Comment on Is there any real physical proof that Jesus christ ever existed?
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 week agoThere’s quite a bit of contrast between Christianity and Islam in terms of how scripture is presented, as Islam teaches that the Qur’an is literally the words of God. As for Judaism, it’s unfulfilled, and if the New Testament about Jesus is actually true to what happened, then the Jewish prophecies clearly point to Him. Other than that it’s a very elaborate scam made by well educated people which doesn’t really give them any benefit.
Baahb@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Comfort and well-being, or so they believe… for some reason. Personally I like knowing I only get one shot
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 week ago
They were all executed horribly
Baahb@lemmy.world 1 week ago
My parents weren’t executed horribly, what are you talking about about? I’m still talking about contemporary Christian belief. Thesis: You can consider yourself Christian without belief in Jesus as a historical figure. Many Christians are happy to understand Jesus as metaphors and an ideal. Like if you took the actually good Superman stories and removed all the context, you could idealize the individual to the point of worship without believing he’s real.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 week ago
The whole point of Christianity isn’t just to “do good”. The foundation is that we aren’t good enough by nature and are flawed by our own fault, but by trusting in and following God, we can be forgiven. Because Jesus literally existed and was executed for our sins.