"I would be happy to answer any questions"....AHAHAHAHAHA.

Apparently you are not as educated about christianity as you think you might be, because if you were, you would know the truth of Jesus' words and would never choose to not believe them. Opinions don't matter in the end anyway, it's what is fact, and the existance of God, The Holy Spirit, and Jesus is a fact. Your opinion will never change that. And it's not that I feel sorry for you like ohh, poor you, I feel sorry because of the lack of a personal relationship with the only perfect one, that DIED with nails in his hands and feet, hanging from a cross, for you.

Can you elaborate? I guess I might be missing the humor in all this. Or is that just your own way of dealing with something you don't understand? Ya, I can see how it would be easier to just laugh than to try and understand something that might be foreign or unbelievable to you. But I'm still here for any questions you might have. And I will pray for you.

But I don't believe that happened, it's hard for me to believe in something that I've never seen or personally experienced, and if that makes me close minded, then so be it. why would someone who died for us put us through this? put us through war, put everyone overseas through what they're going through? put children through abuse, let children starve to death in africa, why would he want something so awful to happen to people that he supposidly loves and wants to spend eternity with?

my thoughts exactly...
thanks terra

What made you decide to believe in Jesus?

So because you've never seen gravity does that mean that you doubt that if you were to jump off a bridge you wouldn't fall? I mean come on. You've never seen outer space, so it doesn't exist? All the pictures you've seen could be made up.

um actualy astrounauts have gone to space and seen it
so yeah... people have been there

and we know gravity exists because its been proven

but jesus? yeah he was a real guy
not some magical wizard though

I'm just wondering who the hell you think you are. Someone who is going to enlighten us, show us a better way. Get bent.

I have tried to show a few verses in the bible to show you things that Jesus has said, and yes he was a miracle worker, not a magical wizard. But if you guys wanna be closed minded about it then you can, but you will have to answer to God when you die. And I don't think I'm anybody more special than you, because in God's eyes we're all the same, I was just trying to witness to you, as God has called His people to do.

verses from a book that we dont know who wrote
about things that are not proven facts
do not give me any reason to believe in this wizard and this fake almighty power that doesnt exist

and how are you to tell me i will have to answer to him when i die? have you died and seen this god? no...so you dont know he is there or not

im not being close minded im being realistic

thanks

Actually I was raised in a christian home, and have been going to church since I was born, so I've always believed.

Actually the books in the bible were written by Jesus' followers. And yes they have found enscriptions on the walls in Jerusalem and surrounding areas of things that are in the bible. I'm not trying to get you to believe in a fake wizard, I'm trying to get you to believe in Jesus. And no I haven't died and seen Jesus, but again it's in the bible that we will have to answer to him, Jesus said it himself, all of the things that Jesus said Himself are printed in red ink in the bible.

Matthew 7:21-23 "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'

oh yeah there was this guy one time that claimed he was jesus chrits and that he died and came back and we should all believe him that he is jesus

wwhaddya think about that?

John 14:1-7 (NIV)

"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going."

Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?"

Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him."

Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 2:9, "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him." Even when Paul, himself, was shown heaven, he wrote that he heard "inexpressible things, things that man is not permitted to tell." (2 Corinthians 12)

Look people.

Those of us who have CHOSEN not to believe because of reasons that seem to use to be perfectly clear and logical.. We non-believers are really sick and f*ing tired of being preached to. Shut. Up.

We don't care. We're not "blind to the love of Jesus". Most of us were RAISED Christian, so we know as much about the religion as you do.

We are NOT bad people. We are no more likely to commit murder than you are. We are no more likely to steal.

We ARE more likely to allow someone the freedom to believe whatever they want. We refuse to look down upon or feel "sorry" for people who don't believe what we do (or don't) believe.

We refuse to force our beliefs on someone because we "believe it is for the better" and that they will be "better off knowing Jesus' love". If you want to believe, then do it. Just don't force it upon me. If you want to share your religion, I'd love to talk about it. But I want to talk WITH you about it, I do NOT want to be preached at.

We're sick of seeing you on street corners, messing with traffic, and yelling on our college campuses. Do you see Jewish or Buddhist or Muslim people doing that? No you don't, that's because those people have MANNERS. They don't shove pamphlets in people's faces as they walk down the street, and they don't block people from entering porn shops or women's clinics for pap smears and birth control. Christians do.

I'm not anti-Christian. I'm not anit-Jesus. As I've said many times, I think Jesus was perhaps an amazing man; and at least the stories written about a man named Jesus have much to teach us.

But I do not have to BELIEVE to understand his words. I do not have to prostrate myself in fear to an angry God to understand gentleness and kindness. I, a non-believer, can comprehend the words in the Bible just as well as a devout follower can.

It is not cool. It is not benevolent. It is not, in my opinion, Christian. To constantly throw your superiority, opinions, and "grace" around is annoying, infuriating, and quite honesty makes me not respect you at all. It does not make me want to be Christian at all.

You have a really sad idea about christians. I'm not and never will be one of the people that stand outside or block traffic or go outside of a dr.s office. I actually don't think those people are christians. I'm not forcing anything on you or preaching, I was simply quoting scriptures that pertained to the questions I was being asked. And christianity is not a religion like buddhist or muslim, it's a relationship.

That's very arrogant of you. Just like a Christian. You think Jews don't have a relationship with G-d? You don't think Muslims have a relationship with Allah? Or have you forgotten that all three of those religions all believe in the same God? Did you know that Jesus and his life story is mentioned in the Koran, almost word-for-word as it is in the Bible? Your religions aren't as different as you think.

You quoting scriptures IS PREACHING at me. I don't quote verses of the Dhammapada at you now do I? No. I have rarely, if EVER, brought my religion into the abortion debate arena. That's because I know my spiritual beliefs have NOTHING to do with a scientific debate.

There is nothing scientific about this, and yes I'm sure the koran is ALMOST word for word to the bible, there's your key word, ALMOST. Anyway, I think I'm done with this debate, I'll just have to pray for you and let God do the rest. Anyone that is curious about how to try and draw closer to the Lord, and doesn't just want to argue about it and try to prove it wrong, i will be more than willing to share some light with you.

Really? There's absolutely nothing scientific about biology? No wonder you're pro-life... you don't know what science is.

I'm sure God is a lot more friendly towards me. I don't force people to believe things. I also don't patronize them for not believing the same thing I believe in. I don't say "You're going to Hell because you don't believe in evolution!" Rather preposterous sounding isn't it?