How can we trust a sky daddy?

Question

How do you decide to trust someone? Typically don't you hangout with them, listen to them, watch their actions and then decide for yourself whether or not you believe you can trust them? Why not do the same with Jesus? We shouldn't just listen to what others say about him or decide whether He's real or not based on something we've read. A lot of the reasoning I read on YA for not believing is based completely based on something other than Jesus himself. Like: 1. The thought of an all powerful sky daddy is hard to believe. 2. Pastors are crooks who take people's money to pay for their mansion and beamer. 3. A (so-called) Christian or member of a church abused or acted rudely toward me. 4. Christianity's only for the weak minded...etc.
None of that has anything to do with Jesus but yet so many of us are willing to base our decision off of reasoning like that. How about actually reading Jesus' words and seeing what He stood for and believed? Look into Jesus the man, don't look at a church, a pastor, even other Christians, just figure out if Jesus is trustworthy for yourself. Then if you decide to walk away from Him what could anyone say? I'd respect you more...not that that would really mean anything to you, but it's better than just repeating what everyone else keeps saying.

Answer 1

i agree the bible is just like any other story book out there written by a man. so the god in that bible is prob not the best example of a god anyways`

Answer 2

"1. The thought of an all powerful [Deity] is hard to believe."

Which doesn't necessarily mean it isn't true, and why God provided proof that He is real.



"2. Pastors are crooks who take people's money to pay for their mansion and Beamer."

The sketchiness of the follower (or alleged follower) doesn't mean the Deity isn't real, it just means the follower (or alleged follower) isn't the best representative of the Deity. This is why Judaism says that Jews should be beyond reproach, lest they cause the Deity to be maligned by non-believers.



"3. A (so-called) Christian or member of a church abused or acted rudely toward me."

See above.



"4. Christianity's only for the weak minded...etc."

That's a common claim made by those who like to throw around insults, but some non-Christians know some Christians are genuine and are genuinely convinced they believe the best of what Christianity teaches is good for mankind.

I personally believe Christianity is a false religion, just like Islam is, both being built upon the reputation of one man (Jesus for Christianity, Mohammad for Islam) and on the say so of one man (Paul for Christianity, Mohammad for Islam). Neither religion has more at base than the one man (respectively) at the core of each issue. Judaism, on the other hand, has the say so of millions of men, women, and children all reporting that they heard and saw the events at Sinai, and entire nation of witnesses.

Answer 3

With all respect I cant know what Jesus words were.



The Bible(N.T.) was written and compiled by individuals who had never met, heard or saw Jesus. The words you read are the end product of around 1,500 years of first word of mouth, then written by hand by a person who got their information from someone who heard about Jesus, then translated, finally printed on a press.



The first gospel was written around 60 years after Jesus death, with later ones around 150-200 years after the fact. Mathew Mark Luke and John, never met Jesus. The first attempt to compile accredited works was in 393 AD, with the council of Hippo.



Many books were deemed not acceptable, the Church had an agenda then.

It was a growing seat of power, the defenders and theologians then gained power and prestige.



Only the elite were allowed to read the Bible, it was felt that the ordinary person wasn't sufficiently educated to understand it.

Anyone who opposed the views of the Church were done away with.

It wasn't until around the 1500`s that ordinary people were allowed to read it. It was corrupted one more time by King James who employed several scholars to translate the Bible, for the general public.



In all there seems to be no way of knowing Jesus, his very existence is questionable. Granted the story is compelling and does offer good council for living, certainly not the life of a demigod. It stands to reason that a God/or His Son would write a clear description of His wants and would routinely drop by to see how things are going.



Faced with the facts, it is hard to believe that these gospels are fact or accurate





http://www.catholicapologetics.info/scripture/translations/kjversion.ht





http://www.biblicaltheology.com/Research/MartinezR01.html

http://stellarhousepublishing.com/gospel-dates.html

Answer 4

***None of that has anything to do with Jesus but yet so many of us are willing to base our decision off of reasoning like that.***



A base my decision on the fact that there is ZERO evidence that gods exist. I've read the words. They're parables and stories based on even older mythologies.





Sorry, no, proof is not subjective it's objective. Data, verifiable observations, conclusive facts... these serve as proof. Ancient mythology, fables, parables, superstition, feelings, and belief despite lack of evidence are not proof, regardless of what people choose to call it.

Answer 5

The fusion of hydrogen and helium contained in the solar. Oh come on, what a load of meaningless babble your question is. What do you want out of your 'contact' with earth (that, BTW, is like airborne dirt and dirt. if you're speaking about the planet git merits a capital letter) and heaven? I see the planet round me. I see what's being executed to it. i do not want to be 'in contact' with it to make sure that the moves of human beings (in many situations theists) is messing up the soundness of the planetary ecosystems. i do not want to be 'in contact' with it, yet I do want that human beings had a better valuable understanding of the Earth and their consequences upon it. in the intervening time it appears that evidently that the overall public of human beings that deny climate replace, are antagonistic to inhabitants enhance difficulty and antagonistic to sparkling power and attempting to stay interior of our limits are Christian. in the intervening time i'm getting my existence giving power from the nutrition I devour. that obliquely comes from the solar. I see the methods with information from which this occurs. religious power is bunk and is a foul replace for understanding of the universe and how we in superb condition into it.

Answer 6

Your concept of god is wrong.



“God is not a being or an entity. God is the great positive force, the collective positive force of all that is. To call god an entity and especially to personify god is to limit the concept.”



God is the universal consciousness. Everything is god. God is all there is. We are all part of god. All the universes combined are part of god.

Answer 7

we can't



we trust god by what he says and does



no christianity is not for the weak minded



god started christianity

Answer 8

HALLELUJAH. a real christian makes an atheist convert to a potent christian.