^Angel^ said:There will be proof once Jesus Christ comes back on earth on Judgement Day, then you will see the truth laying right there!
Also....when you read any history books about certain people in the past, you tend to believe it took place, such as wars, famous people....it's the same when it comes to the Bible, there are things written in there about the life of Jesus, it does give proof of His Existence, therefore that's one thing and it does give much courage for those to believe in the Existence of God and utilizing our faith to the point of believing whether we're not able to SEE....but KNOWING in our hearts that there is indeed a God who Exists.....
The Heretic said:In addition, since the Epistles of Paul do not refer to the Gospels themselves, bible scholars date the Gospels of Christ (Mark, Matthew, Luke and John) to be written late in the 1st century, from after the Jewish rebellion in 70, to late 2nd century. This is further supported by the fact that the epistles of Paul are all written before 70AD.
That weakens the christian's claim that the Gospels themselves are historical - because they are less of a historical paper and more of a propaganda mythmaking invention. All the claims of the destruction of the Temple, which seem like prophecies, have been invented by the Gospel writers after the fact that the Temple was burned in the Jewish rebellion.
No other historian refers to Jesus Christ in the 1st century AD, except for Josephus. And that is a whole 'nother ball of wax!
^Angel^ said:There will be proof once Jesus Christ comes back on earth on Judgement Day, then you will see the truth laying right there!
Also....when you read any history books about certain people in the past, you tend to believe it took place, such as wars, famous people....it's the same when it comes to the Bible, there are things written in there about the life of Jesus, it does give proof of His Existence, therefore that's one thing and it does give much courage for those to believe in the Existence of God and utilizing our faith to the point of believing whether we're not able to SEE....but KNOWING in our hearts that there is indeed a God who Exists.....
Banjo said:There are no physical proof of Jesus Christ while there are for the documented history events. Only the problem is, you cannot dig up famous people from their graves because it is considered disturbing the peace of the dead. World War I did happen, World War II did happen, The Korean War did happen, The Vietnam War did happen and I didn't exist during these periods. But how do I know they actually happened?
Because of the history textbooks, video footage, photos, uniforms, weapons, and many form of physical proof. But have you yet to find the proof that Jesus Christ did exist?
Or God?
No, but we believe in our hearts that he does exist. It is up to a person on whether to believe or not.
We're talking about now, not the Judgment Day. I am not saying I don't believe in God. I do believe the possibility that there is a superior being out there and it may be God himself. The Judgment Day may not happen in our lifetime, it may happen a year from now on, or 10,000 years instead.
Or Earth may just go KA-BOOM before God's planned Judgment Day.
Yes it can happen, just like he is unable to control us. Human Beings are capable of blowing up buildings murdering thousands of people in a few seconds. God cannot stop us from causing chaos. These are the dark ages for us and for him.
Human Beings are left alone to learn their lessons on their own. They use God and Jesus Christ as their spiritual guide.
A day to God is like a lifetime for us. For example, the computer game, The Sims. The people in the game can go through 25 years or more in a single day.
The concept of time isn't that much of a difference when it come to discussing God, Human Beings and Time.
Anyway, words does not prove the existence of God. Just like the textbooks on the Civil War are flawed in many places since it conflicts with the other textbooks.
Heck, it's even possible that the 6 million Jews murdered is far more than the actual figures due to the lack of documents and records. It remains an estimate to this day, not a fact. But they are still holding on that 6 million figure till they find the proof.
But that doesn't mean God isn't real. Like I said, I do believe the possibility that the existence is for real.
BigSpike said:Banjo...can I ask you question? Is bible doomed yet? Is God's word doomed...? I challenge you....
BigSpike said:You quoted this believer have burden to proof...I dont have burden..God is BLESSING and I experienced MIRACLE from God...it is your opinion not mine...I stand by what I believe in...burden on believer to show proof mean they lack of spiritual growth FYI...You are getting wrong picture
Banjo said:You can ask me a question, but I have no intention of answering the question you recently asked me because I don't find it to be a logical question and that it has nothing to do with what I just said.
What ever did I say that gave you the impression that the bible is doomed?
What did I say to give people the impression that GOd's word is doomed?
I didn't. But what I am saying is that we, human beings are capable of destroying Earth ourselves which may make a conflict with God's plans to end the world the way he wants to.
We blew up some cities in Japan causing hundreds of thousands of deaths back in 1945, did God take a part in it? No, the Americans did.
Did God take a part in the 3,000 deaths at WTC on September 11, 2001? No, the terrorists did.
