People, listen. God is calling you to great things and you will see a reality that is insane to others but your suffering will show you what Jesus endured. Sing in prison. Share the word with a friend. Receive the spirit of truth and be saved
Surely another reason is that we as Christians also experience the Lord tangibly for ourselves by His Holy Spirit. He is very real to me in ways that are impossible to articulate in words.
Azula Nah not convinced, unless you can prove to me without a shadow of a doubt you are real then I own't believe you are. Even if you come to my home I will discount it as an hallucination. Do you see where I'm going with this? Your skeptical attitude is impossible to please so I won't waste my time.
I didn't. Everyone in my church did, they all claimed the lord "spoke to them". Despite being raised in the church my entire life (19 years at the time) I had never felt god "speak to me". Nobody could say what he sounded like. Nobody could say what words he used. And despite hearing his words, they couldn't tell you what he actually wanted. One would think that an all powerful god would be able to get his message across in more effective manor... but to nobodies massive surprise, he can't. Why? Because those feelings you get aren't god, it's just YOU.
..Find the true religion. We know christian was acceptable to GOD when jissus (Isa in islam) was alive but Now Only Islam is Acceptable . Allah(GOD) sent many Nabi and Rasul (messenger) to give the true to man. Nabi-Rasul(messenger) try to give man the true But None of them became 100% successful except Mohammad (s). When Jissus was alive and who followed jissus they will be in Heaven( zannath ) the place of peace but then GOd said all religion is unacceptable Except Islam becouse Many Nabi-Rasul like.. Jessus,Adam,Nuh,Musa . wasn't became 100% successful but Mohammad (s) became 100% successful... and as god said all religion is unacceptable except Islam ...That means Christianity is also Unacceptable..Hindu is also unacceptable..ALL Religion's are unacceptable Except Islam ..And there are so many prove in Quran and Hadis ....And iam saying that be Muslim ....if you be a Muslim or not be a Muslim I dont have any benefit ..I found the true religion and i hope you will found the true also.. .... get knowledge about Islam and other religion ..And compare them that which religion is true ..And do not try to make your religion true ...please try to search the truth.....I respect Jissas (Isa A) and i love him ...ALLAH also love jissus becouse he was the nabi and the rasul of Allah..
@GNB if you look really into history you will find out that only 7% were religion wars(2% of that was not secular), so the rest was fought for money,power or women in which big majority did not believe in any deity, an atheists. So if you would blame someone,then blame the atheists who do not have an standard of right and wrong,who do not believe in God so its ok to do what ever they want.
I don't understand anything but Jesus as my lord, The word has possessed me, it is in me and I cant rebuke this, I don't understand any other voice. I feel God when I read the Bible after I pray and seek salvation and understanding in Jesus name. I rejoice in the name of Jesus. I weep in prayer and I cant stop..Thank you God for your son Jesus..Amen.
What does it take to make a person believe? I believe that I can eat food. I say that because I have smelled food, touched it, seen it, tasted it. I have personally eaten food. it has appealed to my five sense. My experience is enough "evidence" to say that it is true that I can eat food. I dont look at science and theories if I could eat food or not. I just know it. "Taste and see that the Lord is Good; blessed is he who takes refuge in him." Psalm 34:8 Christians have seen and tasted that the Lord is good, we felt it so strongly to the point that if we deny him, its denying ourselves. God has helped us in our time of need, it the deepest and darkest problem we always have hope, and we are never alone. It is a beautiful relationship, like a son to his father.
First of all, Thank you for adding the title to claim why do you "Think" Christianity is true, and not why you "Know" Christianity is true. Secondly, it is good that you opened up the comments for us to discuss and write our ideas.
Also, Paul and the disciple's had absolutely no reason to lie! They gained nothing by following Jesus in the worlds eyes. They were killed for their faith and suffered. If they were lying they would've back tracked at some point.
@Achraf Er-ramy Judas betrayed Jesus for money. So he didn’t flat out deny Jesus existence. He just let his love for riches supersede his being loyal to Jesus
I love Jesus Christ and I believe that He is Son of God, because He is PERFECT in every way. He is God because He showed us the perfect love. He made everything to make sense for us. I just can't explain it but my love for Jesus Christ and God is my ground for believing in Christianity. My faith is my love for God. It's not like I force myself to believe, but I naturally believe because I'm in love. it's hard for unbelievers to understand but that's why I believe it to be true.
Completely agree! My daughter said the same thing today. When you have a relationship with Him, you know that He is real and that He was sent to die for your sin so you can have a relationship with God. Raising and defeating death, He is at the right hand of God, and we now have the Holy Spirit living within us. Our personal testimony is the most powerful. 🙌🏼 ❤️ God bless you!
One of the reason I think Christainity is true is the sheer amount of hate it gets, you would not waste time hating something you know isn't true and Jesus said he would be hated so he was right.
+bulldogsbob Amen: And the Fact that all these other forms of religion are predicted in scripture, as opposing Christ, the Bible Speaks for its self although its a shame that the outside facts are covered up to seem like they don't exist.
+bulldogsbob Have you ever read the bible ???? Your loving god kills babies, condones rape, slavery and human sacrifice. And let's not forget that he will damn 99% of humanity in a burning hell for fucking eternity !!! How can anyone love such a god is beyond me.
i am not a big fan of apologetics. you cant prove the existance of God or the bible - that is the point. to be honest the entire concept sounds very crazy. i am an extremely intelligent human being - almost perfect sat scores and ace anything i attempt and very logical and sane. for many years i was a huge atheist and totally against christianity especially. it is not until recently that i see my motivations for disliking it so much. but todays world is different. in the old days people didnt have access to information so those in power told them whatever would keep them under control. they especially used religion to control the masses. but now anyone can learn whatever they want via books and internet. many of us are not smart enough to put together an ikea bedroom set, yet we read the discoveries of great thinkers and scientists on subjects like evolution, and now all the sudden so many people think they know it all and are too "smart" to believe in God. i was that way. we all have limits to our knowledge and often its like that saying lost in the forest and cant see the trees or whatever. but there came a point in my atheist living where my knowledge and wits could not help me. i did the unthinkable. i tried praying to this God that i swore i didnt believe in. i tried reading His word. let me tell you - He showed up! im talking about real miracles, changes in my life, an opening of my eyes. for example i went from having liver cancer to having no trace of cancer in 2 weeks with no medical treatment. the doctors couldnt explain it. i have the paperwork, so that is just one of the many proofs of God in my life. but you dont need my proof and neither does God. He is a big God. now may not be your time but remember this post. if you ever get to a point where you dont know what to do, call on Him. He is real and He loves atheists just as much as christians. He will leave 99 of us to go help one of you figuratively speaking. dont rely on us christians to lead you to God as we are very imperfect and many christians still dont even understand that it is not a works based relationship with God but one based on love, grace and mercy so the last thing we should ever do is judge another person or think we are better. but when that time comes in your life when you need God, go to Him. be real with Him. read the bible. He doesny always give us what we want but often when we are at our lowest point, He knows we need to be restored and that we need hope, and He will show up in a tangible way. and to any christians on here speaking rudely to athiests and nonbelievers - remember there was a time when we all didnt believe. now that we know, that doesnt give us the right to judge others who are just like we were and could find Jesus andthey could enter heaven before us so respect them. the last shall be first - remember the parable of the workers who started late and got the same pay. someone could hate christians all their life and find Jesus at 90 two seconds before they die and be just as we are. God calls everyone and does not desire that one should perish without knowibg Him
+Lion Gang lol. I don't know bruh. what you are asking me is like going into an apple storeand asking the guy at the register why Steve Jobbs picked an apple for his logo and not an orange. one thing for sure about God - I'm not Him and He don't need to ask my permission to do stuff or allow stuff to happen. people anywhere can find Him tho - you don't need church or Christians around - I found Him alone in an 8x10 thru prayer. u pray for real He will show up. so if He real then u gotta ask Him yourself. or if I'm just a crazy man and He is made up and fake, then u pretty mad at nothing. if u so mad about Africa you can tell Him - He is OK with that. but the real hit is yes He does have favorites. like Paul: beheaded. Peter - crucified upside down. John - exiled to a deserted island. Stephen - stoned to death by Paul. Even the Christians being killed by ISIS are the ones we strive to be like. being one of God's favorites doesn't prevent you from suffering, it pretty much guarantees it. it's easy to focus on other people but we all die one day and u gonna stand alone before your creator. your relationship with Him is your own and it's personal - got nothing to do with what anyone else believes or says or does. instead of messaging me on here u can go right to the source. if u believe in logic, compare what you have to lose with what you have to gain.
+Lion Gang naw. I knew God first. then me and God read the book together. no sense in reading and studying religious books til u find out which one to read. if u believe in God and don't like His book then u gotta take it up with Him. it's kind of a hard book - people say they read it but they don't even know the main point to being a follower of Jesus or even the point of the Bible. only with guidance from Him does it make sense. I still keep reading and keep learning. but if God not real then it's just a book u don't like. I'm sure there are millions of books I wouldn't like - I just don't read them. it's just those two options tho. the Bible is either meaningless and irrelevant and not worth it time, or its a book that makes u angry and u gotta take that up with the Author. for me - being created in the first place - having a shot at life and my basic needs being met to survive, along with my personality and talents is enough for me. I'm grateful. He didn't have to make me ... He can do what He wants, but He chose to and that alone is more than enough but He gives so much more. He set me free to know that the things in this life - good and bad - don't define me or make or break me, but I have eternity to have the best time ever. it's not His will that any should perish - He came to be a savior. I just had to put my pride aside and acknowledge that I need one. seek Him if u want to. He will be happy u did. or u can out ur faith in people lol . and believe everything is an accident. or maybe u can try pray to Buddha or Vishnu or something lol but Jesus is the one who answers my prayers. not always the answer I want but that is for the best cuz I'm human and I don't always ask for the best things lol.
George Spicer Wow. Just wow. So many more people need to have your mindset, myself included. It's nice to know the there are still people in this world who are truly grateful that we even get a chance to experience all of God's wonderful creations.
Indeed for myself at a young age, the same historical question was a catalyst to keep studying the bible. Perplexing to think that these men, would testify over and over again that YeShua lived, died, rose to live again forever, was a stumblingblock to my unbelief. These men, most of them bluecollar types made no gain, were repeatedly rejected and punished by their own community, yet persisted unto death. If it was a scam anyone of them would have aquired fame untold for whistleblowing.
Read Quran... - Quran. Is true . ---If you read the full Quran with the meaning. Hope you find the way........Try to search true religion .....I am 100% sure Islam is true .....I was Cristian but recently i converted to Islam.. .......God said get knowledge. Iam also saying study and get knowledge you will surely find the true.........Islam is 100% true.................First of all study and learn after that search which religion is true........i hope you can find the true religion (I am 100% sure Islam is True) Trust me...
I have a Question ...Did you search that which religion is true ? ...Did you read full quran with meaning ? I think you Didnt . and you are saying you wonder if i will say the same thing while i am burning in hell....hahahha.....It is almost impossible that i will burn in hell but though iam a muslim if i do bad thing i would might have to go hell..ALLAHU ALOM.(But I hope I will no do anything bad )............. If you become a Muslim or not , I dont have any benefit ....I just said you to search By Yourself that "Is Islam really true?" ....i think you always try to show that your religion is truth but do not try to find the true religion....And NOTE - READ THE QURAN WITH MEANING.....YOU CAN GET HELP FROM ANY OF MUSLIM SCHOLAR .....READ QURAN AND HADIS OR LEARN FROM ANY MUSLIM SCHOLAR WITH POSSATIVE MIND. I HOPE YOU WILL FIND THE TRUE.
.Find the true religion. We know christian was acceptable to GOD when jissus (Isa in islam) was alive but Now Only Islam is Acceptable . Allah(GOD) sent many Nabi and Rasul (messenger) to give the true to man. Nabi-Rasul(messenger) try to give man the true But None of them became 100% successful except Mohammad (s). When Jissus was alive and who followed jissus they will be in Heaven( zannath ) the place of peace but then GOd said all religion is unacceptable Except Islam becouse Many Nabi-Rasul like.. Jessus,Adam,Nuh,Musa . wasn't became 100% successful but Mohammad (s) became 100% successful... and as god said all religion is unacceptable except Islam ...That means Christianity is also Unacceptable..Hindu is also unacceptable..ALL Religion's are unacceptable Except Islam ..And there are so many prove in Quran and Hadis ....And iam saying that be Muslim ....if you be a Muslim or not be a Muslim I dont have any benefit ..I found the true religion and i hope you will found the true also.. .... get knowledge about Islam and other religion ..And compare them that which religion is true ..And do not try to make your religion true ...please try to search the truth.....I respect Jissas (Isa A) and i love him ...ALLAH also love jissus becouse he was the nabi and the rasul of Allah..
+sasquatch2999 One of his arguments is that without the Bible, there can be no logic. WTF? Can you help me understand how logic comes from the Bible and not some other religion?
The way I understand it, the presuppositional argument can be used by any theistic religion (Judaism, Islam, Christianity). Also know as TAG, this argument is usually used to prove the existence of God more than specifically Christianity. I like Ravi Zacharias' critique of other religions which reveals why Christianity is, in the end, the only consistently logical religion. For instance, in Buddhism the ultimate goal is to extinguish desire, but that's a desire in itself. Or Hinduism believes the universe is God and is eternal. Well, science is in virtually unanimous that the universe "began" to exist a finite point and time ago (13.7 billion years); hence, the universe can't be God.
