Q. 4 It is only acceptable as an adult to believe childish Bronze Age mythology like talking snakes, the Red Sea splitting, water turning into wine by magic, mana falling from the sky, a man living in a whale's belly, a talking donkey, superhuman strength,
a man rising from the dead and angels, ghosts, gods and demons in the field of:
A man rising from the dead, a 10,000 year old Earth, the Red sea splitting, water being turned into wine, dead people being in a «heaven» and still influencing matters on Earth, etc..
> Assuming
a man rose from the the dead... «alive» is a matter of opinion / perspective.
Dale, what makes you believe
a man rose from the dead over 2,000 years ago?
What is the only thing capable of making 40 % of the country fvcking stupid enough to think the entire Universe began less than 10,000 years ago with one man, one woman and a talking snake: (i) paleontology (ii) archeology (iii) biology; or (iv) religion It is only acceptable as an adult to believe Bronze Age mythology like talking snakes, the Red Sea splitting, mana falling from the sky, a man living in a whale's belly, a talking donkey, superhuman strength,
a man rising from the dead and angels, ghosts, gods and demons in the field of:
No more or less silly than saying
a man rose from the dead, magically ascended to live in the sky, and will return promptly even though it has been 2000 years with a no - show.
Q. 4 It is only acceptable as an adult to believe Bronze Age mythology like talking snakes, the Red Sea splitting, mana falling from the sky, a man living in a whale's belly, a talking donkey, superhuman strength,
a man rising from the dead and angels, ghosts, gods and demons in the field of:
how
a man rose from the dead and was not a zombie... how supposed humans started from a brother and sister committing incest but no birth defects occurred... the more educated the masses get in science the more u know these things are possible no matter how much «FAITH» u have or how many times u rewrite the good books
Not exact matches
A group of people, a little over 2000 years ago, said that a
man called Jesus was the Son of God, based on what he was said to have done, including
rising from the
dead.
religion is trying to teach my child that a
man will
rise from the
dead and when this happens everything will be destroyed by a loving God.
I would love for one of you supposed «adults» who believe in imaginary things like satan and hell and
men who
rise from the
dead to answer this.
The bottom line is if you don't believe that a
man who was his own father
rose from the
dead to make up for the mischief of a talking snake you are going to burn forever, for God is love.
Men walking on water,
rising from the
dead, turning water into wine etc..
Well, the concensus of most modern NT exegetes is that said simple, preacher
man did not
rise from the
dead so bottom line it is time to admit to the fraud and to return our money.
I know the Jesus of the Bible exists in myth and legend, but as for a
man - god who died and
rose from the
dead - seriously?
Let me get this straight: You believe that a couple of thousand years ago an invisible
man in the sky impregnated a virgin girl in the middle east, had a half - god / half -
man son who traveled around doing magic tricks, and then
rose from the
dead and is now constantly watching all of us to see if we'll get pie in the sky when we die?
But I'm not convinced it's an accident that the first person to declare that Jesus had
risen from the
dead (to a group of skeptical
men!)
But Abraham speaks over the head of the rich
man, over the heads of the Pharisees, in what sounds like a direct address to us church types who claim faith in a certain Galilean raised
from the
dead, «If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone
rises from the
dead.»
If the Bible is a myth then while a
man named Jesus might have lived, he probably certainly was not God, and while he might have died as a criminal on the cross, he most likely did not
rise from the
dead.
9:9 The disciples are to keep secret the story of the Trans - figuration until after «the Son of
Man should
rise from the
dead.»
The
man was born of a virgin, preached about being «born again» and had
risen from the
dead after crucifixion, Freke says.