Did God take a part in the thousands of deaths at Pearl Harbour back in 1941? No, the Japanese pilots did.
Did God take a part in the 6 million deaths of Jews during the Holocaust? No, Hitler and his followers did.
Did God stop them?
No. He cannot stop them because they are human beings who are perfectly capable of conquering and destroying countries.
All of these awful crimes were done by us, human beings! It shows that we are capable of destroying Earth without having God doing it for us. That is why I warn people to not expect Judgment Day because we can create our own Judgment Day without God's help with the use of chemcial, nuclear, and many more forms of weapons.
The thing is, God can remain true to his words as long we don't get to it before he does.
I really don't feel challenged by your question. There are no answers because the Bible is a book filled with verses, with the potential of having truth to it.
A book cannot be doomed. But the race of Human Beings along with the Earth can be doomed if we choose to doom it. After all, we are human beings.
We fight our own wars.
Banjo said:You can ask me a question, but I have no intention of answering the question you recently asked me because I don't find it to be a logical question and that it has nothing to do with what I just said.
What ever did I say that gave you the impression that the bible is doomed?
What did I say to give people the impression that GOd's word is doomed?
I didn't. But what I am saying is that we, human beings are capable of destroying Earth ourselves which may make a conflict with God's plans to end the world the way he wants to.
We blew up some cities in Japan causing hundreds of thousands of deaths back in 1945, did God take a part in it? No, the Americans did.
Did God take a part in the 3,000 deaths at WTC on September 11, 2001? No, the terrorists did.
Did God take a part in the thousands of deaths at Pearl Harbour back in 1941? No, the Japanese pilots did.
Did God take a part in the 6 million deaths of Jews during the Holocaust? No, Hitler and his followers did.
Did God stop them?
No. He cannot stop them because they are human beings who are perfectly capable of conquering and destroying countries.
All of these awful crimes were done by us, human beings! It shows that we are capable of destroying Earth without having God doing it for us. That is why I warn people to not expect Judgment Day because we can create our own Judgment Day without God's help with the use of chemcial, nuclear, and many more forms of weapons.
The thing is, God can remain true to his words as long we don't get to it before he does.
I really don't feel challenged by your question. There are no answers because the Bible is a book filled with verses, with the potential of having truth to it.
A book cannot be doomed. But the race of Human Beings along with the Earth can be doomed if we choose to doom it. After all, we are human beings.
We fight our own wars.
BigSpike said:Virgin word isn’t being misinterpreted from OT, however, today few kinds of translation of bible did noted as on bottom as “or young woman” I studied and research bible carefully. Even some bible do have some missing of verse due to lost of manuscript that was discover to uncover the full picture and truth of bible verse connected to other.
BigSpike said:Incorrect about the gospel was written after the rebellion and destruction in 70AD, Matthew was record to be written in between A.D. 60 and 65, Mark was written in between A.D. 55 and 65, Luke in approximately A.D. 60, and John was written between A.D. 85-90, so down to the point not all gospel was written after A.D. 70 especially not gospel of John.
BigSpike said:He is oldest of 12 disciple of Jesus Christ to be alive since all of them died, and some due to martyrdom especially not Judas Iscariot, he chose to end his life on his own result of his act of deceiving behavior against Jesus Christ. His final life was at Island of Patmos this is where he written the book of Revelation. Often of time the book of Revelation was misinterpreted as fulfilled of A.D. 70. The book of Revelation is full of symbolic, and there are few theories and perspective based on how the events will occurs based on how it was interpreted from book of Revelation.
BigSpike said:You asked by the quote of “The odd thing is why would the writer of the Gospel of Matthew use a Greek translation instead of the Hebrew or Aramaic texts...” Keep in mind, during the life of Jesus’ ministry, Israel lost its right of their own land to the empire of Roman, so therefore Jesus spoke 3 different language Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek to match people’s understanding on what people wanted to hear from Jesus’ preaching and teaching.
BigSpike said:You said nothing else but only Josephus who refers Jesus Christ as he written on history of Jesus Christ. I disagree with you, why may I give you friendly reference the verse in John 21:25 clearly explain and in additional, there are other books this records about the Jesus for good example book of Thomas and others this wasn’t added to Holy Bible due to based on the rule of canon law.
The Heretic said:Well, I don't see how this comes anywhere close to a response to the mistranslation of the Hebrew word 'alma.' You can choose to ignore this, however, but you cannot pretend that the above paragraph addresses my point. If you knew Hebrew, perhaps you could contest this and say I am incorrect.
