The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom

I touched on this in another post, but will re-state it for emphasis....

Muslims believe Jesus was a prophet, and that is all.

Jesus claimed he was God. He preached for three years he was God. He behaved like he was God. Not a prophet of God.

So either Jesus is right, or he is wrong. If he was right, and is God, then saying he is just a prophet is blasphemy and incorrect. If he was not God, and was just a prophet, then he was a terrible prophet and should not be elevated to the level of a prophet for another religion because he was coo-coo for cocopuffs.

So is faith in David Koresh or jim Jones on the same level as a muslim's faith in Mohammed, misdirected and incorrect? As a person who believes Jesus was divine, my answer is 100% yes.

And there is nothing contradictory about the Bible like we find about the Islamic teaching about Jesus. So you are comparing apples to grapes.
So it’s just the typical “my religion is the only true one rhetoric”.
Also I’d say there is quite a bit contradictory about the Bible, and plenty of ridiculous stuff that when brought up, is just excused away or is said to be not taken literally.
 
Evolution is the theory of how plants and animals have evolved and continue to evolve over the eons, billions of years. There is lots of scientific evidence of evolution, however there isn’t any scientific evidence linking non humans to humans.
Check out the Smithsonian webpage on the matter: https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence

They cite 6,000 "early human" fossils from the past 6 million years and show a genealogical family tree of early human human evolution. Super interesting stuff!!
 
John answered them all, saying, “I am baptizing you with water, but one mightier than I is coming. I am not worthy to loosen the thongs of his sandals. He will baptize you with the holy Spirit and fire.
Luke 3:16
 
We are to share the gospel, but, when it becomes apparent that the gospel is not welcome, we are to move on. We are responsible to share the good news; we are not responsible for people’s response to the good news. Pigs don’t appreciate pearls, and some people don’t appreciate what Christ has done for them. Our job is not to force conversions or cram the gospel down people’s throats; there’s no sense in preaching the value of pearls to swine. Jesus’ instruction to His apostles on how to handle rejection was to simply go elsewhere. There are other people who need to hear the gospel, and they are ready to hear it.

I was wondering when it would come to this.

It’s interesting that you quote Jesus’ “pearls before swine” as a reason to avoid people who challenge your beliefs. That’s basically a lazy way of avoiding any opposing evidence, labeling skeptics as “swine” or “dogs” so their points can be ignored without having to address them. The trouble is, almost every religion has a version of this logic. Muslims, for example, can just as easily quote the Quran to say non-Muslims reject the truth, so there’s no point in continued discussion. It’s a standard religious way to insulate faith from scrutiny, but it’s not a convincing way to show that your version of the truth is actually true.

So if I question your claims, I’m a pig trampling pearls. Fair enough. But from my side, it looks like you’re the one digging around in the mud, pulling up subjective pearls only you can see. I guess we both think the other is in the pen.
 
To a non believer, yes it would.

People who don’t know Christ are looking for a certainty before they place their faith in him. That’s not the way it works. The commitment has to be made first. Then comes the certainty.


That goes for eating a delicious steak to certifying your eternal existence. You first recognize God. Then you chose to pursue him or set back and wait on him. Ones a sure road to eternity in heaven and ones a sure road to never developing a relationship with him.

Free will. It has its perks and it has its responsibilities. The choice is each of ours to make. That’s the way God intended it.

Faith before proof works great for someone who already believes their faith is true, but for someone outside of it, it’s basically a request to suspend all skepticism until after the buy in.

Your steak analogy needs to be tweaked. Non believers have actually seen steak, smelled it, and watched other people eat it. With God, you’re asking them to accept the plate while it’s still under a cover, trust that it’s steak and only taste it after they’ve signed a forever dining contract.

Free will has been discussed at length in numerous other posts .
 
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