$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Eli', 'E')dit I didn't say all gods were man made.
that is up to you to decide.
I agree there is no way to prove anything. But even something like PO is hard to prove, there is an element of belief to everything in life.
I will say this though, I have examined the Quran I have read many Hadiths and looked at the life of Mohamed, how he lived and how he gained followers. I read the Sharia Law.
I have come to the firm conclusion that Mohamed was a man like any other he could be both cruel and kind, he said somethings that were wise and others that were just plain ignorant. He could be both greedy and generous. The words of the Koran are a step back for mankind. Justified killing in the name God, fighting other human beings to prove you are right, taxing people who do not believe as you do.
I don't hate Muslims but I do not like Islam, there is a lot of stuff that is just terrible about the religion and the Koran.
Christianity on the other hand would be great if people actually started doing what Jesus told them to do.
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We are so very screwed....
Re: We are so very screwed....
by Lighthouse » Fri 23 Nov 2007, 01:38:43
The problem with Christianity is the old testament. Which is a horrible collection of brutal short stories. The German author Marcus Starck said once in an interview if he needs inspiration for an disgusting brutal scene in his books, he reads the bible.
If I had recommend a religion - in case someone needs one - buddhism would be my choice. But then who is the god in buddhism, and can a religion without god be considered a religion?
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Re: We are so very screwed....
by Eli » Fri 23 Nov 2007, 01:38:51
Well there is your proof, not mine.( Roc)
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Now there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man, for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews, and many of the Gentiles. He was the Christ, and when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men among us, had condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him; for he appeared to them alive again the third day; as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him. And the tribe of Christians so named from him are not extinct at this day.
Jewish Antiquities 18.3.3
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Now there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man, for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews, and many of the Gentiles. He was the Christ, and when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men among us, had condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him; for he appeared to them alive again the third day; as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him. And the tribe of Christians so named from him are not extinct at this day.
Jewish Antiquities 18.3.3
Now we can argue about whether or not Josephus wrote this but it would be a waist of time.
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Re: We are so very screwed....
by Eli » Fri 23 Nov 2007, 01:41:53
LIghthouse I hear you about the Old Testament their is a lot of stuff in their that I don't like.
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Re: We are so very screwed....
by roccman » Fri 23 Nov 2007, 01:47:39
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Eli', 'W')ell there is your proof, not mine.( Roc)
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Now there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man, for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews, and many of the Gentiles. He was the Christ, and when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men among us, had condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him; for he appeared to them alive again the third day; as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him. And the tribe of Christians so named from him are not extinct at this day.
Jewish Antiquities 18.3.3
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Now there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man, for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews, and many of the Gentiles. He was the Christ, and when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men among us, had condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him; for he appeared to them alive again the third day; as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him. And the tribe of Christians so named from him are not extinct at this day.
Jewish Antiquities 18.3.3
Now we can argue about whether or not Josephus wrote this but it would be a waist of time.
One guy writes one paragraph and the worlds most influencial religion is born.
Are you serious Eli?
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