Momma Angel wrote:Questioner,
I believe that Jesus Christ was the Son of God. He was perfect. He had no sin. He was in a human body yes, but He did not have worldly desires.
Let me ask a question here. If, as some believe, this is all made up, why in the world didn't they write it so there wouldn't be all these questions?
I think I attempted to answer this awhile back, if not I'll give it a go here.
The greatest falsehood is the one that has enough of a ring of truth to it to be believable, but not enough truth to be shown as a falsehood.
There's not enough evidence anywhere to prove that everything written in the bible is true. BUT, there are plenty of instances where there is an unquantifiable unknown (read: god) that is the generic answer for all questions regarding the lack of evidence or proof.
Example #1 "Why, if God loves the world enough to send Jesus, his son, to die painfully . . . why then does he not love the world enough to remove disease? or stop wars? or (fill in the blank)?"
Answer #1 "It's God's will, and who are we to question god's will?"
Example #2 "How could the world have possibly been created in 7 days?"
Answer #2 "God is all powerful, he can do anything and make it look just as he intended it, fossil records and all."
The more people ask these questions, the more they are affirmed that God is all powerful, because WE obviously don't understand the reasoning. It has all the appareances of a cleverly-built con, yet it keeps so many people in power (Rome, megachurch officials, many small countries) that it will continue to be perpetuated.
This isn't all to say that this is the way it truly is, nor is a suggestion that you should drop your beliefs at once and move on to something else. It's merely an unbeliever's answer to your question.
BTW: I'm still awaiting your email.
