Scientific, archaeological, current events proof of bible!

[geoff]

The reason Christianity still thrives and grows today is because of this, Christ rose again. That is the most powerful message contained in the entire Bible. Christ died for us, was burried, but unlike EVERY other god, prophet, hero, character in every other religion, belief, practice, theory, HE DID NOT STAY DEAD! Christ died for me, for Qd, for babyj, for streethazard, for ALL. His death cleared your name in heaven, but He rose again that you might have life, and have it more abundantly. Jesus Christ is my God, and I love Him. To me He is as real as the air that I breath. To those who mock it, I don't care, Christ died for me when I was not worthy, and He rose again so that I might live and know Him. Life is available to all who wish to accept Him.

[RL...]

The reason Christianity still thrives and grows today is because of this, Christ rose again. That is the most powerful message contained in the entire Bible. Christ died for us, was burried, but unlike EVERY other god, prophet, hero, character in every other religion, belief, practice, theory, HE DID NOT STAY DEAD! Christ died for me, for Qd, for babyj, for streethazard, for ALL. His death cleared your name in heaven, but He rose again that you might have life, and have it more abundantly. Jesus Christ is my God, and I love Him. To me He is as real as the air that I breath. To those who mock it, I don't care, Christ died for me when I was not worthy, and He rose again so that I might live and know Him. Life is available to all who wish to accept Him.

Wrong, christianity is still around for the same reason that slavery existed in this country for so long, just on a much larger scale. Most people are scared to truly open their mind to new possibilities and ideologies, including racism and religion. That's why people have a tendancy to not change their ideologies once they've been conditioned to believe a certain thing, until society as a whole determines it's invalidity. Also, most people who are Christian are only so because they've been raised that way by their guardians in the household, and most people simply just go along with the notion that christianity is where their belief lies when they really never thought about any alternatives. How can you say hot dogs are better than burgers if you've never tried a burger?

Religions stop one from thinking outside of the box. It's inherent and fundamental logic is to "believe in this and every other belief is wrong." With that type of logic we can understand how religious peoples are so unwilling to even think outside of the box or try to learn about other possiblities..

Anyway, most people who are christian in this country may go to church, but they do not behave according to the guidelines set forth in the bible, or live religiously and for god, so that in my opinion does not make them christian. I can claim I am a good person all I want, but if I act contrary to that than I am not a good person regardless of what I say or preach.

[ghostrida3]

Wrong, christianity is still around for the same reason that slavery existed in this country for so long, just on a much larger scale. Most people are scared to truly open their mind to new possibilities and ideologies, including racism and religion. That's why people have a tendancy to not change their ideologies once they've been conditioned to believe a certain thing, until society as a whole determines it's invalidity. Also, most people who are Christian are only so because they've been raised that way by their guardians in the household, and most people simply just go along with the notion that christianity is where their belief lies when they really never thought about any alternatives. How can you say hot dogs are better than burgers if you've never tried a burger?

Religions stop one from thinking outside of the box. It's inherent and fundamental logic is to "believe in this and every other belief is wrong." With that type of logic we can understand how religious peoples are so unwilling to even think outside of the box or try to learn about other possiblities..

Anyway, most people who are christian in this country may go to church, but they do not behave according to the guidelines set forth in the bible, or live religiously and for god, so that in my opinion does not make them christian. I can claim I am a good person all I want, but if I act contrary to that than I am not a good person regardless of what I say or preach.

study history. Christianity has survived in spite of Christians being persecuted for thousands of years. The 1st Christians who walked w/ Jesus were threatened w/ death. if it was all some big hoax i think i would have admitted it and kept my life. whats there to be afraid of? The guy that said he was God just died so obviously God's not real right? Like i said they saw something b/c it wasnt like it is now where you can go open a mega church and be rich-- name one apostle that didnt die a horrible death for what he believed.. Would you die for something that you just made up to manipulate people?
slavery existed in this country b/c of fear? hahahaha. People werent afraid they were greedy...thats all slavery was about..Money...
My relationship w/ God doesnt stop me from thinking outside of the box. i challenge God w/ questions i have. thats why i have answers to the stuff your saying b/c some of the stuff i have asked God before.. God lead me to him in my pursuit to find the truth. i thought if God is real than he can answer my questions. why do all these different religions exist? which one is right? Just cause my parents are Christians doenst mean its right, maybe i was brought up w/ the wrong ideas. so i researched everything i could get my hands on and not just the bible but outside rescources i wanted to hear all sides of the arguments...My conclusion is that all religions except one teach pretty much the same thing but in different colorful ways. BE REALLY GOOD AND YOU WILL BE REWARDED WHEN YOU DIE, Hopefully..like there is a scale of good and bad and your good deads need to out wiegh the bad and you won't really know until you die. that sounded like crap. why would a God put you here and not tell you how to succeed. why would he say "just be really good and hope you make it"... The bible said something completely different(contrary to popular belief) the bible works like cobb county.... you kill someone and they catch you in cobb county you cant tell the judge: "hey i helped like 4 old ladies cross the road yesterday and i paid my taxes can i get off?"
the bible is the same way. you cant get off for doing the things you were supposed to be doing anyway. Jesus takes your debt on b/c God loved us even before we loved him. we all have sinned and are condemned, so if we believe in him and his death and resurection we will be raised too.
anyway what your are saying is almost like if you believe in Jesus than you must be stupid and gullible but i assure you i am not some dumb idiot that just took what was given to me. i looked at all aspects objectively and came to my conclusion. I challenge you to do the same. pray about it. if God doesnt exist then whats the worst that could happen you just waste like a minute of your time praying and your research will just help solidify what you already beleive. something like this is definately worth doing the research..