Why should (You) be a Christian?

[_account]

still doesn't disprove that pre-christian europe made technological advancements.

Purposely being retarded and pedantic, no point wasting anymore of my time.

 

[Xiuhcoyotl]

Purposely being retarded and pedantic, no point wasting anymore of my time.

you're changing the subject albeit.

 

[Pepsilord]

Prosperity Gospel is not a good way to preach Christianity

 

[_account]

Prosperity Gospel is not a good way to preach Christianity

Tsmt, our kingdom is not of this earth.

 

[Ytsuken]

I'm not reading the entire thread but for anyone who mentions pascal's wager, please watch this video

 

[BrimBurner]

@BrimBurner (not going to quote all those words) TRVTHNUKE but I disagree that Great empires are a blessing to Christians from God, I feel power and prosperity are merely a byproduct of being Christian. A society the treats it's own with justice and morality will naturally prosper. In a way prosperity can be a negative side effect (promotes materialism) albeit poor and downtrodden people can be materialistic too.

Prosperity Gospel is not a good way to preach Christianity

Yes agreed, I was not aware of what prosperity Gospel was, most of my points come from History, where I have knowledge good enough to debate. I don't think God immediately spawns and does stuff from no reason for the thing to happen, his will and the things he causes have reasons and take time to to appear. Christ is good, and that's the reason why Christianity is just and moral, which is the reason for Christian empires prospering. Prayers won't immediately summon or affect a thing but will come into existence with time for a reason/reasons.

i do not understand. how does having a false sense of purpose and righteousness correlate to not believing in christianity?

Because God is the only truth.

why should they be corrected by force? doesn't christianity prohibit forced conversions?

I think people should discover Christ through their own journey, so they can fully appreciate the Religion. And not because someone was pointing a gun at them. But my point was if some pagan savages are sacrificing babies for the soil gods or whatever, they need to be civilized.

if we were to judge christianity by its merits, it will still fail in comparison to sikhism due to the tolerance of slavery, which sikhism condemns.

sikhism, like judaism, also doesn't actively seek nor encourage conversions, although it does welcome anyone who converts to the faith out of their own free will.

pre-christian europe, asia, north africa and the orient during the islamic golden age had developments in arts, architecture, mathematics, philosophy, science, etc. and the latter three had in some cases surpassed christian europe.

if christianity made europe greater, why isn't this the case for places like latin america, philippines, sub-saharan africa, eastern europe, and among other places?

By historical moral goodness, even if Sikhism is better than Christianity in that aspect, it is still not the truth. The truth should have the power and moral goodness. I don't know much about Sikhism but I wouldn't say a paper just saying be a good person and having morals written on it would not be better than true power.
In history, there have always been points in time when Christians are poor and persecuted while non-Christians are prospering and rich. Such as when the powerful Romans persecuted poor Christians, but in the end, the Roman Empire converted to Christianity. Same with Christian medieval Europe suffering from immense poverty, Mongol invasions, and the black plague. There are always points in history, flipping between Christians losing and Christians winning does not matter, what matters is what happens in the end. Currently, it might seem like it is a losing point in history for Christians, with numbers declining and the West abandoning traditions and religion, but as seen in history, Christianity will bounce back up much stronger than it fell. In the ultimate end, Christianity wins.

 

[Thebes]

Why is a religions popularity evidence of its reliability? Most people who were sacrificed were criminals, foreign prisoners, slaves, invalids, only strange peoples like the Canaanites and Aztecs sacrificed their own

The Canaanite "child sacrifice" was a jewish lie.

 

[xyxx]

Christianity is cope

 

[Pepsilord]

Christianity is cope

What do you cope with?

 

[baqqrih]

Christianity is cope

I disagree.

 

[xyxx]

I disagree.

It is to me I know your a Christian but you only are because your parents raised you on it

 

[baqqrih]

but you only are because your parents raised you on it

This is untrue. I’m far more spiritual than my parents, and I believe that they are following a heretical path of the faith in sticking to their Dispensationalist Protestantism.

 

[1844 or Something]

Because my friends and family like it and I like them

 

[Thebes]

This is untrue. I’m far more spiritual than my parents, and I believe that they are following a heretical path of the faith in sticking to their Dispensationalist Protestantism.

...If the Bible is the word of God, why is there so much disagreement on what it truly means? I never understood this.

 

[baqqrih]

...If the Bible is the word of God, why is there so much disagreement on what it truly means? I never understood this.

Well, to give you a fulfilling answer, I'll first have to know more about your understanding of this topic. I'm sure we both understand that the division itself comes from how that word is interpreted, right? In addition, what do you think the "word of God" itself, as a term, means?

 

[Thebes]

Well, to give you a fulfilling answer, I'll first have to know more about your understanding of this topic. I'm sure we both understand that the division itself comes from how that word is interpreted, right? In addition, what do you think the "word of God" itself, as a term, means?

Isn't the word of God supposed to be the Bible? Then why was the Bible vague enough for the council of Nicaea to happen? You're telling me there had to be an entire council to decide whether God is God or not?

 

[baqqrih]

Isn't the word of God supposed to be the Bible? Then why was the Bible vague enough for the council of Nicaea to happen? You're telling me there had to be an entire council to decide whether God is God or not?

I feel like the answer to this question is dependent on what type of Christian you're talking to, really, but I can still provide my own input from my own spiritual background. In my personal faith, I see the "Word of God," or the Logos, as the living, incarnate Christ. He's defined as this in the scriptures, in the first chapter of John's Gospel, for example. The Bible is a collection of scriptures written by man, who was inspired by God to write them. Thus, the writing is of God's spiritual will but by man's doing, and so a need for interpretation is inherent because our knowledge is not perfect like God's. Christ founded the church to give this guidance to all who believe in Him. I find that Saint Hilarion puts it well (the rest of his article is also worth reading since his explanations on this topic are certainly better than mine, though it's quite lengthy):
>Christ is not the Teacher but precisely the Savior of mankind.