Crazyskier wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 9:39 pm
Derek27 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 8:29 pm
Crazyskier wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 7:47 pm
Patrick, very few people of faith truly believe 'their religion is best'. Far from it, most of us view other religions as simply God by another name. As you openly accept, the values in most belief systems are generally charitable and loving.
There can only be one son of god, surely?
If everything in the bible's true, is the Quran full of BS? Does it correlate to the bible?
1) Even cynical Atheists accept that Jesus Christ lived and was killed by the Romans on Pontius Pilate's orders 2021 years ago. There's an abundance of historical evidence and records attesting to this fact. The 'faith' element is whether you choose to believe he was indeed the Son of God or not.
2) Have you read the Qur'an? Or studied any thoelogy at all, to any degree? Islam and indeed ALL Abrahamic religions acknowledge that Chris was born sinless to the Virgin Mary and as such they revere him. Yes, even Muslims. It makes interesting reading if you have a genuine curiosity Derek.
PS - We'll all know for sure in fewer than 90 years : - )
CS
1) I didn't realise Jesus was crucified when he was 3 years old.
2) Obviously not, that's why I was asking you if it correlates to the bible. By correlate, I don't mean facts like the sun rises every day, winter is very cold or Jesus existed. FK's how many pages there are in these two books. I was just wondering if these two books are about the same god, are they similar stories like an original film and its remake?
I'm not genuinely curious because I'm pretty sure I know the answer. They are both fairy tales about a higher being because at the time there wasn't any science to explain how we came to be here. A higher being was an easy pick, but there were many ways of writing a story about it.