+William Mirewood William If any of the below information is incorrect simply prove you have not acquired your knowledge through osmosis and submit refuting evidence . The bible is a collection of historical documents, 66 books written on three continents Asia Africa and Europe written by 40 authors of 1500 years. There have been 23000 historical archaeological digs related to the historical accuracies of the bible, not one of them has refute historically what is found in the bible - the names and places outlined in the bible. 300 prophecies that Jesus fulfilled through His life, death and resurrection. Here is one example in Psalm 22 about Jesus dying on the cross, written a thousand years before his death, before crucifixion was even invented by the romans. Approximately 2500 fulfilled prophecies in total. 2. Historicity The way historical documents are verified is through the amount of copies available and how many years after the original they were recorded. So lets see how the historicity stakes up against the new testament: There are 6000 manuscript or portions of manuscripts that confirmed the historicity of the new testament, we don't have any of the originals, the earliest copies we have are are from AD120 , written 25 years after the originals. New testament - 6000 copies - earliest copy available to use 25 years after the original.Julius Caesars gallic wars - less than a dozen copies - earliest 1000 years are the originalAristotle - less than 10 copies - 1400 years after the originalSocrates - zero, the only think we know about Socrates is from PlatoHomer - 643 copies - 2100 years after the originalPlato - 7 copies - 1200 years after the original 3. The da Vinci code lie - the bible has been changed so many times that it is no accurate and the early christian community defied Christ including putting miracles in the bible that were originally not there. There are two arguments for this - The corrupt translations argument and the overzealous monk argument. 3.1. The corrupt translations argument The bible has been translated so many times that it's no longer reliable, like when you play chinese whispers and as it has been translated so many times that the original message is lost. The only problem with this is the bible is not translations of translations, it's a translations from the original greek, hebrew and aramaic manuscripts, so this premise does not make senses. 3.2. The overzealous monk argument Constantine calls together the Council of Nicaea and says to the monks you get 66 books and no more and had to leave out other books and then change those books to reflect that Jesus looks like the divine son of God. However there are three problems with this theory: Early on the biblical historical documents(books) was translated into syriac,coptic and latin, so now the monks need to steal or find 6000 copies or portions of manuscripts in the greek, syriac,coptic, latin and change the text without showing their inkwork The early church fathers quoted extensively from the new testament in the writings, so much so that 95 - 98 percent of the new testament can be reproduced from just the their writings. So now the monks have to find all the early church fathers writing and change the text, don't show your inkwork, make sure the lies match what was said in manuscripts in the greek, syriac,coptic, latin, get those writings back without anybody finding out
+William Mirewood I could provide websites to refute each point mentioned here -rationalwiki.org/wiki/Evidence_for_the_historical_existence_of_Jesus_Christ But it wont do much good, but let me put this to you, everyone has a belief, even atheist ...yes, do they do, they belive that everything came from nothing and we are all worm food. Religious people belive that there is a creator of everything....only one can be right. However, if I die and turn to wormfood then I lose nothing, if you die and the bible is right you lose big and for eternity. Now you next question might be, ok, so why is chrisitany the truth ? Well every other relgion is works based (working your way up an invisible ladder to be accepted before God) , Christianity is based on Jesus works, all other religions teach man must reach to God, Christianity teaches God reaches down to man in love and for that reason its unquie and should be considerd as the truth. Its funny how so man atheist say they hate region, but then Focus on Jesus, really in truth they hate the God of the bible, not religion.
@@star0177 It sounds to me like you're saying you know he has a gift because his understanding of the text matches your own, and he believes in what he says. Is that right?
@@sirilay in Christianity, yes, he has depth and understanding. We believe he’s been given a gift because well, his gift to understand Christianity and believe in it. Sometimes it’s very difficult to keep faith; but this man has a good heart.
Find the true religion. We know christian was acceptable to GOD when jissus (Isa in islam) was alive but Now Only Islam is Acceptable . Allah(GOD) sent many Nabi and Rasul (messenger) to give the true to man. Nabi-Rasul(messenger) try to give man the true But None of them became 100% successful except Mohammad (s). When Jissus was alive and who followed jissus they will be in Heaven( zannath ) the place of peace but then GOd said all religion is unacceptable Except Islam becouse Many Nabi-Rasul like.. Jessus,Adam,Nuh,Musa . wasn't became 100% successful but Mohammad (s) became 100% successful... and as god said all religion is unacceptable except Islam ...That means Christianity is also Unacceptable..Hindu is also unacceptable..ALL Religion's are unacceptable Except Islam ..And there are so many prove in Quran and Hadis ....And iam saying that be Muslim ....if you be a Muslim or not be a Muslim I dont have any benefit ..I found the true religion and i hope you will found the true also.. .... get knowledge about Islam and other religion ..And compare them that which religion is true ..And do not try to make your religion true ...please try to search the truth.....I respect Jissas (Isa A) and i love him ...ALLAH also love jissus becouse he was the nabi and the rasul of Allah..
I'm a Christian because I know beyond a reasonable doubt that Christ rose from the dead. The evidence is overwhelming that Christ was Resurrected from the dead.
DoorMatt yes that is true although the book you belive in was created over 2000 years ago with no evidence altgough in evolution there is more scientific research and proof into it.
TheGr1mm R3aper Heres some real evidence about Islam One evidence of Islam is the Quran it literally predicts so many scientific facts that were discovered in the last century or so and the Quran was written 1,400 years ago. If you need any verses I will be more then happy to give some. And it also predicted signs of The Day Of Judgement. One of them is how Arabs will be competiting in building taller skyscrapers. The Burj Khalifa is the tallest Skyscraper in the world and it was built by arabs and now arabs have plans to build a even taller skyscraper The Kingdom Tower or Jeddah Tower. The word day is mentioned in the Quran 365 times. Remember this was 1,400 years ago and people didnt know their were 365 days. Also the world Man and Woman are mentioned in the Quran 23 times and Men and Women have 23 chromozones. Their are many more examples like this just read the Quran for yourself and you'll see!
GOD bless you abundantly pastor John! theres only one King of Kings! and he's going to prove to the world real soon of his Almighty power and Glory! I pray Sheople wake up in this "New age of deception" and have no fellowship with the unfruitful workers of darkness, but rather expose them. Ephesians 5:11
bluff for you ..but for us who have experienced the goodness and mercy and grace of GOD its awesomely amazing .....so happy to know that He ist loves us that's why we love him...nice feeling to love and not hate..nice feeling to have waited for heaven after this life..to go to the promised land..we believers have so much to hold on...,so sad that you have not felt what we continually increasingly feeling...faith in him who made us..
Carolyn Brown they hate God because God's word speaks against their evil is that they do and they don't want to stop it so they lie to themselves and say that God is not real so that they won't fear Him
Nimoshi Monster the Bible don't make sense to the Natural mind but to the spiritual godly mind it makes perfect sense!! the Bible is God's word of God to us it's his love letter to lead us to himself through his son Jesus Christ but many people don't like the Bible and don't want to get into it because they don't understand that when you accept the Lord then your sinful nature turns into Godly nature which makes it easier to resist temptation and anyway the choices that you make hurt you and that is why God tell us not to do certain things because it is for our own good but a lot of times we don't agree with them because we fulfill the sinful nature which is against us and Satan uses that to pull you down!!
Victoria Faithful be logical and read the whole bible. I was going to argue with you but i realized that it is no use. But all i can say is to be logical and dont be a slave to a religion that threatens you if you try to leave.
This was very offensive to me, my dog has been barking poetry for years! Still going to give this a thumbs up I thank God for John Piper, as a former skeptic turned Bible believing fanatic, JP has been there countless times to tie up the loose ends from a past life bent on unbelief.
@@anglovikingyt2389 That's not what they meant. The context used in the comment is suggesting their 'past lifestyle', not an actual passed life. We know that we only live once, but as children of God we are spiritually REBORN, therefore we live a new life, a life of Christ.
@@doctrinalwatchdog6268 Hell is a quarantine for sin, a separation from God, so yes he does send the sin to hell. If you don't wanna go with the sin where it belongs he literally sacrificed himself with you in mind, amazing isn't it?
@@dited358 the sinner goes to hell not just the sin and God is omnipresent so how can a sinner be separated from God who is everywhere, that is not what the Bible teaches, it teaches God is present in hell also (Rev 14:10, Psalm 139:8).
Paul did not get knocked off his donkey. That misconception is due to a famous painting. The scripture does not mention a donkey at the scene. Just a small quibble. Love you John. God has taught me much through your ministry.
Study on Quran... - Quran. Is true . ---If you read the full Quran with the meaning. Hope you find the way........Try to search true religion .....I am 100% sure Islam is true .....I was Cristian but recently i converted to Islam.. .......God said get knowledge. Iam also saying study and get knowledge you will surely find the true.........Islam is 100% true.................First of all study and learn after that search which religion is true........i hope you can find the true religion (I am 100% sure Islam is True) Trust me...
I have a Question ...Did you search that which religion is true ? ...Did you read full quran with meaning ? I think you Didnt . and you are saying you wonder if i will say the same thing while i am burning in hell....hahahha.....It is almost impossible that i will burn in hell but though iam a muslim if i do bad thing i would might have to go hell..ALLAHU ALOM.(But I hope I will no do anything bad )............. If you become a Muslim or not , I dont have any benefit ....I just said you to search By Yourself that "Is Islam really true?" ....i think you always try to show that your religion is truth but do not try to find the true religion....And NOTE - READ THE QURAN WITH MEANING.....YOU CAN GET HELP FROM ANY OF MUSLIM SCHOLAR .....READ QURAN AND HADIS OR LEARN FROM ANY MUSLIM SCHOLAR WITH POSSATIVE MIND. I HOPE YOU WILL FIND THE TRUE.
@@InspectedBasixByMahdi You actually believe that Muhammed rode a winged horse with a human looking head to the moon and split it in half? BTW your "prophet" who never prophesied or spoke directly to God married a 6 year old girl so he's also a pedophile. Islam doesn't allow itself to be scrutinized because it falls to pieces the moment it does. Try watching David Wood or Apostate Prophet and your eyes would be opened if only you wanted them to be.
As a former minister, I pose the following and here's Part I: 1. John's explanation is assuming that everyone believes the Bible. I would like to see how he would answer the question to someone who knows nothing of scripture or of the Christian God. It is undisputed that Jesus did exist, the other accounts of resurrection and miracles etc. are inconsistent and somewhat unverifiable.
***** Don't start on contradictory when you believe in God and the Bible. A world without belief in god won't be a world with denial of his existence, it'll be a world where he never existed in the first place. In fact, a world where we need an omnipotent being to claim influence on lives is quite sad. The fact religious people show denial of other Gods in other religions kind of corks the fact you think an Atheist's denial of your God is blasphemy.
The Law Why do you say a man in the sky? Because you dont realise that which we call God is in all matter and exists outside of the universe as well. You need to look at a life in a new way. I look beyond that which we see. Blessings to you.
Peter Kimble OK, disregarding the assumption of god being a man and being also based in the sky, Why do you need to use this so called 'being' to give reason to love or lack thereof? is it not enough that you love and are loved, that you cherish and respect? Is it not enough that we as humans can feel affection for one another and for material existence? Why do we need this 'being' to explain human nature when it's so beautifully presented in every day life?
Atheists say that since they believe that there is no God, they are right and Christians are wrong...yea, sure. As for me, I am not satisfied with the atheist's argument, nor am I satisfied with the theist's argument. We do not know, and that is the answer.
Dr. Cosmo Kramer Atheists don't belief there is no god, nor do they claim there isn't one based on their atheism. You don't know what you're talking about.
The first 2 points are very straight forward, and backed by fact. For the 3rd point, all I am doing is asking people to realize the first 2 points. The point really didn't have a "hate filled tone" though "rage" might be accurate. I would use the word frustrated, and I am frustrated because of exactly what I said: Human progress is behind schedule.
...except his reasoning is highly flawed. For me, there's nothing to admire about a "passion" that's based on fallacies, or ignoring the hits and accepting the misses.
2. About a year later I was at home and it was in the middle of the day. Suddenly I saw a man in front of me. He looked like a jewish or middle eastern man about 30 years old. He had his eyes shut and was apparently in great pain. On top of his head was a crown of thorns. Today I can remember almost every single thorn. You see. I didnt even have faith earlier. I felt that he was supposed to be a fairytale like Cindirella. Could never explain what happened. But it gave me hope
For those in doubt, here is your direct proof of God’s existence: Everything can be reduced down to energy; that energy is God. Energy can’t be created nor destroyed; God is eternal. Vibrations are what sustain the universe and everything in it; what causes molecules to vibrate is love. Love is an outside force acting upon something to bring about a result for the sole purpose of its well being. God is love. “I am the light of the world. He who believes in Me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
@Moving2U Untrue again, Archaeopteryx was a dinosaur with wings, about the size of a modern day chicken, had teeth, claws on it's wings and could likely glide. This clearly shows a transition from dinosaur to bird as birds and dinosaurs have very similar skeletal designs, especially in their pelvic bones.
