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Flax_vert@feddit.uk 7 months agoThat works for you as well! However, there is a God. Jesus is real. He really did die and rise from the dead again while claiming to be God. The arguments against the Bible usually boil down to arguments from silence, removing context, presuppositions and bad interpretation.
tygerprints@kbin.social 6 months ago
I happen to know there is no god, or Jesus and there never was. I'm in fact the one person who DOES know that for sure.
But like I said, to each his own. If it works for you, then it works for you.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 6 months ago
You don’t think Jesus ever existed? That’s a bit of a stretch. Most historians agree Jesus existed. The most reliable and consistent historical account to who He is is contained in Christianity. Basically, some bloke existed, claimed to be God, did a bunch of miracles and ultimately rose from the dead to prove it. And He was also prophecised like around a millenia before He was born. And we have a surviving prophecy from 100 years before He did. That’s the summary of why I believe in God, specifically Jesus.
tygerprints@kbin.social 6 months ago
I know he didn't exist, for a fact. And I'm very glad of it. A human world doesn't need gods or demons. It needs humanity and people being able to show up for each other. That's all.
As a concept, Jesus wasn't about doing miracles. It was all about being able to lift each other up. And no one should need to believe in fictional works to do that. Relying on such beliefs is why things never get better. Forget about concepts of god - and focus on human beings. In people I trust -- not in "gods."
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 6 months ago
Trust in people? And what do people do? Have you seen what we are doing in Ukraine and Gaza? Have you seen what atrocities we have committed in the past? You don’t need to know God to know morality, as we know the difference between right and wrong due to Eden, yet we willingly do wrong. For our own selfish gain. Humans are inherently selfish and flawed. The reason why we need a saviour makes perfect sense.