418 people bested this!4 people are curious. |
Do you think this is the best? 
|
Jesus (7–2 BC/BCE to 26–36 AD/CE), also known as Jesus of Nazareth, was a 1st century Jewish leader who is the central figure of Christianity, and is also an important figure in several other religions. He is also called Jesus Christ, where "Christ" is a title derived from the Greek Χριστός (Christós), meaning the "Anointed One," which corresponds to the Hebrew-derived "Messiah". The name "Jesus" is an Anglicization of the Greek Ίησους (Iēsous), itself a Hellenization of the Hebrew יהושע (Yehoshua) or Hebrew-Aramaic ישוע (Yeshua), meaning "YHWH rescues".
Members that think Jesus is the best!
Comments
Who do you think you are . . . . :D
That’s perfectly fine Nick_raccoon!! Have Faith! First off, Jesus is with all of us, yes, all of us!! He does what he can for us because that’s just what he does. In order to know that he is with you, or to know that blessed feeling of having Jesus in you heart is very simple. . . Let him in. That’s it. Until you give him full access to your heart he can’t perform the work that he is capable of!! The work that he was sent here for!! Give him your troubles, concerns, worries. He loves you, all you have to do is love him back!
You asked!! :):):):):):):):):):):):):)
And of course let’s not forget… he’s just so totally IN right now.
Gbman: I understand from the way you speak that you have faith, you believe. That is not really part of my reasoning, though. I tend to believe in ideals, good values..that is as far as I can get ;) Is this Jesus perhaps?
I respect your attitude, it is beautiful to hear someone so convinced and full of faith. :) Nick
Absolutely Nick_raccoon, belief in good ideals and values is how we should all live, that’s what Jesus teaches and all other religions as well. You sound like a very decent person. Your ideals and values have served you well. :)
Well, he’s obviously not part of the harmful majority we were talking about. His attitude fits that of a Quaker, a group I have a tremendous amount of respect for.
Yes, I understand. It’s just that religions sometimes really mess up everything. Ideals are fine, but rules and dogmas are not… at least it is what I think. But thanks for explaining!
most people claim to be openminded but arn’t if it come to religion. how sad
Once again Boomstam, I reference to the Muslim that you harassed a while back.
ever heard of the danish cartoon situation….vano?
I did.
Danish cartoon? Would you please explain as I don’t get it! :)
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=12146&offer=&hidebodyad=true
Okay… go on…
cool, that must be in you opinion also be harresment against muslims then. hey you know what? lets keep our mounth shut about everything just to please other human souls? :S
come one dude grow up, i say whatever i like to say about idea’s, ideology’s and believings. But i try never to attack a other person FOR those believings, idea’s and ideology’s. Also because those people might have it right, and i might have it wrong
Now that openmindness….
bytheway the person in question wasn’t a muslim but a fellow christian.
Yes now I remember the fact…
Boomstam, the queen might give you a knighthood now!
What would he do…. WHAT WOULD HE DO?!
Haha I so agree with you
He rocks. I love him with all my heart. <3
Jesus Never Fails
He just calmed me today :) Even though what I actually did was simply holding the Bible to my heart…
How's that being openminded, Boomstam? that's just called consideration, not being openminded.
i dont think you understand
I think I do.
Jesus is the first Hippie. Jesus Christ is the reason there is a San Francisco, Summer of Love and Woodstock.
"Love one another is what he is quoted as saying 2,000 years ago. Its still good advice.
Jesus is a lot like Marijuana, He is so helpful but so dispised.
What’s with all the Jesus hate? Logically speaking, I think it takes more blind faith not to believe than it does to believe. Most people who don’t believe are probably those who never bothered to research it, but base their views off of the stigmas of Christianity.
What a load of rubbish
^ Care to explain? I’m not unwilling to be convinced if one has a sound argument. All my life I had a more Deist/Agnostic approach, and it wasn’t until recently that I found it hard to deny the history of Christianity and assume that a bunch of people went to great pains to embelish the truth. To me, that seems more made up and to be grasping at straws when faced with the evidence.
Faith-wise, I’m not fully there, because I have no personal evidence to believe in Jesus. If anyone wants to challenge why I shouldn’t believe in the history of the New Testament, be my guest.
I have problems with all religion. Not that i have any alternative answers mind you.
I think there is a inherient problem with religion as it was made up by people. No proof required!?
All religions are fundamentally the same so even if there was a true religion it would appear that humans have managed to make it into a game of chinese whispers and have completely changed it over and over. Who knows which one is right without evidence in concreate.
I think the main issue i have is that God created man and then gave us freewill without the noodles to know how to use it properly and then when we buggered everything up he was too selfish to help put it all right - he wants us to waste time talking to him and thanking him - how self indulgunt is that.
My biggest issue is Hell - Surely if we do things that are bad we go to hell and then surely the Devil would reward us not punish us for choosing him.
The truth whether you choose to believe it or not is that religion is just a way of controling the masses - an early law.
Okay, then your issue is with religion and not whether the New Testament is accurate and there is truth in what it says.
I agree. Religion is garbage. I will never go to church and all that, I prefer to learn it my own way on a more personal level. I find the God of the Bible to be very consistent, too, whether I understand him fully or not. He’s always one-half love, one-half justice. My only problem is with the more fable-like stories in the begining of the Old Testament. I’m not sure if I can blindly believe those, and I’m not sure if I should. The historical stuff, however, is hard to deny, imho.
Dont get me wrong - I think that the world did need religion ... once
I think that the stories were written as deep metephors not historical accounts - there are no bits that are proveable accounts of history at all!!!!!
Once again I feel there is a danger in reading such things in that you will draw on bits that match what you want to hear - a bit like reading your star sign in the national paper.
what is bits?
