many after him
He said he came to fulfil the scriptures
Peter was the only one who recognised him and this was not through anything earthly
they knew who he was after the resurrection
after all the Jews were expecting not a heavenly Messiah but an earthly leader who would save them from their enemies
there were pharisees who followed him-Nicodemus
that's all I can say
2007-10-25 09:19:38 · answer #4 · answered by Plato 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Pharisees already tried calling him Satan and he said a house divided against itself cannot stand. In other words if he was a devil why was he all about doing good. Taking demons out of people instead of making more suffering.
2007-10-25 09:19:14 · answer #5 · answered by B"Quotes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a good thing He did overthrow the religious leads or none of us would have come to the truth.
peace and love
2007-10-25 09:17:44 · answer #6 · answered by flowerpower 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One very simple reason, What he said, came and is coming to pass. He told his followers when they commented on the wonders of Jerusalem, that the time was soon coming when not one stone would be left upon the other. Now we see so many other predictions coming to pass, only the truly blind could not see this.
2007-10-25 09:21:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about the fact that the Egyptian sun god "Amen Ra" had a son on earth "Ra" who was born on 25th December had 12 decipals, was crussified at easter and rose 3 days later......all 1000 years before the ALMIGHTY JESUS!!!!!!!!!!!!! The answer to your question......JESUS DIDN"T EXIST. He was just a thing the people made up at the time to make people give them money and keep them doing as they say. The pagans - Druids - were the real spiritual people of the day....although, most were killed or burnt at the stake .... people say because they were evil.... I say because the church didn't want the natural spiritual ways to be looked at as more powerful than their own.
2007-10-25 09:14:38 · answer #8 · answered by Nic 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well it was 'prophesied' that the Lord was coming and indeed he did. He didn't force anyone to believe in him. I guess the religious leaders were threatened by him. I think his miracles spoke for them self - he was a man of peace and even when they decided to crucify him he didn't condemn them.
best wishes
Star
2007-10-25 09:23:10 · answer #9 · answered by Star of the sea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus taught the truth, they just didn't put what he taught in the bible. He taught running the chakras and keeping them open. That the temple of god is your mind when enlightened. The many mansions he spoke of are the many dimensions that exist outside of ours.
2007-10-25 12:17:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You know it in your heart that Jesus is the true Son of God. He only speak of what His Father told Him to say. Jesus did not lie and will never be able to. God Bless
2007-10-25 09:17:06 · answer #11 · answered by channiek 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