POLL: Who is Jesus to You?

Discussion in 'Religion and Spirituality' started by rcanfiel, Dec 14, 2007.

POLL: Who is Jesus to You?

  1. He is a misquoted/misunderstood jewish rabbi

    35 vote(s)
    23.8%
  2. He could be the promised messiah, but I don't believe he was God

    3 vote(s)
    2.0%
  3. He is God/Creator and His sovereign grace is the singular means to my salvation

    45 vote(s)
    30.6%
  4. He was a leader with a cause, like Ralph Nader or Jesse Jackson

    4 vote(s)
    2.7%
  5. He was possibly deranged, like Charles Manson or Jim Jones

    7 vote(s)
    4.8%
  6. He was an influential teacher, similar to Gandhi

    16 vote(s)
    10.9%
  7. He is a prophet of God, similar to Ezekiel or Mohammad

    8 vote(s)
    5.4%
  8. Following his example & doing good works is the singular means to my salvation

    2 vote(s)
    1.4%
  9. He probably never existed

    12 vote(s)
    8.2%
  10. Something else

    15 vote(s)
    10.2%
  1. Ahhh but the onus of proof lies with the one making the extraordinary claim.. I have 7 billion examples of ordinary humans alive today

    Where is your man/god? :p
     
    #171     Jan 15, 2008
  2. This is an example of the logical fallacy appeal to ignorance.

    Considering the source...par for the course.
     
    #172     Jan 15, 2008
  3. I had to point out his little fairy tale did not stand up to the rigours of cross referencing or any other scientific method

    I shouldn't have to.. most children stop believing in Santa around the age of 10
     
    #173     Jan 15, 2008
  4. #174     Jan 15, 2008
  5. Shh.. the missionaries are building a rocket
     
    #175     Jan 15, 2008
  6. loik

    loik

    Where does sosexy come from?

    What proves Jesus is God?
     
    #176     Jan 15, 2008
  7. in due time, i'm sure they'll find the right passage in bible that 'splains it all, in the usual vague metaphoric gibberish :D
     
    #177     Jan 15, 2008


  8. What proves it?

    "And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:"
    Romans 1:4

    How do we know he was raised from the dead?

    Dr. Greenleaf, the Royal Professor of Law at Harvard University, was one of the greatest legal minds that ever lived. He wrote the famous legal volume entitled, A Treatise on the Law of Evidence, considered by many the greatest legal volume ever written. Dr. Simon Greenleaf believed the Resurrection of Jesus Christ was a hoax. And he determined, once and for all, to expose the "myth" of the Resurrection. After thoroughly examining the evidence for the resurrection — Dr. Greenleaf came to the exact opposite conclusion! He wrote a book entitled, An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists by the Rules of Evidence Administered in the Courts of Justice. In which he emphatically stated:

    "it was IMPOSSIBLE that the apostles could have persisted in affirming the truths they had narrated, had not JESUS CHRIST ACTUALLY RISEN FROM THE DEAD, . . ."
    (Simon Greenleaf, An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists by the Rules of Evidence Administered in the Courts of Justice, p.29).
     
    #178     Jan 15, 2008
  9. loik

    loik

    is that convincing?
     
    #179     Jan 15, 2008
  10. He was on equal footing with Buddha, Mohammed and others like Abraham etc. He was no God of course but that is a whole different subject. In my mind, God would never take a form. So the whole son, father thing is a methaphor. We all have the potential of that slice of divine and can become like Jesus or the other prophets if we correct our false thinking. In fact this is our birthright!
     
    #180     Jan 15, 2008