The evidence for Jesus of Nazareth's existence is stronger than that for Julius Caesar's.
You take Roman historians on trust; so why not the Gospel-writers ?
Christian doctrine (all churches) states that God is both infinitely merciful and infinitely just.
The Bible always needs interpretation - and says of itself: "The written word brings Death; it is the Spirit [of God] that gives Life."
I.e. the Bible should only be read with God's healing and...
No - Jesus replied: "Do your best to enter by the narrow door, for many will try to enter but won't succeed."
Many, not "most."
In other words, Jesus was non-committal and we don't know the answer.
When Jesus was asked, point blank "Sir, will only a few be saved ?" , He replied:
"Try to enter by the narrow door, because many will try to enter but not succeed"
Those are careful and non-committal words.
Had Jesus said "Yes" everyone would succumb to Despair; had He said "No" everyone...
There are no cut-and-dried facts regarding religion one way or the other.
But one has to choose belief or unbelief - no one can live a life based on "maybe" or "perhaps."
Pascal's Wager points out that it is safer to assume that God DOES exist.
BTW Jesus is God - that is what God is like.
Like the rest of us, you will sooner-or-later have to choose between being eternally good and eternally evil (sooner or later, because the final choice has to be made at one's time of death, which may be a few seconds or umpteen years away).
With an eternity of Heaven or Hell according to how...
"Apparently" - every scholar has his or her own opinion on the matter !
What Jesus did isn't credible if He was a mere human being - but is eminently credible if He was also God.
And what makes you think He wasn't ?
Scapegoating is a universal fact among human beings - only Jesus' sacrifice on the Cross (and thus Christianity) has brought scapegoating to an end.
The sins of the fathers are not visited spiritually upon their descendants - but they are from a practical viewpoint. Those who died in the...