"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours."
This is also a very stupid quote stating that our God is no different from other mythical deities. I have a lot to say about this.
One of the several reasons that our God is different from mythical deities is that He is a loving God. With Islam and Judaism the people go to god. With Christianity Jesus comes to us so we can have that personal relationship with him. Christianity is the only religion you can say that about. Other religions are dead because there is no personal relationship, there are just rules to follow that make people miserable.
I was reading last night and I came across this verse:
This is how God showed his love among us; He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. (1 John 4:9, NIV)
God loved humanity so much that He sent His only Son down to earth as the ultimate sacrifice. He made the ultimate act of love to a sinful race that sometimes refuses to even acknowledge the He exists. We didn't deserve that love, we don't deserve Him. That is some serious mercy right there. I'd like to see Zeus pull that off!
Jesus had twelve disciples and ten of them were crucified. They wouldn't have died for a lie. If it were a lie they could have just gone "sike! Jesus isn't the Son of God." But they didn't. What would they have gained if they had died for a lie? Nothing. Not much is worth dying for, Jesus is. The personal relationship that Jesus has to give is worth dying for. The love that God shows everyday is worth dying for. I would definitely give my life any day for my Lord.
So just tell me that God is no different from all the other so called "deities" that are worshiped other places in the world. Try me.
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