How do you know the Bible ISN'T true? Why do you choose to live in faith that the universe was created from nothing? How do you know it was? You DON'T. Everyone must live in faith of something, and the Bible says faith is the essence of things HOPED for. Anyone who's wise will choose to live in hope of goodness and justice that can only be enforced by God. Why would anyone choose to live without hope in justice by means of a loving God? It's entirely self defeating, unless of course that person doesn't love justice or truth that much, in which case living without hope for such things won't bother him that much because that person is evil. This is how I KNOW God is real and the Bible is true -- because a person who loves truth, righteousness, fairness, mercy, justice, and even love itself can only be happy if they have hope for these things, and without God there is NO hope for these things, and the only God in any religion that satisfies the desire for these things is the God of the Bible, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. And what a coincidence that the only God in any religion that satisfies the desire for these things also belongs to the religion that has the most evidence across multiple different fields of study to support its being true.
TheTurtleVillage contradictions. Period. Im not going to argue. I feel sad when i do it. Because i know it wont have an effect on people. And i think arguing is actually part of my desire. Its human nature and human stupidity. Which is why atheists (im a hindu) will argue with christians. However i am not saying there aren’t atheists who are good and argue when required. Whatever. I at least hope one day christians will learn the truth.
@@TheTurtleVillage Wow! Amen to that! 🙏 Also, even our YEARS are based off of Christ's death. B.C. & A.D. .....but people will look to anything BUT the Truth. Because by nature, human beings hate the Truth and God, and love their sin and wish to be their own god or worship other idols other than the true living God. And people who claim that God doesn't exist or that the Bible isn't true sure do get very angry and devoted to something that "doesn't exist". Deep down, even if it's way deep down and hidden, they know.
Parents tell a four year old that a magical space wizard loves him, and he'll believe it for the rest of his life. Parents tell the same thing to their fifteen year old son and he moves out of the house to go live with hobos.
This is true, im 14 now (old enough to think for myself) and religious is absolutely ridiculous, i am suprised my parents believe in such a silly thing. Its literally plaguing the world. (Mum): God loves your more than i do (*Me* thinking in my head) oh so you would burn me in a sickening torturous manner for not believing in you when you have not given me a one bit of evidence you exist but a book that was written by a sheep herder 2000 years ago
***** Because it ruins families and lives, i hear people telling me all the time that once they told their family that they are athiests, the families kicked them out of the house or abused them and than there are the terrorism that comes along with it and the hate for the gays. Its also stops people from getting better. I remember one story of a boy that needed to get a tumor out and they just put some oil instead and the kid died. It also stops science progression as some people dont even think evolution is a fact overall dumbing down the whole population. I also see very nice religious people wasting their lives praying to something that dosent exists, it sickens me. You see why i hate it? Its ruining everyones lives
A theory in the modern sense is like this: Gravity is a fact, the theory of gravity is how we believe it works based on observable evidence that has been documented and tested. Any more questions?
John 7: 15 The Jews then were astonished, saying, “How has this man become learned, having never been educated?” 16 So Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me. 17 If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from Myself. 18 He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who is seeking the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him. 19 “Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why do you seek to kill Me?” 20 The crowd answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill You?” Jesus: John 14: 21 He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.” 22 Judas (not Iscariot) *said to Him, “Lord, what then has happened that You are going to disclose Yourself to us and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him. 24 He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me. John 21: 24 This is the disciple who is testifying to these things and wrote these things, and we know that his testimony is true. 25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself *would not contain the books that *would be written.
@Griffin9857 Continued: The fossil record (literally billions of examples) fail to show one example of a transitional form, but rather shows a sudden, inexplicable appearance of a wide variety of both simple and complex life-forms. All naturalist theories have failed to explain life from non-life, and Darwinism has failed to prove evolution of life once it is present.
@@furios2203 Good to hear. While I do not remember this specific conversation, your comment is refreshing to read in light of the video topic I think I remember watching.
Here's Part II; Regarding his second bullet for question #1 - there are a plethora of populations in history which knew nothing of Christianity yet had a moral standard which they followed and a moral guide that was set. In fact, there are populations even today that know nothing of the gospel yet have a internal moral guide. A better argument would have been that God's presence is inherent even in those that don't know him in the Christian way.
“Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.” “Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.” “The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.” “A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That's where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It's having backbone.” Unnatural disasters happen seemingly every week. Train crashes, shootings, nuclear accidents; is there any place of refuge one can flee from this insanity? Very few of mankind's creations r designed 2 make u feel good, unless u get pleasure from seeing the human body desecrated by guns, explosions, fights, and any other things these so-called "artists" create. In the name of freedom, many have used art as a means 2 destroy the human mind. As an excuse 2 continue we hear "Art reflects society". How many times has this lie been repeated: "creations r not real", they say and yet any one of these people can call 2 mind images and complete scenes of horror in graphic detail. They will carry these so-called "unreal" creations around with them 4 the rest of their lives. These images r now a part of their being. In the name of RECREATION these people in fact r re-creating themselves in their own images. SOCIETY THEN REFLECTS ART. In man's decision 2 further separate From God, his re-creation of himself leaves him in a dysfunctional state of confusion. The mind becomes a burial ground 4 dead waste. Isolated from the wholeness of God, Earth and his fellow brothers and sisters, this man seeks solace in activities he thinks will stimulate his mind. He begins downloading in2 his brain a series of manmade creations designed 2 destroy it. All manmade creations originate from one of 2 sources: the Tree of Knowledge or the Tree of Life. One of these trees contained deadly fruit, the other - Fruit of Everlasting Life. The one who disregards this fact recreates himself and his kind in2 extinction. U r reading these words on a machine created by man. As u read, u hear a voice speaking 2 u the words that u perceive. They make sense 2 u because u understand (stand under) the SPELLing. The words r what binds this SPELL 2 ur illusion. When u hear the Truth, like a memory - u recognize it and this recognition releases u from ALL illusion. Many languages r brilliant in their attempt 2 CONfuse u. CON meaning: against, fuse meaning: 2gether. Words and their SPELLbinding illusions have the power 2 keep man separate From God. U were born in an all-knowing state of mind. The first words spoken 2 u begin the SPELL. The words come from one of 2 sources: the Tree of Knowledge or the Tree of Life. In ignorance or simply lack of respect 4 God, many use words that CONfuse the minds of humans and turn them in2 projections of their own illusions. Because of this fact, many people grow up and blindly assume their pre-selected role under a dictatorship without even being aware of it. When asked what they r doing here on earth, most will answer with statements that do not reflect their Natural God-Given Desires. This creates a pyramid-like structure with the dictator on top, and each level under it knowing less and less. Upon reaching the bottom level - which is where the majority is, u will find chaos, disorder, and illusion. With ILL as its prefix, ILLusion is a state of insanity. In the name of democracy, supreme power is vested un2 the people in this insane state instead Of God. A future re-created, 2 b ruled by man, is one of isolation and despair. Returning the leadership back in 2 God Will allow mankind 2 achieve its original collective goal which is union With God. Ideas contrary 2 this goal should not b blamed or persecuted - just simply ignored. They originated when man first chose 2 ignore God's Rule. Simply put - in the beginning, the Human was made perfect In God's image. They had no need 4 knowledge. They were also given freedom of choice. The Tree of Knowledge and the Tree of Life r reflections of this freedom. The human is now a reflection of their choice. They could have simply chose not 2 Choose. God Being centrifugal in nature, freedom was the CAUSE and choice was the EFFECT. In knowing their perfection made in God's image, there was no need 2 choose. In fact, their were NO NEEDS. There was only love in an all-knowing state b4 the fall. The worst thing u can do is give up ur God-given right 2 choose. 4 in it - u can choose not 2 choose. Therein is the final judgement. The illusion ceases and u awaken from ur dream. Now the healing begins... With an all-knowing mind, made in God's Image u can create as ur Creator - God Intended. With love, honor and respect 4 every living thing in the universe. Separation ceases, and we all become One Being singing the One song. One song In The Family Of God. Praying God and Loving all…….
For me the way i know God is true is because i feel his love. And if you don't feel God you are never going to understand God and believe in him. So i can't prove it because I feel it and not you. Christianity is not a religion but a relationschip with God. So if you don't want to accept his love you wil never feel it. If you have a relationship you feel the love of that person but you can't prove that the person really loves you because its only you who feels it. And even if i would be able to prove the existence of God there would be a lot of people who would not want to believe in God because our sinful nature wants to be its own God and not have somebody who reigns over them. But the way i see things is how could you choose the world over God because the world is so cruel. You may not agree with some things God says or does but i do not agree with tons of things the world says and does.
You do notice that christianity has relied on ignorant people since its beginnings to keep its power. Also, the Catholic Church has sold away sins to people, which would not be something that 'God' would want, would he? They have been corrupt, and the times when they have been at their weakest were at points where big scientific discoveries and advancements were made/proven, as well as when the Black Death occurred, which went against the church's belief that if you are a good Christian, then 'God' will be good to you, meaning he would not kill you with some plague, but it happened anyway.
+Sean Reagan God never sead he would be good to you if your a good christian. Sometimes we/i need bad things to happen so that i wont forget God and go away from Him.
+Sean Reagan God never sead he would be good to you if your a good christian. Sometimes we/i need bad things to happen so that i wont forget God and go away from Him.
+William Mirewood So if you would have relation with a woman and she makes you think different about some things in life and you and you tell here how sweet she is and how much you love her(which we do to God also because we love him) thats a religion i don't think so.
+Yoctopory Sarcasm? John Piper provides an excellent reason for believing in Christianity. That's far more than you can say about the atheistic worldview. "I don't believe in God because there is no evidence. So I either: .1) Don't believe in anything or .2) Believe in evolution (even though you must accept it by faith just as much as Christianity.)"
Victor Essien it seems to me kind of like he’s approaching it the way that Lee Strobel did in his book The Case for Christ which is a great book of you haven’t read it. I think another valuable argument is that of Dr Frank Tarek. One of the threads of his main argument goes along the lines of this: evolutionists and atheists even insist that there is a driving force in nature to make life, whether that be natural selection or God. If there is a bias towards life then there has to be a reason for life. Things don’t just happen with no catalyst. Especially the making of the most complex human brain. But it has to be God because if there were no God then the purpose of life would just be life itself, to survive and enjoy life. And that is circular logic and self-defeating. So if we as humans can obviously observe there is a bias towards life then we can deduct there is a purpose and therefore a purpose-giver.
@dougmoerhoffman I googled as your recommended. Each tektonics site failed to open "connection problems". I did however manage to open "The-Impossible-Faith-Soundly-Refuted" (Google it). It was an interesting and well written article that bent "Impossible Faith" over the table and roundly shagged it until its ears dropped off. "If you are wise" you might like to drop "Impossible Faith" as your champion.
+balshgracie um sorry to tell you but thats not true. not to mention the fact that a number of key things in the bible have been taken from previous religions and myths, such as the story of Noahs Ark is plainly stolen from Epic of Gilgemesh, a Greek myth, the story of jesus is similar to that of so many other myths before hand, things like turning water to wine, dying for the sins of man by crucifixion and the vast numbers of virgin births. Anyway I'd consider u look into these points I've made and I'd be interested to know what you make of them. Also i ask that you keep an open mind as there have been over 4,200 religions in history and its a little silly to assume the one which you were taught is therefore the correct one.
balshgracie Let's imagine its possible to prove that the historical places and events in the Bible are real. How does this prove the existence of Yahweh?
Ok, lets work on the premise that everything in the bible is really true. Firstly so we agree Jesus lived and performed supernatural impossible miracles like raising people from the dead and feeding the five thousand. That he was crucified and raised himself from the dead, went to hell and came back to earth ... well that means he is God. He is Cleary not human. The bible actual says Jesus is God, col 1:15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. John 1:1 1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning. 3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcomea it. Secondly if we believe everything in the bilbe is true the, we have to believe the accounts in genesis that God made everything, that God says who he is, that he says he is the alpha and omega, the beginning and the end and that his name is Yahweh Rev. 22:13, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End." John 8:58, "I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!" Gods name is I am Col. 2:9, “For in Him all the fulness of Deity dwells in bodily form.” The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. Does that answer your question ?
Christianity is not religion. It's simply the Truth. And if you don't at least look at the evidence, in terms of apologetic material of all the founding documents, etc., then you're not doing the bare minimum this obvious truth cries out for. Search up J. Warner Wallace here on youtube and watch some of him to learn what made him turn from atheism and his +20 years being a cop.
***** Actually i looked into everything, i put a lot of thought into it and came to the conclusion that none of it makes sense. there is no evidence at all, there is just a 2000 year old book filled with lies and questionable sayings. you can't say christianity isn't a religion its the truth, how do you think that? you and everybody else in this world have no proof, just a book.
PoPeYeBIGBOSS No, no. We have a whole lot more than a "book". We got the word of God which the Bible is. But as for evidences, we got many, like I've mentioned before. We got attestation to Jesus by not only His disciples, but also the disciples of His disciples, if you can believe that. The apostle John had disciples of his own, as did Paul. We've got ancient documents of Papias of Hierapolis (disciples of John) and of others. You see, it is not as though that we merely have the 6000+ ancient Greek manuscripts, 10000+ Latin, more thousands in Syriac and Coptic, etc.., we're also got nonbiblical sources attesting to the eyewitnesses that wrote the Gospels as well as the letters, that make up the New Testament. You've got to be open to all these pieces of evidence. I recommend to you J. Warner Wallace. He explains the evidence very well. Search him up here on youtube! God bless
Cringed as soon as he said that our assumption of existence is evidence of god. A disappointment from a man whom I've come to expect an actual argument from. If I can think of the word "think" that doesn't mean that god exists just because the bible says that god allows me to think. If a book said "Rocks make you think" does that mean that if I think its proof that that book is true? Honestly what the hell guys.
