For those that believe in God, but not in Jesus. .?

Question

This is a genuine question. Some unfortunately do not believe in god at all. Those that do have faith. . . .What are your reasons for doubting the credibility of the new testament? I just want to know, so I dont offend anyone I meet. .

The faith that you have in god comes from reading the bible, I hope, so that you may know the true god.

There are many types of religions, but almost all stem from the old testament. Jewish, Islam, catholic which is technically christian, and other specific sects....orthodox, methodist, baptist, evangelical, and more. . . but. . .

in as much faith as is takes to believe thus far. . why is it that Jesus is doubted to be the christ. Is it because you didnt see him yourself? Is it that you were born into a religion that didnt believe it? Even after jesus was crucified on the cross by the jews, they finally realized what they had done.

What are your reasons for doubting the credibility of the new testament?

Answer 1

History, history of OT makes it full of doubt. To demand to believe that NT is book of God is as though you are demanding to believe that "Da vinci code" is also book of God!!

Answer 2

As a Muslim I Believe that the Quran is The Most authentic take on Gods Message.Jesus taught his people to worship God.Remember the Lords Prayer?Paul taught the people to worship Jesus as God.This Has to Be Bogus Because it goes Against What Jesus Taught.I know the whole "I am the way the truth and the Life" and No Man cometh unto the Father but Through me" Theory .But how do you explain Jesus teaching his followers to Only worship God?Jesus prayed Hard .If Jesus is God why would he Pray to Himself? I don't care what anyone says that does not make sense.Besides ,If Christians would have not Deified Jesus and Corrupted His Message God would not have had to send The Quran to the Prophet Mohamed.

Answer 3

I do not doubt that Jesus was the Christ...but so were hundrends if not thousands of other sages as well. You do know don't you Jesus fully identified with the Christ-spirit and never refered to Himself as Jesus, but most christians that knew this (gnostics) were stoned to death by the 14th century.

People who think Jesus is the one and only true God are completely in the dark. People have been resurrecting since ancient times, long before Jesus ever came around. Did you know that Jesus had a rival who performed more miracles than He did around 22. A.D. The only reason Apollonius of Tyanna isn't remebered is b/c He didn't die on the cross, although He did resurrect a government official once. Try looking at the dozens and dozens of sages...like St. Bosco, St. Rose, Padre Pio, Kuan Yi who were also fortold to be the 'son of God.' Even Buddha gave His story of the prodigal son.

Answer 4

It is the Jehovah witness that has no belief that Jesus Christ is God inspite of the many verses which proved that Jesus is God as the Son of God. like in these verses.
Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Joh 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
Joh 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Joh 1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
Joh 1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Joh 1:6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
Joh 1:7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
Joh 1:8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
Joh 1:9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
Joh 1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
Joh 1:11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
Joh 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
Joh 1:13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Joh 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Joh 1:15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
jtm

Answer 5

I am Muslim and Muslims do believe that Jesus existed and was a very important Prophet.

We just don't believe that Jesus was "God" because I don't think that a person could be God.

In Islam we believe that there is only one God and he is not a person and does not have any parents or relatives. We believe that the Bible was a correct Holy Book but that it was altered enough that there was need for the newest and last Holy Book: The Quran.

The Quran can not be altered due to, first of all, the poetic way it was written. It wouldn't sound right if it was changed at all. Second, the millions of people who have memorized it word for word.

Answer 6

Your working me here. I was having fun with the non- serious questions, until you came along.
Here we go, here is my story.
I was born a Christian, accepted it for what it was but my thoughts always seem to go beyond it. My focus was mostly on God and the stories about Christ were just fine.
In my early twenties, I became an apprentice Minister. Lived and breath the bible.
I saw things at play with the other clergy that just didn't sit well with me. They would pick and chose from that bible what was important to them ( usually ignoring the hard to explain stuff), their love for control, thinking they were better then others, damning others for their beliefs, just didn't seem like what God would really want from his Representatives.

Then one night in emotional turmoil as to whether or not I should even go on as a Christian. I was sitting in my car at night with tears in my eyes as I asked God what I should do, the very still night turned to a fierce wind blowing about, shaking my car around and everything else to my amazement. As quick as the winds came, they left, leaving me with a knowingness to quit. I couldn't deny ITS' message, though to hell I thought I was going, I left the church and religion behind.
Scared as hell, but I did.

