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Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by macof(m): 4:38pm On Nov 04, 2013
OLAADEGBU:

The reasons given up there shows how and other religions, including the religion of humanism are not true.
ur reasons are not authentic, You use the bible to prove ur religion. your bible cant be taken seriously or used as evidence to prove authenticity.
Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by OLAADEGBU(m): 5:09pm On Nov 04, 2013
macof:

ur reasons are not authentic, You use the bible to prove ur religion. your bible cant be taken seriously or used as evidence to prove authenticity.

The "circular reasoning" argument is absurd. That’s like saying you can't prove that the Obama lives in the White House by looking into the White House. It is looking into the White House that will provide the necessary evidence you need to verify whether he lives there or not. The fulfilled prophecies, the amazing consistency, and the many scientific statements of the Bible are evidence that the Bible to be the Word of God. They provide evidence that it is supernatural in origin.
Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by macof(m): 5:15pm On Nov 04, 2013
OLAADEGBU:

The "circular reasoning" argument is absurd. That’s like saying you can't prove that the Obama lives in the White House by looking into the White House. It is looking into the White House that will provide the necessary evidence you need to verify whether he lives there or not. The fulfilled prophecies, the amazing consistency, and the many scientific statements of the Bible are evidence that the Bible to be the Word of God. They provide evidence that it is supernatural in origin.
The bible and the Koran are not the word of God.
They are the imaginations of Men
Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by OLAADEGBU(m): 6:39pm On Nov 05, 2013
macof:

The bible and the Koran are not the word of God.
They are the imaginations of Men

Is the Qur'an credible?

According to Islam, the Qur'an is not only credible; it is God's only uncorrupted revelation. Thus, according to Muslim scholars, if it is to be compared with anything in Christianity it is to be compared with Christ rather than the Bible. In truth, however, the Bible can be demonstrated to be divine rather than human in origin. The same cannot be said for the Qur'an. Moreover, unlike the Bible the Qur'an is replete with faulty ethics and factual errors. First, unlike the Qur'an, the Bible is replete with prophecies that could not have been fulfilled through chance, good guessing, or deliberate deceit. Surprisingly, the predictive nature of many Bible passages was once a popular argument among liberals against the reliability of the Bible. Critics argued that various passages were written later than the biblical texts indicated because they recounted events that happened sometimes hundreds of years after they supposedly were written. They concluded that subsequent to the events, literary editors went back and "doctored" the original nonpredictive texts. But this is simply wrong. Careful research affirms the predictive accuracy of the Scriptures.

Since Christ is the culminating theme of the Old Testament and the Living Word of the New Testament, it should not surprise us that prophecies regarding him outnumber all others. Many of these prophesies would have been impossible for Jesus to deliberately conspire to fulfill—such as his descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Genesis 12:3; 17:19; Matthew 1:1–2; Acts 3:25); his birth in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:1–6); his crucifixion with criminals (Isaiah 53:12; Matthew 27:38; Luke 22:37); the piercing of his hands and feet on the cross (Psalm 22:16; John 20:25); the soldiers gambling for his clothes (Psalm 22:18; Matthew 27:35); the piercing of his side (Zechariah 12:10; John 19:34); the fact that his bones were not broken at his death (Psalm 34:20; John 19:33–37); and his burial among the rich (Isaiah 53:9; Matthew 27:57–60). In sharp contrast, predictive prophecies demonstrating the divine origin of the Qur'an are conspicuous by their absence. While the Qur'an contains a number of self-fulfilling prophecies such as Muhammad’s prediction that he would return to Mecca (Sura 48:27), this is very different from the kinds of prophecies outlined above. Other prophecies such as Muhammad's prediction that the Romans would defeat the Persians at Issus (Sura 30:2–4) are equally underwhelming. Unlike the biblical examples presented above, this prophecy is not fulfilled in the far future and thus can be easily explained through good guessing or an accurate apprehension of prevailing military conditions.

Furthermore, the Qur'an is replete with questionable ethics—particularly when it comes to the equality of women. For example, in Sura 4:3 Muhammad allegedly received a revelation from God allowing men to "marry women of your choice, two, three, or four." Ironically, in Sura 33:50 Muhammad receives a divine sanction to marry "any believing woman who dedicates her soul to the Prophet if the Prophet wishes to wed her." Thus while other men were only permitted to marry up to four wives, Allah provided Muhammad with a divine exception for his marriage to at least twelve women—including Aishah, whom he married at the tender age of eleven (see the Life of Muhammad by Muhammad Husayn Haykal). Also troubling is the fact that the Qur'an allows men to "beat" (lightly) their wives in order that they might "return to obedience" (Sura 4:34). When we compare the personal morality of Muhammad in the Qur'an with that of Jesus in the Bible, the difference is remarkable.