Intergalactic Lord of Sauce HAHAHAHAHAHAHA "HISTORICAL" The Bible says that a global flood engulfed the world, 15 cubits taller than mount everest, in roughly 2000 BC. It even dares to suggest the dimensions of an ark that could hold every animal in the world, and that some random guy (with no experience might I add) could create it without any help whatsoever, and the progeny of this one man and the animals he took with him could magically enter every nook anc cranny of the world (even the US and Australia, despite being seperate land masses). Not to mention the Bible has been changed throughout history significantly, and some of it's authors (like Paul) aren't even reliable. Don't lie to us, the Bible has no evidence for its validity.
everett zarnick the Bible proves that God exists because it is his word and all the prophecies are coming true even as we speak!! stop being stupid and stubborn and ask God yourself to reveal himself to you
As soon as I started looking for answers and questioning existence itself I was attracted to the account of Lot and Sodom and Gomorrah. I went to learn more and came across a video of the ruins right near the Dead Sea. Then to see the pure sulfur balls buried in the rock and ash. Still preserved after thousands of years. That really woke me up and corrected the wrong things I said prior about the Bible and that I would believe in Jesus if he came down in front of me. The irony of that statement. God put me in my place that day and I am forever grateful. Romans 14:11 “‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God.’”
+Pirate Kitty Of course its based purely on faith (but its also a relationship, based on faith), everyone believes something, atheist also have faith, and a belief that God does not exist. However, if you look at the complexity of nature and the human mind, it obvious this was created by a greater being, are beyond us it take far far more faith to look at all creation and believe it came from nothing, dont you agree ?
+balshgracie Atheists do not say that a God does not exist. Atheists say there is insufficient evidence to prove that any god that humans worship exists. Yahweh must be far more complex than anything in our universe. And yet you are claiming that he does not have a creator. Evidence, I need evidence.
+Pirate Kitty Hey, how are you doing? First off, our beliefs are not purely based on faith. There are many scholars and resources that show us God's existence. We do have faith but most faith is backed up by personal experiences, science or prophecy. But all honestly, if you're focused on just evidence, it is going to be hard for you to understand where we come from or what we believe.
+Pirate Kitty its not all based on faith. the faith we have isn't faith that he is real because we know he is real. the faith we have is in his promises. if you want to know the science behind Christianity then email me at jplumbridge1999@gmail.com and i will tell you and show you it.
Thats a great question, a lot of times people make assertions without evidence and I find it doesnt lead to good discussions. I was a Christian trying to start an apologetics ministry to defend the faith with logic and reasoning, and demonstrate that God is real to nonbelievers. What I discovered was the Documentary Hypothesis, (an explanation of the contradictions in the Old Testament and its origins) a Polytheistic Canaanite nation(Israel) and no evidence of slavery in Egypt whatsoever.
+Steve Fowler As opposed to believing there is no God? I'm assuming you are an evolutionist. Let's briefly review your extremely logical and scientific theory. “18 or 20 billion years ago, there was a big bang where nothing exploded and made everything.” (Prentice Hall, General Science, 1992, p.61). Then, "4.6 billion years ago the earth cooled down and it was a hot ball of rock. Earth began as a hot ball of rock.” (Glencoe, Biology, 1995, p.398). And then, "millions of years of torrential rains created great oceans,” and “swirling in the waters of the oceans is a bubbling broth of complex chemicals. ...progress from a complex chemical soup to a living organism is very slow.”(Holt, Earth Sceince, 1994, p. 281-282). Take a long, hard look at what you have just read and tell me it isn't "hogwash". You expect me to believe I came from a rock, yet when I say we were created by God you say I'm a fool? "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God." (Psalm 14:1).
The event regarding Jacob is not a mystery... nor does it discredit the bible in anyway. Jacob, through obedience to the Lord, demonstrated his faith by placing the rods of many colors in front of the livestock. In turn for his faithfulness, God rewarded him with speckled and spotted cattle. Now of course you cannot demonstrate this miracle anymore then you can demonstrate evolution... But it takes far more faith to believe that it rained on the rocks for millions of years and a "simple cell" (a specimen far more complicated then the NASA space shuttle), could have come to life through naturalistic causes... It just aint gonna happen.
The miracle is immediately attributed to God because an animal will not produce variations in its offspring from impressions made on its imagination. Jacob used the rods in obedience to a special divine direction, without knowing any thing of their natural virtue (whether they helped scientifically or not). Be that as it may, your arguments do not discredit the bible, and they do not help your hopelessly flawed theory of evolution.
Friend, I have nothing to prove to you, and I assumed you believed in evolution because the only alternative is that there is a God... Judging from our dialague, it's obvious you do not believe the latter. I have complete faith in God's word and the promise made by Him to preserve it perfectly. In spite of the evidence screaming there must be a God... If I am wrong, I stand to lose nothing. But if you are wrong you stand to lose your soul. You better make sure you know exactly what you believe.
Something he left out here which is highly significant is prophecy. God authenticates His message by telling us the end from the beginning (Is 46:10), and Peter says "We have also a more sure word of prophecy" (2 Pet 1:19). If we look at the world around us, the chaos in the middle east and see prophetic texts coming to past, we can be assured that God's Word is indeed true.
@Griffin9857 What pressure? What sub atomic particles? What stars? Where did they come from? Either they came from somewhere or have always existed, which one?
I Thessalonians 5:9 “For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,[10] Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.” Peace with you all who read this comment.
The truly amazing thing is that Abiogenesis is not as improbable as one might believe, given the size of the universe and sheer number of planets. Obviously estimating the number of earth like planets is far from easy, but astronomers estimate around 100 billion potentially habitable planets in the universe. Now let's say that the odds of developing life on one of these habitable planets is 1 in 1000000000, going off that we would still have 100 instances of the event happening.
Part III: In regard to his 3rd response - although I can see and completely appreciate his sincerity in his response...again...it's assuming the viewer is a believer and/or will be persuaded by his persuasion as a believer. He really didn't provide anything concrete.In fact, from a non-believer standpoint, he really provided nothing compelling to persuade an individual to the faith.
@RageAndQuit You are really speaking from ignorance, man. He's not talking about just what the Bible says, but what we even know from history, archaeology, the incredibly fast spreading of Christianity in light of intense persecution, martyrdom (of eyewitnesses), the impossibility of legendary development in such a short span of time, etc. There's more. Please don't oversimplify like everyone else seems to.
@McCruelAddictTheBest LOL who says I don't believe in Flying Spaghetti Monster? Isn't he a Dr Suess classic? Or does he show up on Barney I forget which.
To Vector Silver: True Christians do not hate gay/lesbian people, or anyone else for that matter. To hate is a direct violation of the teachings of Jesus, thus the teachings of God, and is therefore sinful. A lot of people call themselves Christian, but are not a true representation of what it means to be a believer in Christ. Not only that, but you have to look past what many true Christians say because we are, after all, human. Make an independent study of Jesus and see He is authentic.
I agree with his last, personal reason for believing in Jesus, but it is an aesthetic judgement. The interesting question deeper would then be, what would be the rational foundations for that aesthetic judgement about Christ? (I don't have the answer to that, BTW, but someone cleverer than me should think about it).
@SukiCarton No. There is a documentary of Stephen Hawking somewhere on youtube that addresses the singularity at the start of the big bang, better for you to watch, it's too much for a 500 character post :)
I trust Hollywood for my religious teaching: "I put no stock in religion. By the word religion I have seen the lunacy of fanatics of every denomination be called the will of God. Holiness is in right action and courage on behalf of those who cannot defend themselves, and goodness. What God desires is here [points to head] and here [points to heart] and what you decide to do every day, you will be a good man - or not." ~Kindgom of Heaven
question: What christianity do you mean. The christianity of the 1st century what the apostles and Jesus practiced or the christianity today called neo-christianity. Sir do you really know who Paul is do you know his background? Can you give an exegete of Paul's epistles, Can you explain Primitive christianity. Can you explain the methodologies of reading the bible?
Piper was not arguing that in order to have a moral standard, you must believe in God. He was saying, in order to have a moral standard AND not be entirely arbitrary, groundless, foundationless - you must presuppose the truth of Christian theism.
In fact, the explanation of the monotheistic gods origins made by qualified scholars made worlds more sense than any denomination I had been exposed to. They showed how the different dialects of Hebrew reflect the time period they were written, and how the political motivations of each writer were reflected in their text, making a smooth narrative when the other writers works were ignored. Here, this is a quick summary of why I'm not a Christian. A History of God /watch?v=MlnnWbkMlbg
Although never coming to belief in a personal God, he recognized the impossibility of a non-created universe. The Encyclopedia Britannica says of him: "Firmly denying atheism, Einstein expressed a belief in "Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the harmony of what exists." This actually motivated his interest in science, as he once remarked to a young physicist: "I want to know how God created this world, I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element.
@davidhudman the name is Wolfhart Pannenberg. He's a German theologian who centered much of his theology upon the resurrection. Although he was heavily influenced by Karl Barth, so as you would do with any other theologian, test everything in light of Scripture.
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People, listen. God is calling you to great things and you will see a reality that is insane to others but your suffering will show you what Jesus endured. Sing in prison. Share the word with a friend. Receive the spirit of truth and be saved
Surely another reason is that we as Christians also experience the Lord tangibly for ourselves by His Holy Spirit. He is very real to me in ways that are impossible to articulate in words.
Azula Prove to me you exist. You sound like a bot to me.
Azula you are crazy why would any one listen to you heck you bansihed everyone away and lost you throne.
Azula Nah not convinced, unless you can prove to me without a shadow of a doubt you are real then I own't believe you are. Even if you come to my home I will discount it as an hallucination.
Do you see where I'm going with this? Your skeptical attitude is impossible to please so I won't waste my time.
Azula
I was typing on the phone by my point still stands.
I didn't.
Everyone in my church did, they all claimed the lord "spoke to them". Despite being raised in the church my entire life (19 years at the time) I had never felt god "speak to me". Nobody could say what he sounded like. Nobody could say what words he used. And despite hearing his words, they couldn't tell you what he actually wanted.
One would think that an all powerful god would be able to get his message across in more effective manor... but to nobodies massive surprise, he can't. Why? Because those feelings you get aren't god, it's just YOU.
Brother John you have helped me to become a Refirmed believer. I’m thankful and when you speak I bares with my spirit “Clean”. Amen and amen
Thank you, God, for men of faith like brother John.
chykcha he is delusional .
GNB He probably chose it because it sounds edgy.
..Find the true religion. We know christian was acceptable to GOD when jissus (Isa in islam) was alive but Now Only Islam is Acceptable . Allah(GOD) sent many Nabi and Rasul (messenger) to give the true to man. Nabi-Rasul(messenger) try to give man the true But None of them became 100% successful except Mohammad (s). When Jissus was alive and who followed jissus they will be in Heaven( zannath ) the place of peace but then GOd said all religion is unacceptable Except Islam becouse Many Nabi-Rasul like.. Jessus,Adam,Nuh,Musa . wasn't became 100% successful but Mohammad (s) became 100% successful... and as god said all religion is unacceptable except Islam ...That means Christianity is also Unacceptable..Hindu is also unacceptable..ALL Religion's are unacceptable Except Islam ..And there are so many prove in Quran and Hadis ....And iam saying that be Muslim ....if you be a Muslim or not be a Muslim I dont have any benefit ..I found the true religion and i hope you will found the true also.. .... get knowledge about Islam and other religion ..And compare them that which religion is true ..And do not try to make your religion true ...please try to search the truth.....I respect Jissas (Isa A) and i love him ...ALLAH also love jissus becouse he was the nabi and the rasul of Allah..
john silcox you are the delusional one, my friend.
@GNB if you look really into history you will find out that only 7% were religion wars(2% of that was not secular), so the rest was fought for money,power or women in which big majority did not believe in any deity, an atheists. So if you would blame someone,then blame the atheists who do not have an standard of right and wrong,who do not believe in God so its ok to do what ever they want.
I don't understand anything but Jesus as my lord, The word has possessed me, it is in me and I cant rebuke this, I don't understand any other voice. I feel God when I read the Bible after I pray and seek salvation and understanding in Jesus name. I rejoice in the name of Jesus. I weep in prayer and I cant stop..Thank you God for your son Jesus..Amen.
What does it take to make a person believe?
I believe that I can eat food. I say that because I have smelled food, touched it, seen it, tasted it. I have personally eaten food. it has appealed to my five sense. My experience is enough "evidence" to say that it is true that I can eat food. I dont look at science and theories if I could eat food or not. I just know it.
"Taste and see that the Lord is Good; blessed is he who takes refuge in him." Psalm 34:8
Christians have seen and tasted that the Lord is good, we felt it so strongly to the point that if we deny him, its denying ourselves. God has helped us in our time of need, it the deepest and darkest problem we always have hope, and we are never alone. It is a beautiful relationship, like a son to his father.
