We have to live with this reality, but the best thing is to find happiness as best we can, always being grateful to God in every moment and striving to grow as individuals.
@mazedona Absolutely and the most important thing we could do for ourselves in this life, is prepare for eternity, so we will have the best in the afterlife, as well. If we do not prepare, we will not like the results because the Bible says there's no Second Chances. Once we cross over, there's no turning back. So we want to get this right.
Very beautiful post. Yes, we live in the world of sin. But Jesus has already conquered sin. All we have to do is trust in him and his everlasting eternal Love for us and what he sacrificed for us. Glories to The Highest
Jesus died 2,000 years ago, long before anyone alive today HAD any sins. He died because He dared to get between an oppressive ruling class that used religion to gain power and control and another oppressive ruling class that used religion to gain power and control. He showed the world there could be another way- and then a member of the first group came along and shoved the entire faith under the thumb of the second, all without having ever MET Him. Your attribution of sin to the innocent suggests you fell for it; your focusing on Jesus' death, rather than His message, proves it.
Your slander of Satan, however, takes the cake. Take a look at your Bible (if you don't have one, here's a free one: https://bible.usccb.org/bible). Within the Bible, Satan shows up only three times. Kindly tell me in which appearance he does ANYTHING suggesting that he's Ahriman, with whom you seem to be conflating him.
@Rabscuttle I wish if I could give you a few points to your false facts but Sorry Mate.
please consult a map first; India and Israel are not separated by one
You should know that you are talking to a person who has navigated the world world via ocean route. So your lies are apparant.
You do not have any clue of what you are talking about. It was a well established trade route. Thomas came to India but before Thomas jews used to go to India and settled there as their own country in a city called "Kochi".
And as to your last point, I will give you two Bible verses: "The LORD God gave the man this order: You are free to eat from any of the trees of the garden except the tree of knowledge of good and evil. From that tree you shall not eat; when you eat from it you shall die."
Dying refers to eternal damnation. Angels never die. In this sinful world, everyone dies. God made man in his image not to die were he willing to abide by The Truth.
how Islam, which blatantly contradicts Christianity in many places, managed to spread nearly as far, and even more thoroughly, without being true- or without supplanting Christianity
Islam had violent Base in the first place. Islamic Mohammed killed many people to aquire throne. But there, if you study Quran, they also are waiting for "Isa" means "Jesus Christ" to come. War of crusades was between The kingdom of Europe vs Kingdom of Arabia. Byzantine war was because of The trade route to east was blocked by Muslims. As they were going to Far East to China, from there, these were selling cheap goods at a higher price. This was how at culmination, Italy, Portugal, Spain got ready to find an alternate way to East. The fight was of the "Route to East"
Stop giving it Spiritual color.
Nothing like historical revisionism, eh? It ain't gonna work. How many of Jesus' apostles wrote gospels? Well, potentially ALL of them, I suppose, but none made it in to the Bible; all of them were written decades after the fact by people who never met the guy, and were simply assembling gathered stories of the origin of this odd little apocalypse cult that become far more. Please take a look at the Gospels (https://bible.usccb.org/bible, if you need an online copy) and inform me of ANYWHERE that a description of Jesus is given. For that matter, take a look at the books of prophecy and tell me where anyone said ANYTHING about the upcoming messiah that applies to Jesus and not Hong Xiuquan. The "Fact" that is pointed to- not proven, but suggested- is that no one who knew who
The whole Biblical truth is long standing. A million people like you and Me come and go. But history remains same. The History is that The Emperor write about Jesus Christ. The history is that more than 500 people were witnesses. The history is the Crucification of Jesus Christ for the sin of others. The History is how all the apostles chose to die and be a martyr for the sake of TRUTH.
But I do not expect much from a guy sitting on his laptop typing enough to prove history wrong.
Not impressed one bit, not at all. Nope.
The More you explore him, the more you know him. Come to him and he will give you each and every detail. Thomas was persecuted badly. He was speared by a king. Peter was persecuted, crucified upside down, For what? For the Truth.
For this Truth, to preserve this Truth, shall we live. You will not get anything by accusing anyone. When the time is right, you will accept Him.
It is a great start by you to read this post. You read it for a reason and you answered it for a reason. You are seeking Truth and Truth shall find you. In 2016, I was same as you, but not anymore