The Qur'an exorts Muhammad to ask "forgiveness for thy fault" (Sura 40:55). Conversely, Christ’s ethics with regard to every aspect of life—including his treatment of women—was so unimpeachable that he could rightly ask: "Can any of you prove me guilty of sin?" ( John 8:46; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 John 3:5)

Finally, unlike the Bible the Qur’an is riddled with factual errors. A classic case in point involves the Qur'an's denial of Christ’s crucifixion. This denial chronicled in Sura 4:157 is explicit and emphatic: "They killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them … for of a surety they killed him not." In reality, however, the fatal suffering of Jesus Christ as recounted in the New Testament is one of the most well-established facts of ancient history. Even in today’s modern age of scientific enlightenment, there is a virtual consensus among New Testament scholars, both conservative and liberal, that Jesus died on a Roman cross.

Recent archaeological discoveries not only dramatically corroborate the Bible’s description of Roman crucifixion but authenticate the biblical details surrounding the trail that led to the fatal torment of Jesus Christ—including the Pilate Stone and the burial grounds of Caiaphas, the high priest who presided over the religious trials of Christ. These discoveries have been widely acclaimed as a compelling affirmation of biblical history. Not only so but the earliest Jewish response to the death and burial of Jesus Christ presuppose the reality of the empty tomb. Instead of denying that the tomb was empty, the antagonists of Christ accused his disciples of stealing the body.

One final point should be made. The Qur’anic denial of Christ's crucifixion has led to a host of other errors as well. From a Muslim perspective, Jesus was never crucified and, thus, never resurrected. Instead, in Islam, God made someone look like Jesus and the look-alike was mistakenly crucified in his place. The notion that Judas was made to look like Jesus has recently been popularized in Muslim circles by a late medieval invention titled The Gospel of Barnabas. In short, the distance between the Muslim Qur'an and the Christian Scriptures is the distance of infinity. Not only does the prophetic prowess of the Bible elevate it far above the holy books of other religions, but as new archaeological nuggets are uncovered the trustworthiness of Scripture as well as the unreliability of pretenders are further highlighted. Faulty ethics and factual errors demonstrate that the Qur'an is devoid of divine sanction. In sharp distinction, ethics and factual evidence demonstrate that the Bible is divine rather than human in origin.

--Hank Hanegraaff |The Complete Bible Answer Book

"In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven" --- Hebrews 1:1–3.
Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by OLAADEGBU(m): 7:24pm On Nov 05, 2013
macof:

The bible and the Koran are not the word of God.
They are the imaginations of Men

The religion of humanism rightly fits the description of "the imagination of men." Watch the videoclip of Evolution vs God and see how the theory of evolution is the fairy tale of fertile minds.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0u3-2CGOMQ

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Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by Nobody: 8:28pm On Nov 05, 2013
i love ur write up. Keep it up brother

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Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by Lordlexyy: 10:43pm On Nov 05, 2013
@ OLA. Thank you sir for pain staking effort to share the undilluted truth with us at such trying periods when so many wolves have crawl out of their hidding to devour. May God keep you and enrich your well of divine wisdom.

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Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by macof(m): 11:14pm On Nov 05, 2013
Lordlexyy: @ OLA. Thank you sir for pain staking effort to share the undilluted truth with us at such trying periods when so many wolves have crawl out of their hidding to devour. May God keep you and enrich your well of divine wisdom.

What prove do u have to support this acclaimed truth?

