He's still alive? AMAZING! Theres nothing new about this. He's been doing it since the 70's. I guess we have become so "everything correct" in this country, that anything fun and exciting is out. Back in the day, me and a couple of buddies would meet on Sunday mornings. We would get really stoned and watch Earnest Angley. We used to put our hands against his and LAUGH our butts off while he healed us. "EVIL DEMON COME OUT'AH!" "THANK YA JESUS'AH!" he always put an "ah" at the end of everything. Then we would watch Lost in Space. Dr Smith was always good for a laugh too. "YOU BUMBLING BOOBIE!" I think he actually penned the now famous phrase "PA LEEZE" I say leave ol Earnest alone. I'm sure h...

He's still alive? AMAZING! Theres nothing new about this. He's been doing it since the 70's. I guess we have become so "everything correct" in this country, that anything fun and exciting is out. Back in the day, me and a couple of buddies would meet on Sunday mornings. We would get really stoned and watch Earnest Angley. We used to put our hands against his and LAUGH our butts off while he healed us. "EVIL DEMON COME OUT'AH!" "THANK YA JESUS'AH!" he always put an "ah" at the end of everything. Then we would watch Lost in Space. Dr Smith was always good for a laugh too. "YOU BUMBLING BOOBIE!" I think he actually penned the now famous phrase "PA LEEZE" I say leave ol Earnest alone. I'm sure he's still working wonders for todays teen stoners.

I think if Jesus was still on the earth and still curing people he would cure aids and everything else

Did he "cure" anything? He cast out "devils"! Obviously he knew nothing about biology or microbiology. Me thinks a god would know about microbiology, don't you think?

But since there's no actual evidence of Jesus (except in folklore) it is entirely plausible that his feats were just that, folklore.

Have you noticed that in the story, none of the healed or "brought back to life" ever showed up to defend him at his crucifixion? Where were these multitudes he fed with a loaf and a fish? Where was the blind man he made see? The leper, the sick made well?

No, if he were her...

I think if Jesus was still on the earth and still curing people he would cure aids and everything else

Did he "cure" anything? He cast out "devils"! Obviously he knew nothing about biology or microbiology. Me thinks a god would know about microbiology, don't you think?

But since there's no actual evidence of Jesus (except in folklore) it is entirely plausible that his feats were just that, folklore.

Have you noticed that in the story, none of the healed or "brought back to life" ever showed up to defend him at his crucifixion? Where were these multitudes he fed with a loaf and a fish? Where was the blind man he made see? The leper, the sick made well?

No, if he were here he'd expose the scriptures as fraud. Amazing how god's technology or knowledge never exceeds the culture that's doing the writing, isn't it?

I used to scream the same arguments until realized how selfish human beings are. We eat junk foods, lust for money, murder and rape and you blame God? We dump chemicals in the water, feed animals waste and eat the sick slaughtered dying cows and you blame God for cancer?

Maybe your definition of God is different than mine, but how can anybody look at the world and blame the Ultimate Force that Is for how it turned out?

GOD IS and we are a part of that so when the bible says SIN is what separates us from HIM that is exactly what it means. When we separate ourselves from the way things are then we die.

It doesn't matter what religion you preach or what you believe in. It is all one in the s...

I used to scream the same arguments until realized how selfish human beings are. We eat junk foods, lust for money, murder and rape and you blame God? We dump chemicals in the water, feed animals waste and eat the sick slaughtered dying cows and you blame God for cancer?

Maybe your definition of God is different than mine, but how can anybody look at the world and blame the Ultimate Force that Is for how it turned out?

GOD IS and we are a part of that so when the bible says SIN is what separates us from HIM that is exactly what it means. When we separate ourselves from the way things are then we die.

It doesn't matter what religion you preach or what you believe in. It is all one in the same. We are all a part of the same existence and when we lust for more we are losing something in return.

We are like ants eating up an apple. When will we ever be satisfied? When will we all stop having to do something and just relax?

If we all just stopped for a second and enjoyed the moment that is taking place right now then what problems would we have?

If this person is hungry then feed them. If this person is lonely then comfort them. If this person is sick then help them.

Jesus was the Son of God like we are all Son's of God. Jesus represented God's beautiful creation which is me and you. We killed him out of jealousy and insecurity. We couldn't grasp the meaning of love.