I slid baacj on my morals and was invaded by demons, still, I wouldn't go back. I knew.

Three years later a friend hands me a book on "The God Conscious State". Didn't understand a word of it, but I knew it was the right stuff from the center of my being. So I stayed with it till I came to an understanding of what was being said. What I did know then was that spirit had to hide the truth from me cause I wasn't ready for it. Read that book 3 or 4 time and each time it was a different book.

You see, the reading of words had never brought me to a direct experience with God awareness. I had to be prep'ed and ready for the experience, which took me 15 years to realize what that experience was. Strange, I know.
Some transformations happen in an instant, while others take bookoo time.
Jesus lived, then he died and then he came back and he is still around, helping those who truly what to know God.

The hard part.
Jesus and I met up once in a vision when my eyes were closed. He slowly come towards as not to shock me, he put his hand out towards me and in so many words said ( mind to mind), he's blessing my journey and bidding me farewell, then vanished.
That was not the God experience. That was the Jesus Experience. It is mine, I own it and that is all that matters. I have shared it with you ( with caution to cause and effect).
I don't believe anyone is going to be profoundly changed by my story and leave their beliefs behind, but there are those who sit on the fence and this may give them something to chew on.

Do most people who say they wish to know God, really want to know God. Let's face it, knowing that God exists through expeience is a big responsibility. You really gotta want it and take that which comes with it.

Think it through.

Keep a mustard seed of faith

Answer 7

The answer from "jewsay" is very studious, but is just not the case of what Christians believe and why. In his mini-book answer, he talks and understands and writes like any unbelieving Jew. He doesn't know of what he is speaking in several cases. Jesus Christ did NOT fulfill the false concepts of the Messiah expected by the Jews.., their minds have been blinded to the truth of Jesus Christ until the "fullness of the Gentiles" has come in. Then, many already are accepting of Jesus and understand the scriptures that are veiled, many will begin to understand and will accept Jesus AS their Messiah when He appears the 2nd time.
The timing from this man's monologue on the building of the third temple is not the case at all, and there actually will be a fourth one.
He talks as if Jesus were dead and we know He is alive and is reigning as Lord NOW, so whenever the temple is built upon the temple mount, it WILL BE and IS the fulfullment.
He is totally unaware that Father, Son and Holy Spirit IS ONE!
Like maybe this person writing is: "He is a son, a father, a husband... ONE man"; totally three different relationship aspects with different expectations and connections and separate properties within each personage for different relationship purposes.
Not trying to change anyone's mind, but it's not up to me to tell you what Jews believe, but I have friends who are Messianic Jews and they know why the didn't believe in Jesus as Messiah when they didn't, and now why they KNOW Him as Messiah since they do and where their hang-ups were and mis-understandings were holding them.
But it isn't for a Jew to explain to Christians why they are mistaken..., you just aren't there yet!
It's like I could take you through the scriptures 15 years ago and PROVE to you that the teaching of the baptism of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of "speaking in tongues" is NOT for believers today and the tongues were actually of un-studied languages for the purpose of early Christians to teach those of foreign lands the gospel. I KNEW what I was talking about.., it was written in scripture!!
BUNK! I was filtering my "knowledge and understanding" of the scriptures through my unbelief and religious false teaching.
I now HAVE the baptism of the Holy Spirit; blessed to have received the INFILLING of God's Holy Spirit and I pray, sing and speak in "unknown tongues" and it is as real today as it EVER was with the early Christians. What a joke to be so positive of what you THINK you know. It is exactly for what it was given: praying directly to God to bypass your mind and reasoning so you are in complete agreement with God, praying the "perfect will of God" in intercession; to build up your faith, and to glorify God, and to pray so the devil can't hear what you are praying and therefore unable to interfere with them being answered.
See?
Good question and hope you get many good answers.

Answer 8

There is a whole world of religious beliefs that have absolutely nothing to do with the old testament or the Abramic God. They are thousands of years older and still are in practice. How is their relationship with God any less significant? Why must you attribute such a glorious, perfect idea (God) with imperfect human traits?

Answer 9

I don't so much doubt the New Testament as I doubt that the New Testament supports Christian theology. I am non-religious but in regards to Jesus, I would have to agree more with the Muslims.

Answer 10

John 17.

Answer 11

The original "religion" that God made with Noah after the flood was like this.