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"Jesus Christ"

Will people stop making threads concering Forest Fan? He is not making any effort to look at other people's views, so there is really no need to make topics, as he already had his mind made up, and of course, he's always right because he believes in God.

So yeh, he is ruining this forum, leave him.

Does the word "belief" not mean anything to any of you people?

As much as I do agree with you Forest Fan, the bible says that we should be "quick to listen, slow to speak." (James 1:19)

So just listen to what they have to say, and tell them about your beliefs . That way they don't have to listen if they dont want to, but they can't sl*g you off for it.

Forest Fan wrote:
> I don't see why not, if there is no evidence, he is innocent until
> proven guilty. I don't care for David Blaine much, but I'm not going
> to say whether I think he did what he did or not, because I WASN'T
> THERE.

And you weren't there when Jesus was around. Don't you get that? There's no proof of the majority of the stories in the Bible. So without proof we're not going to accept the Bible as evidence. Not any more than we'd accept the texts on ancient Greek or Babylonian creation myths as evidence. So can we let it drop now please?

I don't see why not, if there is no evidence, he is innocent until proven guilty. I don't care for David Blaine much, but I'm not going to say whether I think he did what he did or not, because I WASN'T THERE.

If you saw David Blaine stood in a block of ice for x amount of days, would you automatically assume that is what he did?

Do you accept the accounts as fact?

I doubt the authenticity of everything until I am certain it either is authentic or isn't.

It is the only way to be open minded. To accept new ideas and to either integrate them into your own or to dismiss them as you personally see fit.

If you believe in one way, and one way only, then I don't know why you come here to discuss your beliefs as surely you feel content and don't need to discuss them with others.

Edgy, do you doubt the authenticity of the Bible books such as John, an account of what he saw, mainly centred around Jesus?

I could write a diary and say it was a factual account of my life. But then we'd have these problems to face:

Bias
Exaggeration
Inaccuracy
Technological beliefs
Health of mind
General emotions at time of writing


There are many more factors I could include which could cast doubt over any 'factual account'.

Obviously it isn't possible, but the only way to see things as they happened is to see things as they happened.

But the Bible is a factual account, like the Gospels are factual accounts of Jesus' life, just like the rest of the Bible.

The problem is, you're not using it has a possibility, but claiming it is fact and dismissing all other 'evidence'.

The Bible is also third party. Not written by God but by those who believe in him. It may have credability, but considering God has the power to make people spontaneously combust, I find it difficult to believe that he would require third parties to write his book.