You can't just call it true, there has to be a reason u agree with him
Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by Nobody: 12:13am On Nov 06, 2013
how ignorant can mr. olaadegbu get? wow. Quran is not compared to any man. Muhammad or Jesus [as]. neither of them is compared to Quran. and the two men [as] were not rivals and will never be rivals. but both were human prophets [as] from God since humans are residents of the earth. and humans were the audiences they preached to.

it is natural for man to die. so Muhammad [sa] died in the same manner of how man; Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, etc, Moses, etc [as] died. Jesus has not died so your talking about his rising up is pure guesswork. you think he rose because the Jews thought they killed him. neither you nor the jew is correct because the reality is that he was never killed, so there is no need to rise up. God Who created him prevented shameful event from him.

those who died become spirits. spirits do not have body and do not eat or hungry and dont walk in shadow in order to avoid people that they believe will harm them. Hebrew 5 verse 7 convincingly states that Jesus was heard by God, The Very God Who could save him.

from the bible we know somebody was even taken toheaven without tasting death. so i wonder why the christians are not ashamed to say their God died? this is taking twisted reality even more twisted and made upside down, showing no possibility of thinking. I am sure if the hindu says his God died and rose after that, the christians may wonder why the hindu God had to die before rising?

Quality of God is not to have weakness like the humans He created. God creates death. it is absurd that death overcame Him at anytime. to think that God became human is to cheapen Him to the level of incapable to be pure and hold sway in the Godly Form that man can never be. it is sad to say that God succumbed to death, rendering death overpowering God, which will make death more important. neither case happened because does not have to be human to forgive. All He has to remain is Creator to forgive whoever He wills. God does not have to die or experience humanity before He knows how human feels. After all, He created us and our 'manual' is from Him and Only He knows how best our condition is.



those who say God is human or other are just as ignorant as those who say God does not exist. The solution to human problems is not unique to a single religion or culture or way. solution to problem is according to 'idiom' of the society based on the natural quality. obedience to God is what benefits being the ultimate solution, preventing man from being called wretched at the end because the criterion is with God and no one else.

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Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by Nobody: 12:31am On Nov 06, 2013
Christainity power and authority. Jesus won the battle years back and gave us the belt.. Simply power & authority.

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Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by macof(m): 6:43am On Nov 06, 2013
Uche ernest: Christainity power and authority. Jesus won the battle years back and gave us the belt.. Simply power & authority.

Championship belt grin

But come o, who did Jesus fight against?
Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by OLAADEGBU(m): 10:57am On Nov 06, 2013
sbaks:

i love ur write up. Keep it up brother
Lordlexyy:

@ OLA. Thank you sir for pain staking effort to share the undilluted truth with us at such trying periods when so many wolves have crawl out of their hidding to devour. May God keep you and enrich your well of divine wisdom.
Uche ernest:

Christainity power and authority. Jesus won the battle years back and gave us the belt.. Simply power & authority.

Thanks for the encouragement brethren, may the good Lord renew your strength and keep you loving and defending the truth till He comes, in Jesus' name.
Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by OLAADEGBU(m): 11:07am On Nov 06, 2013
According to the Instruction Book, a human being is made up of three parts. The body is the machine in which we live. The soul is the self-conscious part of us—our will, the emotions—the real you. And the human spirit is our God-conscious part. However, the Scriptures teach us that the spirit is dead. It’s like an unplugged lamp. When we are born again, the spirit suddenly comes alive and the "eyes of our understanding" are opened. The light comes on. That's why there’s such a dichotomy with Christianity. Before I was a Christian I had no consciousness of God. But since I was born of the Spirit (see John 3:1-5) I have been constantly "conscious" of His presence. I am no long unconscious. Or to put it another way, I was like a blind man standing in front of a painting. Now I can not only see the painting, but I have met the Painter.

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Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by Nobody: 2:34pm On Nov 06, 2013
macof:

Championship belt grin

But come o, who did Jesus fight against?
adam, was given so much authority & power to take charge over every living thing on earth, bt adam never knew that he has so potentials in him, so he sold his power to the devil, in order to get this back from the devil, God had to sent his son(jesus) cos satan was nt willing to return what he took, they had to engage in a battle, the good news is jesus won.. And returned even greater power & authority to his 'sons/daughters'. (made it plain in a way u would undestand. Try to read the bible.)
N:B. Am nt a pastor, bt i had to discover who i am in jesus christ. The only saviour death could't hold down, HE LIVES....
Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by Nobody: 2:42pm On Nov 06, 2013
@macof, the bible is nt the imaginations of men, it is the will and power of God in print. It is give for instruction,correction, as children of God,we hear God speak to us either his audible voice or in our spirit.... The base line is christianity is all about power, authority.. Every other religion bows to it..
Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by macof(m): 8:40pm On Nov 06, 2013
Uche ernest: adam, was given so much authority & power to take charge over every living thing on earth, bt adam never knew that he has so potentials in him, so he sold his power to the devil, in order to get this back from the devil, God had to sent his son(jesus) cos satan was nt willing to return what he took, they had to engage in a battle, the good news is jesus won.. And returned even greater power & authority to his 'sons/daughters'. (made it plain in a way u would undestand. Try to read the bible.)
N:B. Am nt a pastor, bt i had to discover who i am in jesus christ. The only saviour death could't hold down, HE LIVES....


shocked when dis Adam lose power to satan? U are so dumb.

