Jesus Christ is the most influential figure on the planet, with more than 2 billion worshippers worldwide and many more who fondly study his teachings. But what if he never existed? Many skeptics have posed this very question, and while true believers scoff at such suggestions, the debate is far from resolved. Jesus may have changed the world, but did he really walk the Earth?
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- From JP Holding
By J.P. Holding - Founder, Apologetics Ministries
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My main objection with followers of Christ is they see it as their duty to convert everyone. Also anyone that does not follow Christ is some type of lower than human not worthy of walking this earth. As in the crusades and today in the war on drugs an illegal war supported by the followers to enslave people that do not think as they do. The modern day crusades used to further their goals punish anyone that does not follow Christ.
I have lived my life by the golden rule and would pass through the gates of heaven with no problem more so than many organized religious zealots.
- Cherokee Fred hussein December 26, 2008 1:52PM
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Just how does the behavior (or misbehavior) or present day Christians relate to whether Jesus actually existed? Furthermore, no one that I know personally who professes to be a Christian matches the characterization of believing that non-Christians should be treated as less than human. Traditional Christian doctrine bases salvation not on any alleged superiority or merit of the saved, but on Jesus doing for sinners that which they could not do for themselves (it is not my intention to preach here, but to explain what seems to be a misunderstanding). Finally, there's no explanation as to why seeking to convert someone is inherently wrong. Is it not the "conversion" of others to one's viewpoint one of the primary purposes of debate?
- Deof Movestofca
December 31, 2008 4:56AM
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- Questions are the door to knowledge
April 19, 2009 3:44PM
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