"Find Jesus"

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Why Jesus and not God?

Hrrmm...

The Jewish pray to God. Muslims pray to God. Oh, but they've been slaughtered by the millions by *ahem* 'other' religions throughout history. Yeah, that must be the wrath of God, that...

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Denicalis

What? God, don't try and be deep if you're a bloody idiot. The wrath of god, muslims and jews? Try making some fucking sense next time. This is what, a thinly veiled "there is no god because bad things happen to believers" argument? Or maybe just blatant idiocy? Either way, not impressive. Because Christians -haven't- been slaughtered for their beliefs? Atheists haven't faced persecution for theirs? Get a grip.

Yeah, fine, it was too vague, I agree.

The point was that I've been told several times before that Christianity is the only way because the Christian countries and peoples are the only that have never really been dealt any "wrath of God"; the irony is that said "wrath of God" events include Christian initiated events like the crusades, the holocaust, etc.

And it wasn't deep it was sarcastic.

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Why "find Jesus"?

I think things have just been too blown out of proportion. Worshiping Christ as God Himself seems to just kinda miss the mark a little bit, doesn't it? I don't think the whole point was to end up praying to him, and becoming a "united servanthood of Christ". It just makes more sense to follow him and his life as an example for your own; something to strive for, and nothing more.

The idea of God, if he exists, leaves little of an example to look up to. Who knows why he does/did the things he's done? Jesus' life and decisions make a lot more sense to the common man, as it's just a wee bit easier to relate to another man, rather than, say, an omnipotent being.

Far too many people today use their Christianity to supplant their moral "holier than thou" attitude.

Originally Posted by SCHWARZE-6

If the church is suffering due to arrogance and mistrust, it is these things of which the church itself is guilty, and not its people to each other. The Christian church, so bound in its archaic ways, has failed to adapt to the modernization of this world. Where once many phenomena could only be explained as acts of God, now they've been explained by science. Instead of celebrating this, instead of thanking God for science, empyrical thought is denounced. How ridiculous! By distancing itself from our increased awareness of basic, scientific truths, it's Christianity that seems remote and out-of-touch with this realm.

As sad as this seems, it's completely true on so many levels. Nobody advances anything by simply denying the presented argument without any other reason than "because God said so ". Frankly, I'd be rather interested in the theological rebuttal to many scientific facts. But there is none. So why can't they accept that they're wrong about some things?

There's nowhere I can't reach.