The story of Adam and eve is told by the Jews, yet even they don't say satan took any power from Adam. Adam already payed for his sins. And according to them snakes had legs before the incident. Stop spread false information, you don't know Adam and eve better than the Jews, if u want to understand more on dat story ask a Jew.

Besides The Adam and eve story is not a reliable truth. It can't be taken literally
Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by macof(m): 8:49pm On Nov 06, 2013
Uche ernest: @macof, the bible is nt the imaginations of men, it is the will and power of God in print. It is give for instruction,correction, as children of God,we hear God speak to us either his audible voice or in our spirit.... The base line is christianity is all about power, authority.. Every other religion bows to it..
My biology text book is also the will and power of God, do u see me calling it holy book, word of God? And other poo
Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by Nobody: 9:07pm On Nov 06, 2013
macof:


shocked when dis Adam lose power to satan? U are so dumb.

The story of Adam and eve is told by the Jews, yet even they don't say satan took any power from Adam. Adam already payed for his sins. And according to them snakes had legs before the incident. Stop spread false information, you don't know Adam and eve better than the Jews, if u want to understand more on dat story ask a Jew.

Besides The Adam and eve story is not a reliable truth. It can't be taken literally
hahahahahahaha, u are so funny,

u are behind..
Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by Nobody: 9:10pm On Nov 06, 2013
macof: My biology text book is also the will and power of God, do u see me calling it holy book, word of God? And other poo
why cn't ur biology text book produce so much power the bible possesses?
Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by macof(m): 1:46pm On Nov 07, 2013
Uche ernest: hahahahahahaha, u are so funny,

u are behind..

and u are in front
Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by macof(m): 1:47pm On Nov 07, 2013
Uche ernest: why cn't ur biology text book produce so much power the bible possesses?
my biology text book possesses much more power than the bible.
Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by Nobody: 1:49pm On Nov 07, 2013
macof: my biology text book possesses much more power than the bible.
hahahahahaha,
Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by Thersa: 2:50pm On Nov 07, 2013
If you are proudly catholic....kindly like this page...https://www.facebook.com/pages/Love-Being-a-Practicing-Catholic/245960532227926

Lets unite to strengthen our faith.

God bless you all.
Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by Joshthefirst(m): 2:59pm On Nov 07, 2013
Thersa: If you are proudly catholic....kindly like this page...https://www.facebook.com/pages/Love-Being-a-Practicing-Catholic/245960532227926

Lets unite to strengthen our faith.

God bless you all.
I'm proudly christian. wink
Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by macof(m): 3:06pm On Nov 07, 2013
Joshthefirst: I'm proudly slaved. wink
Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by OLAADEGBU(m): 7:45pm On Nov 07, 2013
macof:

my biology text book possesses much more power than the bible.

Your biology textbook must be outdated by now. God's word never changes it abides now and in eternity.

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Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by OLAADEGBU(m): 7:48pm On Nov 07, 2013
Thersa:

If you are proudly catholic....kindly like this page...https://www.facebook.com/pages/Love-Being-a-Practicing-Catholic/245960532227926

Lets unite to strengthen our faith.

God bless you all.

Jesus only is our message. wink

Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by Image123(m): 9:50pm On Nov 07, 2013
lol @ cartoon. The wayof the unbeliever is hard.
Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by macof(m): 10:16am On Nov 08, 2013
no one worships Buddha undecided
Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by OLAADEGBU(m): 11:09am On Nov 08, 2013
macof:

no one worships Buddha undecided

Is Buddhism not the religion of most atheists? undecided
Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by macof(m): 11:11am On Nov 08, 2013
OLAADEGBU:

Is Buddhism not the religion of most atheists? undecided
atheists dont have a religion undecided
Re: "Why Is Christianity Better Than Other Religions?" by OLAADEGBU(m): 11:18am On Nov 08, 2013
macof:

atheists dont have a religion undecided

Humanism is another one of your religions.

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