Amen
Amen
Amen
+Kiko Jimenez Where can I SEE or TASTE God, shithead?
This is the "argument from food for the existence of God".
First of all, Thank you for adding the title to claim why do you "Think" Christianity is true, and not why you "Know" Christianity is true.
Secondly, it is good that you opened up the comments for us to discuss and write our ideas.
Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is a Hero! He rocks and is totally awesome.
Also, Paul and the disciple's had absolutely no reason to lie! They gained nothing by following Jesus in the worlds eyes. They were killed for their faith and suffered. If they were lying they would've back tracked at some point.
@Achraf Er-ramy Judas betrayed Jesus for money. So he didn’t flat out deny Jesus existence. He just let his love for riches supersede his being loyal to Jesus
They don't have to be lying if they believed it. People believe things that are incorrect all the time
But it’s a story, what reason is there to believe that the Bible is right about any supernatural events happening?
@@blackdynamite3288 Its not the supernatural you should worry about, its the fact that its right about everything else!
@@bible1st I disagree
I love Jesus Christ and I believe that He is Son of God, because He is PERFECT in every way. He is God because He showed us the perfect love. He made everything to make sense for us. I just can't explain it but my love for Jesus Christ and God is my ground for believing in Christianity. My faith is my love for God. It's not like I force myself to believe, but I naturally believe because I'm in love. it's hard for unbelievers to understand but that's why I believe it to be true.
Completely agree! My daughter said the same thing today. When you have a relationship with Him, you know that He is real and that He was sent to die for your sin so you can have a relationship with God. Raising and defeating death, He is at the right hand of God, and we now have the Holy Spirit living within us. Our personal testimony is the most powerful. 🙌🏼 ❤️ God bless you!
One of the reason I think Christainity is true is the sheer amount of hate it gets, you would not waste time hating something you know isn't true and Jesus said he would be hated so he was right.
+bulldogsbob Amen: And the Fact that all these other forms of religion are predicted in scripture, as opposing Christ, the Bible Speaks for its self although its a shame that the outside facts are covered up to seem like they don't exist.
Wow ! I am in awe with your argument ! I guess the nazi ideology is true because so many people hate it nowadays 😃
Johary Ranaivosoa
Comparing Christianity and Nazism is a troll move.
DEROY CREWS
Facts are not the reason for non beilef.
+bulldogsbob Have you ever read the bible ???? Your loving god kills babies, condones rape, slavery and human sacrifice. And let's not forget that he will damn 99% of humanity in a burning hell for fucking eternity !!! How can anyone love such a god is beyond me.
I dont think ive ever heard it put so well together
i am not a big fan of apologetics. you cant prove the existance of God or the bible - that is the point. to be honest the entire concept sounds very crazy. i am an extremely intelligent human being - almost perfect sat scores and ace anything i attempt and very logical and sane. for many years i was a huge atheist and totally against christianity especially. it is not until recently that i see my motivations for disliking it so much. but todays world is different. in the old days people didnt have access to information so those in power told them whatever would keep them under control. they especially used religion to control the masses. but now anyone can learn whatever they want via books and internet. many of us are not smart enough to put together an ikea bedroom set, yet we read the discoveries of great thinkers and scientists on subjects like evolution, and now all the sudden so many people think they know it all and are too "smart" to believe in God. i was that way. we all have limits to our knowledge and often its like that saying lost in the forest and cant see the trees or whatever. but there came a point in my atheist living where my knowledge and wits could not help me. i did the unthinkable. i tried praying to this God that i swore i didnt believe in. i tried reading His word. let me tell you - He showed up! im talking about real miracles, changes in my life, an opening of my eyes. for example i went from having liver cancer to having no trace of cancer in 2 weeks with no medical treatment. the doctors couldnt explain it. i have the paperwork, so that is just one of the many proofs of God in my life. but you dont need my proof and neither does God. He is a big God. now may not be your time but remember this post. if you ever get to a point where you dont know what to do, call on Him. He is real and He loves atheists just as much as christians. He will leave 99 of us to go help one of you figuratively speaking. dont rely on us christians to lead you to God as we are very imperfect and many christians still dont even understand that it is not a works based relationship with God but one based on love, grace and mercy so the last thing we should ever do is judge another person or think we are better. but when that time comes in your life when you need God, go to Him. be real with Him. read the bible. He doesny always give us what we want but often when we are at our lowest point, He knows we need to be restored and that we need hope, and He will show up in a tangible way. and to any christians on here speaking rudely to athiests and nonbelievers - remember there was a time when we all didnt believe. now that we know, that doesnt give us the right to judge others who are just like we were and could find Jesus andthey could enter heaven before us so respect them. the last shall be first - remember the parable of the workers who started late and got the same pay. someone could hate christians all their life and find Jesus at 90 two seconds before they die and be just as we are. God calls everyone and does not desire that one should perish without knowibg Him
+Lion Gang
lol. I don't know bruh. what you are asking me is like going into an apple storeand asking the guy at the register why Steve Jobbs picked an apple for his logo and not an orange. one thing for sure about God - I'm not Him and He don't need to ask my permission to do stuff or allow stuff to happen. people anywhere can find Him tho - you don't need church or Christians around - I found Him alone in an 8x10 thru prayer. u pray for real He will show up. so if He real then u gotta ask Him yourself. or if I'm just a crazy man and He is made up and fake, then u pretty mad at nothing. if u so mad about Africa you can tell Him - He is OK with that. but the real hit is yes He does have favorites. like Paul: beheaded. Peter - crucified upside down. John - exiled to a deserted island. Stephen - stoned to death by Paul. Even the Christians being killed by ISIS are the ones we strive to be like. being one of God's favorites doesn't prevent you from suffering, it pretty much guarantees it. it's easy to focus on other people but we all die one day and u gonna stand alone before your creator. your relationship with Him is your own and it's personal - got nothing to do with what anyone else believes or says or does. instead of messaging me on here u can go right to the source. if u believe in logic, compare what you have to lose with what you have to gain.
+Lion Gang
naw. I knew God first. then me and God read the book together. no sense in reading and studying religious books til u find out which one to read. if u believe in God and don't like His book then u gotta take it up with Him. it's kind of a hard book - people say they read it but they don't even know the main point to being a follower of Jesus or even the point of the Bible. only with guidance from Him does it make sense. I still keep reading and keep learning. but if God not real then it's just a book u don't like. I'm sure there are millions of books I wouldn't like - I just don't read them. it's just those two options tho. the Bible is either meaningless and irrelevant and not worth it time, or its a book that makes u angry and u gotta take that up with the Author. for me - being created in the first place - having a shot at life and my basic needs being met to survive, along with my personality and talents is enough for me. I'm grateful. He didn't have to make me ... He can do what He wants, but He chose to and that alone is more than enough but He gives so much more. He set me free to know that the things in this life - good and bad - don't define me or make or break me, but I have eternity to have the best time ever. it's not His will that any should perish - He came to be a savior. I just had to put my pride aside and acknowledge that I need one. seek Him if u want to. He will be happy u did. or u can out ur faith in people lol . and believe everything is an accident. or maybe u can try pray to Buddha or Vishnu or something lol but Jesus is the one who answers my prayers. not always the answer I want but that is for the best cuz I'm human and I don't always ask for the best things lol.
Mr. Lion yes God has favor in some. It's called predestination. Only a few are the elect seen through the blood of Christ
Praise God! That's awesome Bro
George Spicer Wow. Just wow. So many more people need to have your mindset, myself included. It's nice to know the there are still people in this world who are truly grateful that we even get a chance to experience all of God's wonderful creations.
Indeed for myself at a young age, the same historical question was a catalyst to keep studying the bible. Perplexing to think that these men, would testify over and over again that YeShua lived, died, rose to live again forever, was a stumblingblock to my unbelief. These men, most of them bluecollar types made no gain, were repeatedly rejected and punished by their own community, yet persisted unto death. If it was a scam anyone of them would have aquired fame untold for whistleblowing.
God is great.. pastor you have renewed my belief..thankyou
AMEN! Thank you Jesus for what you have done and are doing.
Read Quran... - Quran. Is true . ---If you read the full Quran with the meaning. Hope you find the way........Try to search true religion .....I am 100% sure Islam is true .....I was Cristian but recently i converted to Islam.. .......God said get knowledge. Iam also saying study and get knowledge you will surely find the true.........Islam is 100% true.................First of all study and learn after that search which religion is true........i hope you can find the true religion
(I am 100% sure Islam is True) Trust me...
I have a Question ...Did you search that which religion is true ? ...Did you read full quran with meaning ? I think you Didnt . and you are saying you wonder if i will say the same thing while i am burning in hell....hahahha.....It is almost impossible that i will burn in hell but though iam a muslim if i do bad thing i would might have to go hell..ALLAHU ALOM.(But I hope I will no do anything bad )............. If you become a Muslim
or not , I dont have any benefit ....I just said you to search By Yourself that "Is Islam really true?" ....i think you always try to show that your religion is truth but do not try to find the true religion....And
NOTE - READ THE QURAN WITH MEANING.....YOU CAN GET HELP FROM ANY OF MUSLIM SCHOLAR .....READ QURAN AND HADIS OR LEARN FROM ANY MUSLIM SCHOLAR WITH POSSATIVE MIND. I HOPE YOU WILL FIND THE TRUE.
.Find the true religion. We know christian was acceptable to GOD when jissus (Isa in islam) was alive but Now Only Islam is Acceptable . Allah(GOD) sent many Nabi and Rasul (messenger) to give the true to man. Nabi-Rasul(messenger) try to give man the true But None of them became 100% successful except Mohammad (s). When Jissus was alive and who followed jissus they will be in Heaven( zannath ) the place of peace but then GOd said all religion is unacceptable Except Islam becouse Many Nabi-Rasul like.. Jessus,Adam,Nuh,Musa . wasn't became 100% successful but Mohammad (s) became 100% successful... and as god said all religion is unacceptable except Islam ...That means Christianity is also Unacceptable..Hindu is also unacceptable..ALL Religion's are unacceptable Except Islam ..And there are so many prove in Quran and Hadis ....And iam saying that be Muslim ....if you be a Muslim or not be a Muslim I dont have any benefit ..I found the true religion and i hope you will found the true also.. .... get knowledge about Islam and other religion ..And compare them that which religion is true ..And do not try to make your religion true ...please try to search the truth.....I respect Jissas (Isa A) and i love him ...ALLAH also love jissus becouse he was the nabi and the rasul of Allah..
@@InspectedBasixByMahdi what is wrong with you man?Its his religion,dont be disrespectful to others religion
@@InspectedBasixByMahdi fuck off
I've read countless apologetic resources and Piper did a great job laying out the key arguments for belief in Christianity.
+sasquatch2999 One of his arguments is that without the Bible, there can be no logic. WTF? Can you help me understand how logic comes from the Bible and not some other religion?
The way I understand it, the presuppositional argument can be used by any theistic religion (Judaism, Islam, Christianity). Also know as TAG, this argument is usually used to prove the existence of God more than specifically Christianity. I like Ravi Zacharias' critique of other religions which reveals why Christianity is, in the end, the only consistently logical religion. For instance, in Buddhism the ultimate goal is to extinguish desire, but that's a desire in itself. Or Hinduism believes the universe is God and is eternal. Well, science is in virtually unanimous that the universe "began" to exist a finite point and time ago (13.7 billion years); hence, the universe can't be God.
+sasquatch2999 science also proved that evolution exists.
+William Mirewood
William If any of the below information is incorrect simply prove you have not acquired your knowledge through osmosis and submit refuting evidence .
The bible is a collection of historical documents, 66 books written on three continents Asia Africa and Europe written by 40 authors of 1500 years.
There have been 23000 historical archaeological digs related to the historical accuracies of the bible, not one of them has refute historically what is found in the bible - the names and places outlined in the bible.
300 prophecies that Jesus fulfilled through His life, death and resurrection. Here is one example in Psalm 22 about Jesus dying on the cross, written a thousand years before his death, before crucifixion was even invented by the romans. Approximately 2500 fulfilled prophecies in total.
2. Historicity
The way historical documents are verified is through the amount of copies available and how many years after the original they were recorded. So lets see how the historicity stakes up against the new testament:
There are 6000 manuscript or portions of manuscripts that confirmed the historicity of the new testament, we don't have any of the originals, the earliest copies we have are are from AD120 , written 25 years after the originals.
New testament - 6000 copies - earliest copy available to use 25 years after the original.Julius Caesars gallic wars - less than a dozen copies - earliest 1000 years are the originalAristotle - less than 10 copies - 1400 years after the originalSocrates - zero, the only think we know about Socrates is from PlatoHomer - 643 copies - 2100 years after the originalPlato - 7 copies - 1200 years after the original
3. The da Vinci code lie - the bible has been changed so many times that it is no accurate and the early christian community defied Christ including putting miracles in the bible that were originally not there. There are two arguments for this - The corrupt translations argument and the overzealous monk argument.
3.1. The corrupt translations argument
The bible has been translated so many times that it's no longer reliable, like when you play chinese whispers and as it has been translated so many times that the original message is lost. The only problem with this is the bible is not translations of translations, it's a translations from the original greek, hebrew and aramaic manuscripts, so this premise does not make senses.
