You can think of them as "magic" if you like mate, but modern Christians prefer to think of it as a "Superscience" that we as yet know nothing about..:)
Nice attempt to try to ensnare me in my own words mate, but it falls flat, just like the snooty Jewish priests tried to ensnare Jesus in his own words and failed miserably..:)
The founders of all other religions are in graves somewhere, people can follow them if they like but I prefer to follow Jesus because he's not..;)
Below- women go to pay their respects at Jesus's tomb but are told-
Yes some hardcore christian groups do that, but most enlightened christians take things in context with a dash of out-of-the-box modern thinking thrown in..:)
For examp take this verse-
“There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the...
The atheists "religion" is political correctness which is fine up to a point, but it's a blind leaderless religion like a ship without a rudder and often ends up making a fool of itself.
No doubt Jesus had no objection to meat--
God said- "Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything" (Genesis 9:3)
Likewise with wine, he had no quarrel with that either because he changed water into wine, Mary probably said...
Yes, sorry to be vague, but I don't think RF would allow me to name specific groups in case it upsets people, otherwise I'd be happy to tear them to shreds like I do in other forums..:)
Jesus said "I'll be back" to rescue Christians at the end of the world..:)
He said- "At that time men will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens"...
Of course the priests and their lackeys would badmouth JC..:)
If he was a glutton and a drunk, he'd never have pulled big audiences at his gigs-
"Large crowds from Galilee, the Ten Cities, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him" (Matt 4:25)
"And the common people heard...
I don't know any true Christian who hasn't got peace of mind. I mean, what have they got to worry about?..:)
Christianity tells us how to achieve the correct state of mind to "lock on" or "mindmeld" with Jesus, so that when we die our souls fly to him like guided missiles and absorb into him and...
Of course the snooty priests would say Jesus was a glutton and a drunk, so don't get suckered in by their propaganda..:)
As for John, what problem, where?
Sure he hung in the wilderness chilling and recharging his spiritual batteries, but sometimes went in town to yell insults at the corrupt...
Think "Shredder" mate..:)
When christianity began snowballing in popularity after Jesus's execution, the snooty priests and Romans said "Oops better not let on it was us who killed him, quick shred all the documents implicating us or we'll have a Jesusgate scandal on our hands. Let's airbrush...
If that's the case, why didn't anybody from the priests, the Romans or the people ever come forward when the first gospels were written to say "Baloney, it never happened!"?
It all comes down to credentials, and Jesus's streed cred is off the scale, for example his arrival was foretold multiple times in the Old T-
"All things about me in the law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms, must be fulfilled" (Luke 24:44)
And people could see God's power flowing through...
Depends what you mean by "bad company", for examp he told the snooty priests that prostitutes were entering the kingdom of God ahead of them..:)
He certainly associated with so-called "sinners" but never supped or drank with them to excess.
Here he rescues an adulteress from the mob-
We could say the same thing about your Buddhism..:p
Personally I think Buddha was a great truthseeker 500 years before Jesus, and he might even have been one of the "righteous men" who Jesus spoke to the disciples about-
"Many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which you...
Sez you..:)
Here are some more verses where he says he's NOT God-
"Only God knows when Judgment Day will be, I don't know myself" (Mark 13:32)
"I say nothing of my own accord, I only say what my father tells me to say.." (John 12:49)
“Father, the hour has come....I am coming to you now" (John...