Jesus healed the lepers, gave sight to the blind, healed the paralized, exorcised demons
from possesed men, brought back Lazarus from the dead, JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD AND BROUGHT BACK HUNDREDS OF OLD TESTMENT PEOPLE WHO HAD DIED WAITING FOR THE MESSIAH... YES PEOPLE CAME BACK WITH JESUS AND WALKED ALL OVER JERUSALEM... THE GRAVES OPENED UP AND PEOPLE CAME OUT OF THEM... AND THE WORLD SAW
from possesed
men, brought back Lazarus
from the dead, JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD AND BROUGHT BACK HUNDREDS OF OLD TESTMENT PEOPLE WHO HAD DIED WAITING FOR THE MESSIAH... YES PEOPLE CAME BACK WITH JESUS AND WALKED ALL OVER JERUSALEM... THE GRAVES OPENED UP AND PEOPLE CAME OUT OF THEM... AND THE WORLD SAW
from the
dead, JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD AND BROUGHT BACK HUNDREDS OF OLD TESTMENT PEOPLE WHO HAD DIED WAITING FOR THE MESSIAH... YES PEOPLE CAME BACK WITH JESUS AND WALKED ALL OVER JERUSALEM... THE GRAVES OPENED UP AND PEOPLE CAME OUT OF THEM... AND THE WORLD SAW
dead, JESUS
ROSE FROM THE DEAD AND BROUGHT BACK HUNDREDS OF OLD TESTMENT PEOPLE WHO HAD DIED WAITING FOR THE MESSIAH... YES PEOPLE CAME BACK WITH JESUS AND WALKED ALL OVER JERUSALEM... THE GRAVES OPENED UP AND PEOPLE CAME OUT OF THEM... AND THE WORLD SAW
FROM THE
DEAD AND BROUGHT BACK HUNDREDS OF OLD TESTMENT PEOPLE WHO HAD DIED WAITING FOR THE MESSIAH... YES PEOPLE CAME BACK WITH JESUS AND WALKED ALL OVER JERUSALEM... THE GRAVES OPENED UP AND PEOPLE CAME OUT OF THEM... AND THE WORLD SAW
DEAD AND BROUGHT BACK HUNDREDS OF OLD TESTMENT PEOPLE WHO HAD DIED WAITING FOR THE MESSIAH... YES PEOPLE CAME BACK WITH JESUS AND WALKED ALL OVER JERUSALEM... THE GRAVES OPENED UP AND PEOPLE CAME OUT OF THEM... AND THE WORLD SAW IT.
We are forever putting conditions and qualifications on the love of God: «If you rid yourself of your racism, if you vote Democratic, if you accept Jesus as your savior, if...» Such conditional, achievement - oriented, self - made -
men religion certainly doesn't need Jesus dying on the cross and
rising from the
dead to make itself plausible and reasonable in an achievement - oriented, you - get - what - you - deserve capitalistic culture.
but on the third day using his Power of Resurrection
rose from the
dead to claim his seat next to God in heaven, I mean next to himself since he was also God and then told the masses that he died for their sins, though oddly enough being God he could have simply absolved them of their sins and he really didn't die because he lives and is coming back to judge
man based upon the original sins... but not sure if that would work since
man can clearly kill a God with wood and nails... I know, I know confusing and likely to be labeled heresy... but debates about nomenclature and religion... i mean story telling... just don't mix.
I think most of Crosson's theories are valid and I believe that the core group of Jews that spread their belief that a
man named Jesus
rose from the
dead were initially thought of as political resurgents out to overthrow the government.
It's a greater fantasy NOT to believe that there is an all powerful invisible god somewhere in the universe who knows everything, can do anything, hears everyone's thoughts, etc, or that someone died and
rose from the
dead three days later (this same person was born of a virgin), or that someone spoke to god via a burning bush, or that one old
man, who lived to be 900 years old, built a boat that held two of every animal on the earth to survive a worldwide flood?
Now when Jesus, the obscure ethnic
man,
rose from the
dead and continued to teach his followers, he left them with one dictum: Matthew 28:19.
When to this we add what has been said in the preceding chapter about the «
risen life» in God, made specifically available to
men and women through their participation in Jesus Christ «
risen from the
dead», we have a «de-mythologized» portrayal of what «happens after death» which speaks deeply to authentically Christian faith.
In a well - known saying, this time
from Tennyson, «
men may
rise on stepping - stones of their
dead selves».
After only the briefest interval — so Mark implies all along — ; his followers were convinced that he had
risen from the
dead — not as one more resuscitated Israelite, like the daughter of Jairus, nor as a saint who had entered glory, like Moses or Elijah, but as no one less than the transcendent, heavenly Messiah, the «Son of
Man» who was to come on the clouds of heaven and hold the last judgment upon all mankind.