3.2. The overzealous monk argument
Constantine calls together the Council of Nicaea and says to the monks you get 66 books and no more and had to leave out other books and then change those books to reflect that Jesus looks like the divine son of God.
However there are three problems with this theory:
Early on the biblical historical documents(books) was translated into syriac,coptic and latin, so now the monks need to steal or find 6000 copies or portions of manuscripts in the greek, syriac,coptic, latin and change the text without showing their inkwork
The early church fathers quoted extensively from the new testament in the writings, so much so that 95 - 98 percent of the new testament can be reproduced from just the their writings. So now the monks have to find all the early church fathers writing and change the text, don't show your inkwork, make sure the lies match what was said in manuscripts in the greek, syriac,coptic, latin, get those writings back without anybody finding out
+William Mirewood I could provide websites to refute each point mentioned here -rationalwiki.org/wiki/Evidence_for_the_historical_existence_of_Jesus_Christ
But it wont do much good, but let me put this to you, everyone has a belief, even atheist ...yes, do they do, they belive that everything came from nothing and we are all worm food. Religious people belive that there is a creator of everything....only one can be right. However, if I die and turn to wormfood then I lose nothing, if you die and the bible is right you lose big and for eternity.
Now you next question might be, ok, so why is chrisitany the truth ? Well every other relgion is works based (working your way up an invisible ladder to be accepted before God) , Christianity is based on Jesus works, all other religions teach man must reach to God, Christianity teaches God reaches down to man in love and for that reason its unquie and should be considerd as the truth.
Its funny how so man atheist say they hate region, but then Focus on Jesus, really in truth they hate the God of the bible, not religion.
I wish i could meet this man :-) i love the gift God has given him xx
How is that you know your deity has given him a gift?
@@sirilay because he has :-) this man is biblically sound and preaches the gospel honestly
@@star0177 It sounds to me like you're saying you know he has a gift because his understanding of the text matches your own, and he believes in what he says. Is that right?
@@sirilay in Christianity, yes, he has depth and understanding. We believe he’s been given a gift because well, his gift to understand Christianity and believe in it. Sometimes it’s very difficult to keep faith; but this man has a good heart.
Love this! Thank you so much ❤️
Put some clothes on woman
Very helpful stuff here.
Thank you, John. This really helps.
Find the true religion. We know christian was acceptable to GOD when jissus (Isa in islam) was alive but Now Only Islam is Acceptable . Allah(GOD) sent many Nabi and Rasul (messenger) to give the true to man. Nabi-Rasul(messenger) try to give man the true But None of them became 100% successful except Mohammad (s). When Jissus was alive and who followed jissus they will be in Heaven( zannath ) the place of peace but then GOd said all religion is unacceptable Except Islam becouse Many Nabi-Rasul like.. Jessus,Adam,Nuh,Musa . wasn't became 100% successful but Mohammad (s) became 100% successful... and as god said all religion is unacceptable except Islam ...That means Christianity is also Unacceptable..Hindu is also unacceptable..ALL Religion's are unacceptable Except Islam ..And there are so many prove in Quran and Hadis ....And iam saying that be Muslim ....if you be a Muslim or not be a Muslim I dont have any benefit ..I found the true religion and i hope you will found the true also.. .... get knowledge about Islam and other religion ..And compare them that which religion is true ..And do not try to make your religion true ...please try to search the truth.....I respect Jissas (Isa A) and i love him ...ALLAH also love jissus becouse he was the nabi and the rasul of Allah..
What did it help with? Did it clarify something for you? If so, what?
@@sirilay knowing that a wise man like him believes in Christianity and his encouraging words that god just feels right to him.
I'm a Christian because I know beyond a reasonable doubt that Christ rose from the dead.
The evidence is overwhelming that Christ was Resurrected from the dead.
David in Suspenders
David in Suspenders what evidence a book yeah thats some good evidence there
DoorMatt yes that is true although the book you belive in was created over 2000 years ago with no evidence altgough in evolution there is more scientific research and proof into it.
TheGr1mm R3aper Heres some real evidence about Islam One evidence of Islam is the Quran it literally predicts so many scientific facts that were discovered in the last century or so and the Quran was written 1,400 years ago. If you need any verses I will be more then happy to give some. And it also predicted signs of The Day Of Judgement. One of them is how Arabs will be competiting in building taller skyscrapers. The Burj Khalifa is the tallest Skyscraper in the world and it was built by arabs and now arabs have plans to build a even taller skyscraper The Kingdom Tower or Jeddah Tower. The word day is mentioned in the Quran 365 times. Remember this was 1,400 years ago and people didnt know their were 365 days. Also the world Man and Woman are mentioned in the Quran 23 times and Men and Women have 23 chromozones. Their are many more examples like this just read the Quran for yourself and you'll see!
GNB Thats not the only proof man, The Quran has predicted scientific miracles, the Quran has predicted many prophecies not just that one.
GOD bless you abundantly pastor John! theres only one King of Kings! and he's going to prove to the world real soon of his Almighty power and Glory! I pray Sheople wake up in this "New age of deception" and have no fellowship with the unfruitful workers of darkness, but rather expose them. Ephesians 5:11
bluff for you ..but for us who have experienced the goodness and mercy and grace of GOD its awesomely amazing .....so happy to know that He ist loves us that's why we love him...nice feeling to love and not hate..nice feeling to have waited for heaven after this life..to go to the promised land..we believers have so much to hold on...,so sad that you have not felt what we continually increasingly feeling...faith in him who made us..
how many people hate God and his followers and don't even open a bible. Don't even know about God. But are ready to condemn
Carolyn Brown they hate God because God's word speaks against their evil is that they do and they don't want to stop it so they lie to themselves and say that God is not real so that they won't fear Him
Nimoshi Monster the Bible don't make sense to the Natural mind but to the spiritual godly mind it makes perfect sense!! the Bible is God's word of God to us it's his love letter to lead us to himself through his son Jesus Christ but many people don't like the Bible and don't want to get into it because they don't understand that when you accept the Lord then your sinful nature turns into Godly nature which makes it easier to resist temptation and anyway the choices that you make hurt you and that is why God tell us not to do certain things because it is for our own good but a lot of times we don't agree with them because we fulfill the sinful nature which is against us and Satan uses that to pull you down!!
Victoria Faithful be logical and read the whole bible. I was going to argue with you but i realized that it is no use. But all i can say is to be logical and dont be a slave to a religion that threatens you if you try to leave.
@Gordon Torney If stars are flaming balls of gas why do you need a science book to teach you that?
That’s exactly why Jesus spoke in parables for self righteous rationalists like yourself who are spiritually dead
This was very offensive to me, my dog has been barking poetry for years! Still going to give this a thumbs up I thank God for John Piper, as a former skeptic turned Bible believing fanatic, JP has been there countless times to tie up the loose ends from a past life bent on unbelief.
Past life aren't real though, only one life.
@@anglovikingyt2389 That's not what they meant. The context used in the comment is suggesting their 'past lifestyle', not an actual passed life. We know that we only live once, but as children of God we are spiritually REBORN, therefore we live a new life, a life of Christ.
Piper just scratched the surface here!
thank you for helping us to see the truth Lord may your elect continue to believe
we don't hate them, we hate what they do. We love the sinner, but hate the sin.
how pretentious could you possibly be
That is a quote from Gandhi.
God doesn't send the sin to hell, He send the sinner to hell.
@@doctrinalwatchdog6268 Hell is a quarantine for sin, a separation from God, so yes he does send the sin to hell. If you don't wanna go with the sin where it belongs he literally sacrificed himself with you in mind, amazing isn't it?
@@dited358 the sinner goes to hell not just the sin and God is omnipresent so how can a sinner be separated from God who is everywhere, that is not what the Bible teaches, it teaches God is present in hell also (Rev 14:10, Psalm 139:8).
Paul did not get knocked off his donkey. That misconception is due to a famous painting. The scripture does not mention a donkey at the scene. Just a small quibble. Love you John. God has taught me much through your ministry.
Study on Quran... - Quran. Is true . ---If you read the full Quran with the meaning. Hope you find the way........Try to search true religion .....I am 100% sure Islam is true .....I was Cristian but recently i converted to Islam.. .......God said get knowledge. Iam also saying study and get knowledge you will surely find the true.........Islam is 100% true.................First of all study and learn after that search which religion is true........i hope you can find the true religion
(I am 100% sure Islam is True) Trust me...
I have a Question ...Did you search that which religion is true ? ...Did you read full quran with meaning ? I think you Didnt . and you are saying you wonder if i will say the same thing while i am burning in hell....hahahha.....It is almost impossible that i will burn in hell but though iam a muslim if i do bad thing i would might have to go hell..ALLAHU ALOM.(But I hope I will no do anything bad )............. If you become a Muslim
or not , I dont have any benefit ....I just said you to search By Yourself that "Is Islam really true?" ....i think you always try to show that your religion is truth but do not try to find the true religion....And
NOTE - READ THE QURAN WITH MEANING.....YOU CAN GET HELP FROM ANY OF MUSLIM SCHOLAR .....READ QURAN AND HADIS OR LEARN FROM ANY MUSLIM SCHOLAR WITH POSSATIVE MIND. I HOPE YOU WILL FIND THE TRUE.
with positive mind
with positive mind
@@InspectedBasixByMahdi You actually believe that Muhammed rode a winged horse with a human looking head to the moon and split it in half? BTW your "prophet" who never prophesied or spoke directly to God married a 6 year old girl so he's also a pedophile. Islam doesn't allow itself to be scrutinized because it falls to pieces the moment it does. Try watching David Wood or Apostate Prophet and your eyes would be opened if only you wanted them to be.
As a former minister, I pose the following and here's Part I:
1. John's explanation is assuming that everyone believes the Bible. I would like to see how he would answer the question to someone who knows nothing of scripture or of the Christian God. It is undisputed that Jesus did exist, the other accounts of resurrection and miracles etc. are inconsistent and somewhat unverifiable.
God bless po..
#from Philippines
What I derived from this:
Without god, there's no reasoning.
Yeah, that makes sense right?
Yes, without God there is no real understanding of true love.
Peter Kimble Does love really depend on there being a man in the sky? If so, I think you need to look at life in a new way.
***** Don't start on contradictory when you believe in God and the Bible. A world without belief in god won't be a world with denial of his existence, it'll be a world where he never existed in the first place. In fact, a world where we need an omnipotent being to claim influence on lives is quite sad. The fact religious people show denial of other Gods in other religions kind of corks the fact you think an Atheist's denial of your God is blasphemy.
The Law
Why do you say a man in the sky? Because you dont realise that which we call God is in all matter and exists outside of the universe as well. You need to look at a life in a new way. I look beyond that which we see. Blessings to you.
Peter Kimble OK, disregarding the assumption of god being a man and being also based in the sky, Why do you need to use this so called 'being' to give reason to love or lack thereof? is it not enough that you love and are loved, that you cherish and respect? Is it not enough that we as humans can feel affection for one another and for material existence? Why do we need this 'being' to explain human nature when it's so beautifully presented in every day life?
Atheists say that since they believe that there is no God, they are right and Christians are wrong...yea, sure. As for me, I am not satisfied with the atheist's argument, nor am I satisfied with the theist's argument. We do not know, and that is the answer.
At last the truth.
Dr. Cosmo Kramer Atheists don't belief there is no god, nor do they claim there isn't one based on their atheism. You don't know what you're talking about.
Khalkara So they believe* that there is a God? Amuse me
Dr. Cosmo Kramer Atheists hold no beliefs, by fundamental fact they *lack* a belief.
So...better grammar please?
The first 2 points are very straight forward, and backed by fact.
For the 3rd point, all I am doing is asking people to realize the first 2 points. The point really didn't have a "hate filled tone" though "rage" might be accurate. I would use the word frustrated, and I am frustrated because of exactly what I said: Human progress is behind schedule.
@ndzoko Oh nice collection :) couldn't have put it better myself.
God is perfect only He satisfies ❤
Yes! So good and true! Needed this comment today! God bless you
I really enjoy this man's reasoning and passion for Jesus, just awesome.
...except his reasoning is highly flawed. For me, there's nothing to admire about a "passion" that's based on fallacies, or ignoring the hits and accepting the misses.
Amen. I agree with you.
Great material but the volume is not loyal
Wow I love John Piper! He’s so wise and a great theologian.
2. About a year later I was at home and it was in the middle of the day. Suddenly I saw a man in front of me. He looked like a jewish or middle eastern man about 30 years old. He had his eyes shut and was apparently in great pain. On top of his head was a crown of thorns. Today I can remember almost every single thorn.
You see. I didnt even have faith earlier. I felt that he was supposed to be a fairytale like Cindirella. Could never explain what happened. But it gave me hope
You believe in science but not the God (Jesus) who created it....??
For those in doubt, here is your direct proof of God’s existence:
Everything can be reduced down to energy; that energy is God.
Energy can’t be created nor destroyed; God is eternal.
Vibrations are what sustain the universe and everything in it;
what causes molecules to vibrate is love.
Love is an outside force acting upon something to bring about a result for the sole purpose of its well being.
God is love.
