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  1. Brian2

    Why Don’t You Believe Jesus Rose From The Grave?

    I don't know much about Trump myths but did see on TV that he was shot through the head and came out of it with only a graze to his ear. About the Bible and Gospels, I have noted that people have used many reasons over the last 2000 years to say that the gospels are not true and that in these...
  2. Brian2

    Why Don’t You Believe Jesus Rose From The Grave?

    That sounds like you are saying that believing the Bible before you believe the Bible is circular reasoning. I would say that it would be circular reasoning to point out that the Bible claims to be the word of God and so that means we should believe it. I would say that it would be circular...
  3. Brian2

    Why Don’t You Believe Jesus Rose From The Grave?

    Yes it is silly to think a human was dead and then came back to life. That is probably what made the resurrection of Jesus such a life changing event for the apostles and disciples, even for Thomas who would not believe till he saw and put his fingers in Jesus wounds etc.
  4. Brian2

    Why Don’t You Believe Jesus Rose From The Grave?

    Recorded activity by humans is history, but you don't seem to be talking about that. No, believing the Bible is not circular reasoning. The supernatural is recorded history in the Bible and it is observed quite often over a period of a couple of thousand years. The history of the...
  5. Brian2

    Why Don’t You Believe Jesus Rose From The Grave?

    I imagine that the story you give begins with non believers claiming that the Bible and Gospels are not true because it is not historical and certain places that have been mentioned do not exist and other historical details mentioned are not accurate. It is then that the believers go to the...
  6. Brian2

    Why Don’t You Believe Jesus Rose From The Grave?

    How can that be called history? It is circular reasoning to assume that the supernatural in the gospels is not true and then to use that assumption to try to show that the supernatural in the gospels is not true. There are a number of sources that claim to be reports of witnesses and which say...
  7. Brian2

    Why Don’t You Believe Jesus Rose From The Grave?

    If you don't believe Jesus rose from the dead then either the body was stolen or the buried Jesus was not dead. That is if you believe at all that Jesus was crucified. The resurrection story makes sense of the spread of the gospel however. I don't think it was spread by people who knew they were...
  8. Brian2

    Why Don’t You Believe Jesus Rose From The Grave?

    The truth of the gospel story is stressed by the apostles and disciples in the New Testament who witnessed Jesus and the risen Jesus. There is a lot of stories in Greek mythology and a lot of different theologies. It would be strange if Christianity did not share parts of theologies in Greece...
  9. Brian2

    Why Don’t You Believe Jesus Rose From The Grave?

    Myths are told as myths and have little or no connection with real history. The gospel is connected to real people in real places and is foretold in the prophecies of the Jews. The mythical stories you presented are not as similar to Jesus as is made out and that can be seen from reading them.
  10. Brian2

    Why Don’t You Believe Jesus Rose From The Grave?

    The resurrection story is just one of those things that historians see as having been there as part of the gospel from before it was written down. Christians believed it from the start and there is no reason to think that it was added on later. Modern history does not accept the supernatural...
  11. Brian2

    Salvation

    And yet God said that Adam and Eve would die for their sin and humans keep on sinning and dying. Then sin and God's judgement and forgiveness is seen as so important throughout the Tanakh. Salvation from death seems pretty basic in the Tanakh even though it can be lost amongst the other things...
  12. Brian2

    Why Don’t You Believe Jesus Rose From The Grave?

    It was true 2000 years ago and it is the foundation of the Christian faith. It is why the disciples of Jesus believed Jesus was whom He claimed to be. It is what Jesus said He would do. If Jesus did not rise from the dead they would have gone back to fishing etc just as followers of other so...
  13. Brian2

    Paul a.k.a. Saul of Tarsus

    Paul went to make sure that he (Paul) was preaching the right gospel and found that he was. Easlier in Acts we can find the place where Peter was sent to preach to the gentiles, and it was to one family, Cornelius and his family, and others who had gathered at Cornelius's house. (Acts...
  14. Brian2

    What is your interpretation?

    It is input.
  15. Brian2

    What is your interpretation?

    Find a minister at a local church who has experienced and/or dealt with such things in the past, both for advice and prayer.
  16. Brian2

    If Jesus isn't the only way to come to God...

    When you are touching the elephant's tail, you are touching the elephant, but you have not got the whole of the elephant in your hand.
  17. Brian2

    If Jesus isn't the only way to come to God...

    And the King of the Jews was crucified for being a King of a heavenly Kingdom which He wanted to bring to earth and into which He invites all humans to enter and honour Him as their Lord and King.
  18. Brian2

    If Jesus isn't the only way to come to God...

    Baha'u'llah did not raise the dead or judge the earth or bring peace to the earth or set up the Kingdom of God on earth to rule over forever. Baha'u'llah and any other false Christ has to change the meaning of the Bible because it is impossible for them to fulfil what the return of Christ will...
  19. Brian2

    If Jesus isn't the only way to come to God...

    John 14:25 “All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. This passage tells us that Jesus said that He would remind those He was speaking...
  20. Brian2

    If Jesus isn't the only way to come to God...

    In the Gospel of John, the Holy Spirit is the Advocate and Spirit of Truth promised by Jesus and which came to the disciples of Jesus at Pentecost (Acts 2) to dwell with them and be in them (John 14:15-17) and remind them of all that Jesus had said to them (John 14:26). In other parts of the...
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