Interesting take on Jesus

[mossy]

I don't quit understand what your trying to say. Call me confused

It is was a response to bills earlier post that said Buddha was created by Jesus and tried to replace the teachings of Christianity. Buddha predates Jesus so he could not have been attempting to replace something that did not exist.

[CVShooter]

Actually, that "Path" is all work and effort with no verified result at the end. Buddha died and never came back to verify that his way worked. He couldn't even prove that his way worked in this life. How do you verify the claims of the 8-fold path? You can't and you can't undo your past. Once a sinner, always a sinner.

Jesus proved that He is God by His miracles and then proved He is God and has the power to give you eternal life - by rising from the dead, Himself - with hundreds of witnesses to testify. Buddha? Dead.

Jesus only asks for faith alone in Him alone. He then indwells you with His Holy Spirit and empowers you to live righteously as a response to the eternal life He has given you - eternal life the you begin to experience now.

Sorry, but I see no comparison between what Jesus Christ offers and promises and what one of His creations tried to do as a replacement for true peace, joy, love, self-control (Eph. 5:22-23) and eternal life.

Try it and you'll never go back. It's all in His word -the Bible.

And, as He said - He's the only way, the only truth and the only life (John 14:6).

Using the logic of one religion as a basis to critique another religion is like trying to explain the meaning of The Force & the teachings of the Jedi to a Star Trek fan. Yes, they can follow the logic. But they just don't care.

Besides, Christians were pretty late in the whole resurrection story business. The Canaanites, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Animists, Shintoists all had resurrection stories long before Jesus's followers wrote theirs down. So you can talk about the resurrection until you're blue in the face but only other Christians will care. The rest of us, if we're polite, just smile and nod. If we believed every resurrection story ever told, we'd have a confusing mess of ideas, indeed.

[CVShooter]

This sort of thinking has eternal consequenses. Be very careful.

Hey, relax! If somebody thinks that there's many paths, then let them. What's the harm? If they're right, you're square with whatever nonsense you happen to believe. And if they're wrong, then only they are affected -- they can't take you to hell with them, right? That's a good relationship -- all the upside, none of the risk.

Unless, of course, you were right about there being one path but wrong about the one you chose. Then, in that case, you're f***ed.

I'm mostly joking. But, hey, my logic is sound.

[RAMCLAP]

If you're wrong your logic is NOT sound. This is literally playing with fire.

Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.Jn 4:16

[Doheny]

Matthew 22:29-

"You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God." ~ Jesus


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[WASR10]

It is was a response to bills earlier post that said Buddha was created by Jesus and tried to replace the teachings of Christianity. Buddha predates Jesus so he could not have been attempting to replace something that did not exist.

I think Bill's point is that Jesus, as God, predates all existence and therefore would indeed predate Buddha, and not that His earthly ministry came before the ideas of Buddha.

Though, truly, alot of His earthly ministry were ideas of Judaism from a certain perspective. So much did in fact exist already.

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[mossy]

If you're wrong your logic is NOT sound. This is literally playing with fire.

Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.Jn 4:16

Ah, pascal's wager. I never found that philosophical argument for the belif in a Christian God convincing. What if we are both wrong and the Hindus are correct. If that's the case we are both playing with fire.

[russ69]

When you say the law, are you talking about teachings by Jesus? Because we are talking about the bible mostly which is a record of his teachings and his life.

The new testament is about Jesus, the old testament includes Jewish/Christian law.
There is a common string through the teaching of most religions. The common thread is the heart of men, that has never changed. The fight of good vs evil. The different religions treat that differently but it is the common thread for discussion.

[RAMCLAP]

Ah, pascal's wager. I never found that philosophical argument for the belif in a Christian God convincing. What if we are both wrong and the Hindus are correct. If that's the case we are both playing with fire.

It's only my job to give you the Gospel. I can't convince you. The Gospel and the Spirit do the convincing. Whoever is right, that would still mean there is only one path. Not many.

[OHOD]

It is was a response to bills earlier post that said Buddha was created by Jesus and tried to replace the teachings of Christianity. Buddha predates Jesus so he could not have been attempting to replace something that did not exist.

I understand now.

[CVShooter]

Ooh! I love playing with fire! Once you learn about it, it isn't nearly as dangerous as your parents taught you when you were two. You find out how to use it safely and do some pretty cool stuff. Like shoot guns, for example!

Wait, what were we talking about? I'm sure there's a parallel in that metaphor but I lost it thinking about playing with fire.

[damon1272]