“I am the light of the world. He who believes in Me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
@Moving2U Untrue again, Archaeopteryx was a dinosaur with wings, about the size of a modern day chicken, had teeth, claws on it's wings and could likely glide. This clearly shows a transition from dinosaur to bird as birds and dinosaurs have very similar skeletal designs, especially in their pelvic bones.
the question is not why you believe in jesus or the bible its how do you know?
How do you know the Bible ISN'T true? Why do you choose to live in faith that the universe was created from nothing? How do you know it was? You DON'T. Everyone must live in faith of something, and the Bible says faith is the essence of things HOPED for. Anyone who's wise will choose to live in hope of goodness and justice that can only be enforced by God. Why would anyone choose to live without hope in justice by means of a loving God? It's entirely self defeating, unless of course that person doesn't love justice or truth that much, in which case living without hope for such things won't bother him that much because that person is evil.
This is how I KNOW God is real and the Bible is true -- because a person who loves truth, righteousness, fairness, mercy, justice, and even love itself can only be happy if they have hope for these things, and without God there is NO hope for these things, and the only God in any religion that satisfies the desire for these things is the God of the Bible, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. And what a coincidence that the only God in any religion that satisfies the desire for these things also belongs to the religion that has the most evidence across multiple different fields of study to support its being true.
TheTurtleVillage contradictions. Period. Im not going to argue. I feel sad when i do it. Because i know it wont have an effect on people. And i think arguing is actually part of my desire. Its human nature and human stupidity. Which is why atheists (im a hindu) will argue with christians. However i am not saying there aren’t atheists who are good and argue when required. Whatever. I at least hope one day christians will learn the truth.
@@TheTurtleVillage Wow! Amen to that! 🙏 Also, even our YEARS are based off of Christ's death. B.C. & A.D. .....but people will look to anything BUT the Truth. Because by nature, human beings hate the Truth and God, and love their sin and wish to be their own god or worship other idols other than the true living God. And people who claim that God doesn't exist or that the Bible isn't true sure do get very angry and devoted to something that "doesn't exist". Deep down, even if it's way deep down and hidden, they know.
@@TheTurtleVillage What Bible is that?
Youre a fool
Parents tell a four year old that a magical space wizard loves him, and he'll believe it for the rest of his life. Parents tell the same thing to their fifteen year old son and he moves out of the house to go live with hobos.
This is true, im 14 now (old enough to think for myself) and religious is absolutely ridiculous, i am suprised my parents believe in such a silly thing. Its literally plaguing the world.
(Mum): God loves your more than i do
(*Me* thinking in my head) oh so you would burn me in a sickening torturous manner for not believing in you when you have not given me a one bit of evidence you exist but a book that was written by a sheep herder 2000 years ago
***** Because it ruins families and lives, i hear people telling me all the time that once they told their family that they are athiests, the families kicked them out of the house or abused them and than there are the terrorism that comes along with it and the hate for the gays. Its also stops people from getting better. I remember one story of a boy that needed to get a tumor out and they just put some oil instead and the kid died. It also stops science progression as some people dont even think evolution is a fact overall dumbing down the whole population. I also see very nice religious people wasting their lives praying to something that dosent exists, it sickens me. You see why i hate it? Its ruining everyones lives
***** As i said i was once religious but i choose the logical option and i did think about it for a godamn long time
Sinan Terzi well you live in YOUR parents house so you follow their rules until you get your own house.
tommy John What if the rules are broken?
A theory in the modern sense is like this: Gravity is a fact, the theory of gravity is how we believe it works based on observable evidence that has been documented and tested.
Any more questions?
The life of Christ and his Word is encoded in our anatomy! Proving he is our creator and is who He says He is!
How so?
John 7: 15 The Jews then were astonished, saying, “How has this man become learned, having never been educated?” 16 So Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me. 17 If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from Myself. 18 He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who is seeking the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.
19 “Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why do you seek to kill Me?” 20 The crowd answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill You?”
Jesus: John 14: 21 He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.” 22 Judas (not Iscariot) *said to Him, “Lord, what then has happened that You are going to disclose Yourself to us and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him. 24 He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.
John 21: 24 This is the disciple who is testifying to these things and wrote these things, and we know that his testimony is true. 25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself *would not contain the books that *would be written.
@Griffin9857 Continued: The fossil record (literally billions of examples) fail to show one example of a transitional form, but rather shows a sudden, inexplicable appearance of a wide variety of both simple and complex life-forms.
All naturalist theories have failed to explain life from non-life, and Darwinism has failed to prove evolution of life once it is present.
even though it has been 8 years... i will have to agree... i dont follow the macro evolution process..
micro is real but macro isnt
@@furios2203 Good to hear. While I do not remember this specific conversation, your comment is refreshing to read in light of the video topic I think I remember watching.
Here's Part II; Regarding his second bullet for question #1 - there are a plethora of populations in history which knew nothing of Christianity yet had a moral standard which they followed and a moral guide that was set. In fact, there are populations even today that know nothing of the gospel yet have a internal moral guide. A better argument would have been that God's presence is inherent even in those that don't know him in the Christian way.
“Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.”
“Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.”
“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.”
“A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That's where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It's having backbone.”
Unnatural disasters happen seemingly every week. Train crashes, shootings, nuclear accidents; is there any place of refuge one can flee from this insanity? Very few of mankind's creations r designed 2 make u feel good, unless u get pleasure from seeing the human body desecrated by guns, explosions, fights, and any other things these so-called "artists" create. In the name of freedom, many have used art as a means 2 destroy the human mind.
As an excuse 2 continue we hear "Art reflects society". How many times has this lie been repeated: "creations r not real", they say and yet any one of these people can call 2 mind images and complete scenes of horror in graphic detail. They will carry these so-called "unreal" creations around with them 4 the rest of their lives. These images r now a part of their being. In the name of RECREATION these people in fact r re-creating themselves in their own images. SOCIETY THEN REFLECTS ART. In man's decision 2 further separate From God, his re-creation of himself leaves him in a dysfunctional state of confusion.
The mind becomes a burial ground 4 dead waste. Isolated from the wholeness of God, Earth and his fellow brothers and sisters, this man seeks solace in activities he thinks will stimulate his mind. He begins downloading in2 his brain a series of manmade creations designed 2 destroy it. All manmade creations originate from one of 2 sources: the Tree of Knowledge or the Tree of Life. One of these trees contained deadly fruit, the other - Fruit of Everlasting Life. The one who disregards this fact recreates himself and his kind in2 extinction. U r reading these words on a machine created by man. As u read, u hear a voice speaking 2 u the words that u perceive. They make sense 2 u because u understand (stand under) the SPELLing. The words r what binds this SPELL 2 ur illusion. When u hear the Truth, like a memory - u recognize it and this recognition releases u from ALL illusion.
Many languages r brilliant in their attempt 2 CONfuse u. CON meaning: against, fuse meaning: 2gether. Words and their SPELLbinding illusions have the power 2 keep man separate From God. U were born in an all-knowing state of mind. The first words spoken 2 u begin the SPELL. The words come from one of 2 sources: the Tree of Knowledge or the Tree of Life. In ignorance or simply lack of respect 4 God, many use words that CONfuse the minds of humans and turn them in2 projections of their own illusions.
Because of this fact, many people grow up and blindly assume their pre-selected role under a dictatorship without even being aware of it. When asked what they r doing here on earth, most will answer with statements that do not reflect their Natural God-Given Desires. This creates a pyramid-like structure with the dictator on top, and each level under it knowing less and less. Upon reaching the bottom level - which is where the majority is, u will find chaos, disorder, and illusion. With ILL as its prefix, ILLusion is a state of insanity. In the name of democracy, supreme power is vested un2 the people in this insane state instead Of God.
A future re-created, 2 b ruled by man, is one of isolation and despair. Returning the leadership back in 2 God Will allow mankind 2 achieve its original collective goal which is union With God. Ideas contrary 2 this goal should not b blamed or persecuted - just simply ignored. They originated when man first chose 2 ignore God's Rule. Simply put - in the beginning, the Human was made perfect In God's image. They had no need 4 knowledge. They were also given freedom of choice. The Tree of Knowledge and the Tree of Life r reflections of this freedom.
The human is now a reflection of their choice. They could have simply chose not 2 Choose. God Being centrifugal in nature, freedom was the CAUSE and choice was the EFFECT. In knowing their perfection made in God's image, there was no need 2 choose. In fact, their were NO NEEDS.
There was only love in an all-knowing state b4 the fall. The worst thing u can do is give up ur God-given right 2 choose. 4 in it - u can choose not 2 choose. Therein is the final judgement. The illusion ceases and u awaken from ur dream.
Now the healing begins... With an all-knowing mind, made in God's Image u can create as ur Creator - God Intended. With love, honor and respect 4 every living thing in the universe. Separation ceases, and we all become One Being singing the One song. One song In The Family Of God. Praying God and Loving all…….
Very underrated comment.
For me the way i know God is true is because i feel his love. And if you don't feel God you are never going to understand God and believe in him. So i can't prove it because I feel it and not you. Christianity is not a religion but a relationschip with God. So if you don't want to accept his love you wil never feel it. If you have a relationship you feel the love of that person but you can't prove that the person really loves you because its only you who feels it. And even if i would be able to prove the existence of God there would be a lot of people who would not want to believe in God because our sinful nature wants to be its own God and not have somebody who reigns over them. But the way i see things is how could you choose the world over God because the world is so cruel. You may not agree with some things God says or does but i do not agree with tons of things the world says and does.
You do notice that christianity has relied on ignorant people since its beginnings to keep its power. Also, the Catholic Church has sold away sins to people, which would not be something that 'God' would want, would he? They have been corrupt, and the times when they have been at their weakest were at points where big scientific discoveries and advancements were made/proven, as well as when the Black Death occurred, which went against the church's belief that if you are a good Christian, then 'God' will be good to you, meaning he would not kill you with some plague, but it happened anyway.
No its not. If it is in your life there's something wrong because it should be a relationship with God.
+Sean Reagan God never sead he would be good to you if your a good christian. Sometimes we/i need bad things to happen so that i wont forget God and go away from Him.
+Sean Reagan God never sead he would be good to you if your a good christian. Sometimes we/i need bad things to happen so that i wont forget God and go away from Him.
+William Mirewood So if you would have relation with a woman and she makes you think different about some things in life and you and you tell here how sweet she is and how much you love her(which we do to God also because we love him) thats a religion i don't think so.
Awesome, solid teaching.
+Marius Ciobanu You're being sarcastic, right?
+Yoctopory Sarcasm? John Piper provides an excellent reason for believing in Christianity. That's far more than you can say about the atheistic worldview. "I don't believe in God because there is no evidence. So I either: .1) Don't believe in anything or .2) Believe in evolution (even though you must accept it by faith just as much as Christianity.)"
@StrumstickJoe Joe, well put. It is good to see someone pouring a bucket load of sense over this sad and sorry lot.
@davidhudman the name is Wolfhart Pannenberg. He's a German theologian who centered much of his theology upon the resurrection.
This guys second evidence makes no sense. Why doesn't he ask a person from Iran to right something. I bet he'll say it looks like chicken scratch.
Is it just me. I honestly don't get the proof that he speaks of.
Victor Essien it seems to me kind of like he’s approaching it the way that Lee Strobel did in his book The Case for Christ which is a great book of you haven’t read it. I think another valuable argument is that of Dr Frank Tarek. One of the threads of his main argument goes along the lines of this: evolutionists and atheists even insist that there is a driving force in nature to make life, whether that be natural selection or God. If there is a bias towards life then there has to be a reason for life. Things don’t just happen with no catalyst. Especially the making of the most complex human brain. But it has to be God because if there were no God then the purpose of life would just be life itself, to survive and enjoy life. And that is circular logic and self-defeating. So if we as humans can obviously observe there is a bias towards life then we can deduct there is a purpose and therefore a purpose-giver.
Thats very kind of you.
@dougmoerhoffman I googled as your recommended. Each tektonics site failed to open "connection problems".
I did however manage to open "The-Impossible-Faith-Soundly-Refuted" (Google it). It was an interesting and well written article that bent "Impossible Faith" over the table and roundly shagged it until its ears dropped off.
"If you are wise" you might like to drop "Impossible Faith" as your champion.
The existence of logic points to Yahweh, the deity of Jewish mythology? Why Yahweh. Why not Zeus or Ra?
+Pirate Kitty Because of the proven historicity of the bible, that points to Yahweh as the only true Gid.
+balshgracie um sorry to tell you but thats not true. not to mention the fact that a number of key things in the bible have been taken from previous religions and myths, such as the story of Noahs Ark is plainly stolen from Epic of Gilgemesh, a Greek myth, the story of jesus is similar to that of so many other myths before hand, things like turning water to wine, dying for the sins of man by crucifixion and the vast numbers of virgin births. Anyway I'd consider u look into these points I've made and I'd be interested to know what you make of them. Also i ask that you keep an open mind as there have been over 4,200 religions in history and its a little silly to assume the one which you were taught is therefore the correct one.
+balshgracie Please explain "proven historicity" that points to Yahweh. Seriously.
balshgracie Let's imagine its possible to prove that the historical places and events in the Bible are real. How does this prove the existence of Yahweh?
Ok, lets work on the premise that everything in the bible is really true.
Firstly so we agree Jesus lived and performed supernatural impossible miracles like raising people from the dead and feeding the five thousand. That he was crucified and raised himself from the dead, went to hell and came back to earth ... well that means he is God. He is Cleary not human.
