Why Would You Believe It

[nailedit]

The New Testament expects us to believe that a man was raised from the dead after been entombed for 3 days.
Why would anyone just believe this?
And if we don't, then we are all doomed to hell?

[douglas9401]

Resurrection seems to work okay from what I'm reading. :-)

[youngmafbog]

At least it'll be warm where I am going then.

[fiveleaves]

I dont "just believe" it. Just believing something is silly. I believe it because I have experienced the resurrected Jesus in my life.
Why should I believe that there was nothing which exploded, an uncaused event? That seems very implausible to me

[Hopkirk]

Nailit's back then.

[nailedit]

//Nailit's back then.//
Can't keep away!

[ladybirder]

Good to see you again. Let the fun begin;-)

[Hopkirk]

Douglas's first answer was brilliant. He always nails it.

[nailedit]

//Why should I believe that there was nothing which exploded, an uncaused event? That seems very implausible to me//
Who says that?
Scientists certainly dont....

//Just believing something is silly//
I agree.
//I have experienced the resurrected Jesus in my life//
1)How do you know that?
2)How do you know that what you experienced was true
3)How do you know it was Jesus and not an impersonating spirit?
that your own scriptures warns you about?
4) your own scriptures tells you that satan will decieve you.
your own sriptures tells you that your heart is decietful.
so how on earth are you to tell unbelivers what to believe???

[Buenchico]

Stuff the question! I'm just really happy that one of my favourite AB contributors is around again!

Welcome back!

[Patsy33]

Hi nailedit :-))

[nailedit]

Thank you Buen :-)

[nailedit]

And others
;-)

[MissTerious2]

Welcome back.

[archibaldy]

// Why would anyone just believe this? //

They don't just believe that - or any of the specific 'things' - in isolation. They believe in wider fantasies, God, son of God and all, that, when believed, make all the smaller things totally plausible.

[Atheist]

fiveleaves 18:56.
"I have experienced the resurrected Jesus in my life".
What actually happened, or rather, what did you experience? Did you meet a physical person, or was it a spiritual encounter?

[naomi24]

People don’t come back from the dead. That’s life.

[PsalmEquipt]

Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.”

God's communication to us in the scriptures is for men and women who want genuine answers and to live virtuously. When this is the case, a person will accept personal responsibility for the outcome of his life. He will put forth an effort to gain sufficient knowledge to decide to his satisfaction what knowledge is reliable and what he will reject. You may enjoy the 2017 Universal movie, The Case for Christ https://youtu.be/n6zcIW_5zGw based on the true-life story of Lee Strobel, an award-winning investigative journalist at the Chicago Tribune, and his wife and daughter. Lee set out on the most ambitious endeavor of his career: disproving the historical validity of the resurrection of Christ. He interviewed world-renowned academic experts from various fields to bring facts and evidence to light.

Regarding the faulty belief in "eternal hell:" by leaving obscure passages on the shelf and checking many clear verses on the subject, a genuine searcher can gain an accurate understanding and the peace and fulfillment that comes with finding answers of truth. The book of Acts records the Christian efforts of believers of the first century in great detail and is a source of many clear scriptures. Even a cursory reading or digital search of Acts reveals that Paul and other trusted believers never mentioned "going to hell and experiencing eternal suffering and torment" in their many adventures in reaching people with God's Word (although those words were in their vocabulary). Upon realizing this truth, we change our beliefs accordingly because we have allowed God's Word to speak for itself.

In our desire to read clear Bible passages, we look to Acts and see that Paul did mention various outcomes for those who did not believe. As an example:

Acts 13:46 “Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.”

Many clear verses reveal that those who refuse to believe will miss out on everlasting life. This knowledge is reliable and confirmed by God's Word and is what we can tell others as we reach out to our fellow man.

[vulcan42]

PsalmEquipt, you're like other religious people, you use quotes from the Bible to "prove" it's true. This is being disingenuous. Proof of the authenticity of the Bible must come from another source to be acceptable.

[youngmafbog]

And thats always a big problem for the Bible thumpers Vulcan, there is no proof.

[Old_Geezer]

You aren't forced to believe it, but what if it's true !

Maybe you should just believe it.