GOD IS and we are a part of that so when the bible says SIN is what separates us from HIM that is exactly what it means. When we separate ourselves from the way things are then we die.

The bible says Jesus was without sin, and he too died. And he's supposedly the closest to the bible god, even a part of him; and yet he died. So...

The bible's not right.

If this person is hungry then feed them.

We can't make mana fall from the sky, but god can. So....

Where's the mana?

Jesus was the Son of God like we are all Son's of God.

Can we do magic tricks like feeding 5,000 people from a loaf of bread?

The bible says you can what Jesus did and more, if...

GOD IS and we are a part of that so when the bible says SIN is what separates us from HIM that is exactly what it means. When we separate ourselves from the way things are then we die.

The bible says Jesus was without sin, and he too died. And he's supposedly the closest to the bible god, even a part of him; and yet he died. So...

The bible's not right.

If this person is hungry then feed them.

We can't make mana fall from the sky, but god can. So....

Where's the mana?

Jesus was the Son of God like we are all Son's of God.

Can we do magic tricks like feeding 5,000 people from a loaf of bread?

The bible says you can what Jesus did and more, if you would just believe.

Can you do any of that? Don't you believe?

Sounds like fraud. Oopps! That's just what the Advertising Standards Authority said!

Funny - in the New Testament that I read, Jesus always referred to himself as the "Son of Man".

I know of three places (there may be more - you go look) in the Gospel of Mark in which Jesus states that the end of the world and the final judgement are imminent - that the "kingdom of god is nigh" (Ch. 1), that his own disciples will see it and it will happen to the generation now living (Chs. 9 & 13). There are several possibilities here:

The bible is wrong.

The bible was mistranslated.

Jesus was misquoted.

Jesus was wrong.

Jesus lied.

I could probably come up with more, but I'm too tired. If possibility #3 is correct, he's in good company because there have been hundreds or even tho...

Funny - in the New Testament that I read, Jesus always referred to himself as the "Son of Man".

I know of three places (there may be more - you go look) in the Gospel of Mark in which Jesus states that the end of the world and the final judgement are imminent - that the "kingdom of god is nigh" (Ch. 1), that his own disciples will see it and it will happen to the generation now living (Chs. 9 & 13). There are several possibilities here:

The bible is wrong.

The bible was mistranslated.

Jesus was misquoted.

Jesus was wrong.

Jesus lied.

I could probably come up with more, but I'm too tired. If possibility #3 is correct, he's in good company because there have been hundreds or even thousands of predictions of the end of the world and not one of them has come to pass.

If Jesus was divine, a manifestation of god, he cannot be wrong and he should not be able to lie. Divine will should keep the bible inerrant, making mistranslation and misquoting it impossible (a point disproved by B. Ehrman in "Mistranslating Jesus", which I have read and "Jesus Interrupted" which I have yet to start.) That the bible offers no theodicy as a remedy for suffering is covered in "God's Problem" (which I am just finishing).

You ppl are just saying that cos you want to seem smart and back-it up with scriptures, manipulating it for what is truely meant to be.
Ihave a fren who is a multi-millionair and didnt believe in god, until his wife couldnt fall pregnt & when she did, she then had a mis and he said "maybe God meant it to be that way" he then found out that he has cancer.
Stop saying things that you dont fully understand and looking for proof for things that happened when you dont have proof that it didnt cos you might just eat your words.

What if they suddenly find a cure for AIDS, would you believe in God or would you change your storie and give credit to the scientist.

how can you explain how man w...

You ppl are just saying that cos you want to seem smart and back-it up with scriptures, manipulating it for what is truely meant to be.
Ihave a fren who is a multi-millionair and didnt believe in god, until his wife couldnt fall pregnt & when she did, she then had a mis and he said "maybe God meant it to be that way" he then found out that he has cancer.
Stop saying things that you dont fully understand and looking for proof for things that happened when you dont have proof that it didnt cos you might just eat your words.

What if they suddenly find a cure for AIDS, would you believe in God or would you change your storie and give credit to the scientist.

how can you explain how man was created? through a big explosion?
do you think cells just developed and then cell division and then eventually became man?
and by co-incidence the male organ and the female organs just fitted and the earth became populated.

dont just question certain things that your feable mind can imagine.
Theres a bigger picture and if you cant see it now then you will one day and hope you have enough time to repent.