The bible actual says Jesus is God,
col 1:15
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
John 1:1
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning. 3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcomea it.
Secondly if we believe everything in the bilbe is true the, we have to believe the accounts in genesis that God made everything, that God says who he is, that he says he is the alpha and omega, the beginning and the end and that his name is Yahweh
Rev. 22:13, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End."
John 8:58, "I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!"
Gods name is I am
Col. 2:9, “For in Him all the fulness of Deity dwells in bodily form.”
The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word.
Does that answer your question ?
i know this guy says he doesn't approve of homosexuality, but he clearly wants to go balls deep on john
Wow man, that’s so bloody true!
Uhhh how????????????
Amazing
Religion is like being in an empty room with no light looking for a cat that isn't there and shouting "I've found it".
Christianity is not religion. It's simply the Truth.
And if you don't at least look at the evidence, in terms of apologetic material of all the founding documents, etc., then you're not doing the bare minimum this obvious truth cries out for.
Search up J. Warner Wallace here on youtube and watch some of him to learn what made him turn from atheism and his +20 years being a cop.
***** sorry i don't believe in fairy tails. there is no evidence whatsoever.
PoPeYeBIGBOSS You say that, but at the same time you haven't looked at the "supposed evidence", right? Let's be serious.
***** Actually i looked into everything, i put a lot of thought into it and came to the conclusion that none of it makes sense. there is no evidence at all, there is just a 2000 year old book filled with lies and questionable sayings. you can't say christianity isn't a religion its the truth, how do you think that? you and everybody else in this world have no proof, just a book.
PoPeYeBIGBOSS No, no. We have a whole lot more than a "book". We got the word of God which the Bible is.
But as for evidences, we got many, like I've mentioned before.
We got attestation to Jesus by not only His disciples, but also the disciples of His disciples, if you can believe that.
The apostle John had disciples of his own, as did Paul. We've got ancient documents of Papias of Hierapolis (disciples of John) and of others.
You see, it is not as though that we merely have the 6000+ ancient Greek manuscripts,
10000+ Latin, more thousands in Syriac and Coptic, etc..,
we're also got nonbiblical sources attesting to the eyewitnesses that wrote the Gospels as well as the letters, that make up the New Testament.
You've got to be open to all these pieces of evidence.
I recommend to you J. Warner Wallace.
He explains the evidence very well.
Search him up here on youtube!
God bless
Cringed as soon as he said that our assumption of existence is evidence of god.
A disappointment from a man whom I've come to expect an actual argument from.
If I can think of the word "think" that doesn't mean that god exists just because the bible says that god allows me to think.
If a book said "Rocks make you think"
does that mean that if I think its proof that that book is true?
Honestly what the hell guys.
The Bible is historical text, Jesus was a real person. You can not disprove that.
Intergalactic Lord of Sauce HAHAHAHAHAHAHA "HISTORICAL"
The Bible says that a global flood engulfed the world, 15 cubits taller than mount everest, in roughly 2000 BC. It even dares to suggest the dimensions of an ark that could hold every animal in the world, and that some random guy (with no experience might I add) could create it without any help whatsoever, and the progeny of this one man and the animals he took with him could magically enter every nook anc cranny of the world (even the US and Australia, despite being seperate land masses).
Not to mention the Bible has been changed throughout history significantly, and some of it's authors (like Paul) aren't even reliable.
Don't lie to us, the Bible has no evidence for its validity.
everett zarnick the Bible proves that God exists because it is his word and all the prophecies are coming true even as we speak!! stop being stupid and stubborn and ask God yourself to reveal himself to you
dsr 478 and it did and there is evidence of the art and everything you just have not been searching
I pray for you. GOD bless you
As soon as I started looking for answers and questioning existence itself I was attracted to the account of Lot and Sodom and Gomorrah. I went to learn more and came across a video of the ruins right near the Dead Sea. Then to see the pure sulfur balls buried in the rock and ash. Still preserved after thousands of years. That really woke me up and corrected the wrong things I said prior about the Bible and that I would believe in Jesus if he came down in front of me. The irony of that statement. God put me in my place that day and I am forever grateful.
Romans 14:11
“‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord,
‘every knee will bow before me;
every tongue will acknowledge God.’”
My goodness. I think we may be doomed as a species because of this type of thinking - or lack thereof.
Amen
You Christians need to admit that your beliefs are purely based on faith. This guy's answer was completely pathetic.
+Pirate Kitty Of course its based purely on faith (but its also a relationship, based on faith), everyone believes something, atheist also have faith, and a belief that God does not exist. However, if you look at the complexity of nature and the human mind, it obvious this was created by a greater being, are beyond us it take far far more faith to look at all creation and believe it came from nothing, dont you agree ?
+balshgracie Atheists do not say that a God does not exist. Atheists say there is insufficient evidence to prove that any god that humans worship exists.
Yahweh must be far more complex than anything in our universe. And yet you are claiming that he does not have a creator. Evidence, I need evidence.
+Pirate Kitty Hey, how are you doing? First off, our beliefs are not purely based on faith. There are many scholars and resources that show us God's existence. We do have faith but most faith is backed up by personal experiences, science or prophecy. But all honestly, if you're focused on just evidence, it is going to be hard for you to understand where we come from or what we believe.
+Pirate Kitty its not all based on faith. the faith we have isn't faith that he is real because we know he is real. the faith we have is in his promises. if you want to know the science behind Christianity then email me at jplumbridge1999@gmail.com and i will tell you and show you it.
So question, you know science has pretty much proven that there is a God... Right?
Thats a great question, a lot of times people make assertions without evidence and I find it doesnt lead to good discussions. I was a Christian trying to start an apologetics ministry to defend the faith with logic and reasoning, and demonstrate that God is real to nonbelievers. What I discovered was the Documentary Hypothesis, (an explanation of the contradictions in the Old Testament and its origins) a Polytheistic Canaanite nation(Israel) and no evidence of slavery in Egypt whatsoever.
@JendayiFaith-Here's a question is it possible for God to forgive people without a need for a sacrifice?
So to sum up... he doesn't have a good reason to believe in christianity.
Yoctopory exactly
it never ceases to amaze me that otherwise intelligent thinking people spew out this hogwash
+Steve Fowler As opposed to believing there is no God? I'm assuming you are an evolutionist. Let's briefly review your extremely logical and scientific theory. “18 or 20 billion years ago, there was a big bang where nothing exploded and made everything.” (Prentice Hall, General Science, 1992, p.61). Then, "4.6 billion years ago the earth cooled down and it was a hot ball of rock. Earth began as a hot ball of rock.” (Glencoe, Biology, 1995, p.398). And then, "millions of years of torrential rains created great oceans,” and “swirling in the waters of the oceans is a bubbling broth of complex chemicals. ...progress from a complex chemical soup to a living organism is very slow.”(Holt, Earth Sceince, 1994, p. 281-282). Take a long, hard look at what you have just read and tell me it isn't "hogwash". You expect me to believe I came from a rock, yet when I say we were created by God you say I'm a fool? "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God." (Psalm 14:1).
simpleman951 the big bang has nothing to do with evolution
The event regarding Jacob is not a mystery... nor does it discredit the bible in anyway. Jacob, through obedience to the Lord, demonstrated his faith by placing the rods of many colors in front of the livestock. In turn for his faithfulness, God rewarded him with speckled and spotted cattle. Now of course you cannot demonstrate this miracle anymore then you can demonstrate evolution... But it takes far more faith to believe that it rained on the rocks for millions of years and a "simple cell" (a specimen far more complicated then the NASA space shuttle), could have come to life through naturalistic causes... It just aint gonna happen.
The miracle is immediately attributed to God because an animal will not produce variations in its offspring from impressions made on its imagination. Jacob used the rods in obedience to a special divine direction, without knowing any thing of their natural virtue (whether they helped scientifically or not). Be that as it may, your arguments do not discredit the bible, and they do not help your hopelessly flawed theory of evolution.
Friend, I have nothing to prove to you, and I assumed you believed in evolution because the only alternative is that there is a God... Judging from our dialague, it's obvious you do not believe the latter. I have complete faith in God's word and the promise made by Him to preserve it perfectly. In spite of the evidence screaming there must be a God... If I am wrong, I stand to lose nothing. But if you are wrong you stand to lose your soul. You better make sure you know exactly what you believe.
Something he left out here which is highly significant is prophecy. God authenticates His message by telling us the end from the beginning (Is 46:10), and Peter says "We have also a more sure word of prophecy" (2 Pet 1:19). If we look at the world around us, the chaos in the middle east and see prophetic texts coming to past, we can be assured that God's Word is indeed true.
@Griffin9857 What pressure? What sub atomic particles? What stars? Where did they come from? Either they came from somewhere or have always existed, which one?
Great answer
id love to know what history books youve been reading
The bible
@@briandefrees3368 do you know what the bible is?
@@briandefrees3368 the gospels are a collection of historical documents. History books
@@briandefrees3368 you are very ignorant, do some research into textual criticism, you probably believe Jesus didnt even exist
I Thessalonians 5:9 “For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,[10] Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.” Peace with you all who read this comment.
@niceitupp ::: What you are saying is important, for that is what makes the difference in the afterlife as well as here.
@thedaver500 It is so great that you were able to completely misunderstand everything that he was saying.
The truly amazing thing is that Abiogenesis is not as improbable as one might believe, given the size of the universe and sheer number of planets. Obviously estimating the number of earth like planets is far from easy, but astronomers estimate around 100 billion potentially habitable planets in the universe. Now let's say that the odds of developing life on one of these habitable planets is 1 in 1000000000, going off that we would still have 100 instances of the event happening.
please share with me some of this crushing scientific evidence
Part III: In regard to his 3rd response - although I can see and completely appreciate his sincerity in his response...again...it's assuming the viewer is a believer and/or will be persuaded by his persuasion as a believer. He really didn't provide anything concrete.In fact, from a non-believer standpoint, he really provided nothing compelling to persuade an individual to the faith.
@RageAndQuit You are really speaking from ignorance, man. He's not talking about just what the Bible says, but what we even know from history, archaeology, the incredibly fast spreading of Christianity in light of intense persecution, martyrdom (of eyewitnesses), the impossibility of legendary development in such a short span of time, etc. There's more. Please don't oversimplify like everyone else seems to.
@McCruelAddictTheBest LOL who says I don't believe in Flying Spaghetti Monster? Isn't he a Dr Suess classic? Or does he show up on Barney I forget which.
To Vector Silver: True Christians do not hate gay/lesbian people, or anyone else for that matter. To hate is a direct violation of the teachings of Jesus, thus the teachings of God, and is therefore sinful. A lot of people call themselves Christian, but are not a true representation of what it means to be a believer in Christ. Not only that, but you have to look past what many true Christians say because we are, after all, human. Make an independent study of Jesus and see He is authentic.
Yes sir!
Amen!
I agree with his last, personal reason for believing in Jesus, but it is an aesthetic judgement. The interesting question deeper would then be, what would be the rational foundations for that aesthetic judgement about Christ? (I don't have the answer to that, BTW, but someone cleverer than me should think about it).
wooowwww... this is just so amazing
@SukiCarton No. There is a documentary of Stephen Hawking somewhere on youtube that addresses the singularity at the start of the big bang, better for you to watch, it's too much for a 500 character post :)
I trust Hollywood for my religious teaching:
"I put no stock in religion. By the word religion I have seen the lunacy of fanatics of every denomination be called the will of God. Holiness is in right action and courage on behalf of those who cannot defend themselves, and goodness. What God desires is here [points to head] and here [points to heart] and what you decide to do every day, you will be a good man - or not."
~Kindgom of Heaven
question: What christianity do you mean. The christianity of the 1st century what the apostles and Jesus practiced or the christianity today called neo-christianity. Sir do you really know who Paul is do you know his background? Can you give an exegete of Paul's epistles, Can you explain Primitive christianity. Can you explain the methodologies of reading the bible?
Because God ( Jesus Christ ) said “ I am the Way the TRUTH and the Life “ ! And we are Christ’s ones, ( Christianity ) John
If Jesus is truth, how do we know what a universe without truth looks like?
He believes because he believes.
That’s his answer 🙄
Piper was not arguing that in order to have a moral standard, you must believe in God. He was saying, in order to have a moral standard AND not be entirely arbitrary, groundless, foundationless - you must presuppose the truth of Christian theism.
In fact, the explanation of the monotheistic gods origins made by qualified scholars made worlds more sense than any denomination I had been exposed to. They showed how the different dialects of Hebrew reflect the time period they were written, and how the political motivations of each writer were reflected in their text, making a smooth narrative when the other writers works were ignored. Here, this is a quick summary of why I'm not a Christian. A History of God /watch?v=MlnnWbkMlbg
Although never coming to belief in a personal God, he recognized the impossibility of a non-created universe. The Encyclopedia Britannica says of him: "Firmly denying atheism, Einstein expressed a belief in "Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the harmony of what exists." This actually motivated his interest in science, as he once remarked to a young physicist: "I want to know how God created this world, I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element.
@davidhudman the name is Wolfhart Pannenberg. He's a German theologian who centered much of his theology upon the resurrection. Although he was heavily influenced by Karl Barth, so as you would do with any other theologian, test everything in light of Scripture.