Parts – chapters – extracts – whatever
well in that case, offcourse there are parts in the bible that are proven, not all parts. some parts are proven to be not true and other parts people dont know about.
Its correct when you say it can be dangerous reading stuff like the bible. But that all depends on influence from the enviroment, and offcourse powers like parens, rulers and teachers.
Anyways, people forgot about the time were things are written, and how it translate it into this time. Dont think the bible gives us scientific answers like evolution. But still the first chapter of the bible still is one of the most important ones.
As for Jesus, it was He who said: I dont come to bring peace but I will bring people of the earth the sword. I'm courious if people understand what He ment here ?
^ Reading the passage (Matthew 10:34) he seems to be saying that his appearance will not bring peace on earth, but is ultimately going to turn people against one another – those who believe against those who don’t. It seems like sort of a prediction, that he’s warning that he isn’t there to bring peace on earth.
I understand objecting to the New Testament being actual history (because I once did too) but it’s not metaphor, it is written as a history to detail Jesus’ teachings and his resurrection. It’s supposed to be taken literally. The words of Jesus, though, might be more difficult to figure out and interpret, but the events are presented as black and white historical fact.
There are documents outside the Bible that make claims to Jesus’ miracles (thinking they’re witchcraft) and the disappearance of his body (trying to prove that it was stolen, not that it never disappeared!). Also, in Romans and such, Paul is basically writing a letter to people to tell them that they saw Jesus walking around after his death, and they can’t deny it. He couldn’t (and would have no reason to) do this if they hadn’t in fact seen what he says. People would simply think he’s nuts!
you are not fun to have a conversation with, we share to much in our opinions :P
Yeah, it’s a shame no one who doesn’t really believe isn’t willing to discuss it rationally.
I’m curious about something in regards to other religions. Is Christianity the only religion based on historicity? Besides Judaism, that is. Like, correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t Islam just from some guy who wrote down a bunch of stuff? Did he have any proof whatsoever that this information was valid? Because it seems to me that Islam can’t be any more trusted than Mormonism or, hell, even Scientology (both farces).
People are saying that there are a lot of religions, but is the Old Testament/New Testament the only one based on historical facts and not prophecies, etc?
Oh, and for Saddam (and anyone else who doesn’t believe because they don’t consider Christianity more valid than any other religion) my suggestion would be to pray with an open heart for the truth. That might sound silly (especially if you’re very non-religious!) but do it as an experiment. But if you do so while truely seeking for the truth, if there IS a God who willingly communicates with people, then you will get some sort of answer to that prayer. It doesn’t have to be a booming voice or anything, but something that will open itself up to allow you to explore the subject more and discover the truth.
I think that would be good advice for anyone, even atheists. You have nothing to lose really. Who doesn’t want to know the “meaning of life” so to speak, so it shouldn’t be difficult to say, “If there is a higher being, I want to talk to you and know the truth” and mean it, right? You don’t have to confirm anything in your own beliefs, as long as you seek with an open heart. If the answer never comes, then you can just keep going on as you have been, and it will be no skin from your nose.
Just a suggestion.
Ive done that loads of time – and this time i will ask for me to be the euro lottery winner
^ Yes, you sound quite sincere. * rolls eyes *
jesus rox. he should totally win the title for best friend. but they also said "best christian". Jesus was a Jew…......hmmmm. he still rox though!!
the one thing that really pisses me off is when christians of certain denominations believe all those that who do not believe in jesus and embrace christianity will certainly go to hell. i mean, do you seriously believe that?
what about mahatma gandhi? the dalai lama? what about GOOD people who just aren't christians?
religion is so complicated.
why can't it be that, when we die, our bodies just rot away? end of story. why must there a heaven and hell that our souls must go to? i must admit that my faith is wavering. i totally agree with Nick_raccon. i believe that you're doing the right thing as long as you lead a life filled with good values.
It pisses me off that all the people who arn't christian think they live a good life, they think their mistakes are nothing compared to their good thing. Why can't we just face it were making a totally mess on earth? Always blaming others for this mess. Blame bush blablablabbalaba, and never point the finger towards yourself.
Christian or no christian, we all are the one to blame for every bad thing here on earth. The only reason christians believe they will get in heaven is because they admit this. (if not they didnt understand a thing from the bible) Christians shouldnt do good things to earn a place in heaven. But they do good things because they get a place in heaven. For that reason doing the good isnt relevant with heaven. To bad non christian people misunderstand such things.
Human kind is to blame for most of what is crap on this planet - Simply because we have infested it, we occupy far too much of it - Worth noting at this point that all wars derive from land and religion and control.
If God wanted us to believe then he would offer something more concrete - something that cant be argued with or disputed - unchallengeable evidence - as he is almighty he can figure out what - this free choice thing is an easy get out clause. He could do some parlour tricks for starters - Show yourself - I dont believe in you therefore you dont exist!
It was written by men, lots of them NOT god - now if he wrote something id read it - and he would do it in a way that would mean men would want to read it too.
The bible IS a metaphor - There cant have been Adam and Eve nor an apple and there was never a flood with Noah and co as sole survivour.
Oh on The Gs point...
What I dont get is how we are supposed to know what to do in order to get to heaven - Everyone says something different - I will believe in what ever im supposed to and do what ever i am supposed to if god helps me understand
Maybe he can save my heathen soul?
Nah..
But he is a cool cyclops.
God cant show himself for 2 reasons. Would a ant notice a man? or just a little bit of shoe he walks against?
And second, to be pure good you cant be among evil. Its mankind that created that gap not God.
You claim there never was a adam and eve nor a flood. But without a single argument you claim this. are you just talking to yourself ?
i love Him with all I am, and there's nothing to doubt it.
He is my savior, forever and ever. He is my truly Hero, and He will always be.