Do you have any external evidence to support this claim? As far as I'm concerned, there is no positive evidence that the Gospels existed in the 1st century. The only evidence I know of are the following: The Rylands Papyrus that contains a very limited snippet of the Gospel of John, optimistically dated to 125 AD, some date later to 150 AD, Papias through Eusebuis made vague references to Matthew and Mark in 125 AD, and finally, Irenaeus in circa 190 AD for a clear, explicit mention of the Gospels and their authors. The Gospel of Mark contains references to the destruction of the Temple, which took place in 70 AD. If Luke was the author of Acts, which ends in around 62 AD, and his book is written after Mark's (due to the synoptic hypothesis) then he had to have written it after 70 AD. Furthermore, hardly any bible scholar today thinks that a companion of Paul wrote the Gospel of Luke and Acts. One scholar, Mason, has demonstrated that Acts clearly borrows from the books of Josephus, which places it much later in the 1st century. My assertion that the Gospels were written after Paul's letters relies on the complete absence of the Gospels in Paul's epistles. There is no mention of the apostolic tradition anywhere in the Epistles. Paul's theology is different from Luke's – Paul proposed revelation and a resurrected Jesus, opting for references to the OT, while Luke (presumably the author of the book of Acts) instead painted a picture of Paul who was close to a historical Jesus and his earthy presence and deeds.
I am fully aware of the orthodox position, but this does not substantiate the claims.
If the Gospels were actually written by the names attested to them (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) then perhaps Justin Martyr should have mentioned them. True or false?
But seriously… the Catholic Church no longer thinks that the gospel of John was written by a single person due to many inconsistencies due to foreign elements were added to the original. They also admit that the highly developed theology and literary style do not support the eyewitness authorship theory. The writer of the Gospel of John does not mention or even quote once from the other three gospels and that his gospel was the only one that contained the "I AM" declarations. For reference, check the Catholic Study Bible, which contains both the Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur seals of authenticity. There aren't any respected scholars in the field today who thinks that the author of the Gospel of John is the same person as tradition long held, John the son of Zebedee.
You fail to notice that the author himself is assumed to be a Jew, who could read ancient Hebrew. Ergo, your appeal to popularity does not explain away Matthew's mistake of following the Greek translation over the original language.
If you think that the Gospel of John is a historical source, then I'm afraid you are either joking or hopelessly confused about what entails a historical reference. I asked for a historian besides Josephus. You give me the very evidence under question, these propaganda pieces of a mythical figure. A historian has to already have an established reputation as a historian. Has John written any other works on history? Has any other historian mentioned his works as historical? Furthermore, the gospel of Thomas only contains quotes, so I cannot see how that collection is historical. Gnostic books are unreliable, for most are dated in the 2nd century, and are wild speculations that are unabashedly more spiritual and less historical.
Banjo said:There are no physical proof of Jesus Christ while there are for the documented history events. Only the problem is, you cannot dig up famous people from their graves because it is considered disturbing the peace of the dead. World War I did happen, World War II did happen, The Korean War did happen, The Vietnam War did happen and I didn't exist during these periods. But how do I know they actually happened?
Because of the history textbooks, video footage, photos, uniforms, weapons, and many form of physical proof. But have you yet to find the proof that Jesus Christ did exist?
Or God?
No, but we believe in our hearts that he does exist. It is up to a person on whether to believe or not.
We're talking about now, not the Judgment Day. I am not saying I don't believe in God. I do believe the possibility that there is a superior being out there and it may be God himself. The Judgment Day may not happen in our lifetime, it may happen a year from now on, or 10,000 years instead.
Or Earth may just go KA-BOOM before God's planned Judgment Day.
Yes it can happen, just like he is unable to control us. Human Beings are capable of blowing up buildings murdering thousands of people in a few seconds. God cannot stop us from causing chaos. These are the dark ages for us and for him.
Human Beings are left alone to learn their lessons on their own. They use God and Jesus Christ as their spiritual guide.
A day to God is like a lifetime for us. For example, the computer game, The Sims. The people in the game can go through 25 years or more in a single day.
The concept of time isn't that much of a difference when it come to discussing God, Human Beings and Time.
Anyway, words does not prove the existence of God. Just like the textbooks on the Civil War are flawed in many places since it conflicts with the other textbooks.
Heck, it's even possible that the 6 million Jews murdered is far more than the actual figures due to the lack of documents and records. It remains an estimate to this day, not a fact. But they are still holding on that 6 million figure till they find the proof.
But that doesn't mean God isn't real. Like I said, I do believe the possibility that the existence is for real.