When one looks at the various Christian beliefs that were once firmly believed — Adam and Eve, Noah's flood, people living to be 700 or 900 years old, the Red Sea splitting, water turning into wine, a talking snake, a
man living in a whale's belly, people
rising from the
dead, Jesus driving demons out of people and into pigs — but which are now acknowledged by most thinking people to be mere mythology, it is pretty hard to give a lot of credibility to what's left.
A vision, not a visitation by the
dead: «As they were coming down
from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, «Tell the VISION to no one until the Son of
Man has
risen from the
dead.»
We're talking about talking serpents, the parting of bodies of water with the wave of a hand, an impossible Ark, a vengeful hate - filled
man - made god,
rising from the
dead, killing people who work on sunday or selling our daughters into slavery.
To show God's love and save
men from damnation, he allowed himself to be put to death; but he knew that shortly afterwards, he would
rise from the
dead and ascend to his former home to sit at the right hand of God.
C. H. Dodd has pointed out that among early Christians there were evidently
men who, like the writer of I John, did not move forward
from an experience of Christ
rising from death to the Christ seated at the right hand of power, but backward
from their acknowledgment of the latter to the conclusion that therefore he had
risen from the
dead.
He would then
rise from the
dead, defeating death, and ascend into heaven, and if a
man or woman will repent, and put their trust in the redeeming work of Christ, God will demonstrate His loving - kindness, grace, and mercy towards them by forgiving all of their sins and granting them everlasting life.
But in short of a
man can
rise from the
dead or walk on water I would never said anything couldn't be literal.
some Elijah, «and others one of the prophets,» they meant that these
men were believed to have
risen from the
dead in the person of Jesus, or in the case of Elijah that he had come back
from heaven.
-- Isn't the Son of God, — He wasn't born of a virgin — He wasn't / Isn't perfect — He wasn't God and
man in one person — He didn't die a sin atoning death on the cross — He didn't
rise from the
dead and ascend
I don't think Jesus would stand for this argument veiwing how He rebuked
men over Mary of Bethany and Mary Magdalene was the first witness to His
rising from the
dead.
None of these
men mentioned Jesus
rising from the
dead and no one gave us an Easter cross.
So just as Lazarus and the rich
man when Jesus said they have not believed the prophets and would not believe even if someone
rise from the
dead.
... — If he did not
rise from the
dead, then he decomposed in the grave like any other
man.
Simple: Any one of the hundreds / thousands of miracles / acts of god / you name it that the bible is full of, in a time when books were written by bronze age
men in caves... Why can't your invisible
man in the sky come down now and turn 5 fish into thousands, or turn water into wine, or heal the sick,
rise from the
dead mr zombie dude!
Genesis and Exodus, for example, are clearly based on earlier Babylonian myths such as The Epic of Gilgamesh, and the Jesus story itself is straight
from the stories about Apollonius of Tyana, Horus and Dionysus (including the virgin birth, the three wise
men, the star in the East, birth at the Winter solstice, a baptism by another prophet, turning water into wine, crucifixion and
rising from the
dead).
People
rising from the
dead... The maker of our 4.5 b year old world is the Father of a
man who died 2000 years ago... Pregnant virgins... Walking on water... People
rising from the
dead every calendar year... Flying fat
men and reindeer who deliver billions of gifts every year via the chimney and on one night... Give me a break!
In their view, the end of times would be heralded by a cosmic visitor, the «son of
man» who would cause the
dead to
rise bodily
from their graves and live in a Utopian post Apocalyptic kingdom here on Earth.
Apol... I know my reasoning is valid because snakes can't talk, 600 year old
men can't build a boat and float 2 of every animal on the planet around for a year, the Red Sea can't part,
men can't
rise from the
dead, and a host of other nonsense that Christians believe just can't happen.
We whole - heartedly agree with William Temple: «Only if God is revealed in the
rising of the sun in the sky, can He be revealed in the
rising of a son of
man from the
dead; only if He is revealed in the history of Syrians and Philistines» — and we add: in the history of the Indians — «can He be revealed in the history of Israel.
Genesis and Exodus, for example, are clearly based on earlier Babylonian myths such as The Epic of Gilgamesh, and the Jesus story itself is straight
from the stories about Apollonius of Tyana, Ho.rus and Dionysus (including virgin birth, the three wise
men, the star in the East, birth at the Winter solstice, a baptism by another prophet, turning water into wine, crucifixion and
rising from the
dead).