Why Believe in Christianity over all other religions?
 

Why should anyone trust in Christianity over Islam, Buddhism, Mormonism, or anything else? It is because there are absolute truths, because only in Christianity is there accurate fulfilled prophecies of a coming Messiah. Only in Christianity do we have the extremely accurate transmission of the eyewitness documents (gospels) so we can trust what was originally written. Only in Christianity do we have the person of Christ who claimed to be God, performed many miracles to prove His claim of divinity, who died and rose from the dead, and who said that He alone was the way the truth and the life (John 14:6). All this adds to the legitimacy and credibility of Christianity above all other religions -- all based on the person of Jesus. If follows that if it is all true about what Jesus said and did, then all other religions are false because Jesus said that He alone was the way, the truth, and the life and that no one comes to the Father except through Him (John 14:6). It could not be that Jesus is the only way and truth and other religions also be the truth.

Either Jesus is true and all other religions are false or other religions are true and Jesus is false. There are no other options.

Re: Why Believe in Christianity over all other religions?
 

Mormonism is a branch of Christianity, faggot.

*Reply reserved for future puntage*

Re: Why Believe in Christianity over all other religions?
 

I'm not a faggot as you say. Obviously you cannot have a converstation without casting insults. So here is one for you: You are a pitiful, mentally backward Neanderthal who suffers from a severe vitamin deficiency that has obviously retarded your intellectual development.

Now for real, I'm just kidding you. Help me understand why Mormanism is a branch of Christianity when the teachings of the Mormans contradict the Bible?

Re: Why Believe in Christianity over all other religions?
 

The Bible itself contradicts itself many a time. Mormonism draws off the teachings of the Bible, albeit not very well.

Re: Why Believe in Christianity over all other religions?
 

Prove it. You have nobody to verify that they were accurate - to an extreme or otherwise.

You have proof that there was a guy named Jesus, that's all.

Option number 3 is that all of them are wrong. Jesus being real is irrelevant to whether Jesus had divine powers or was the voice of god.

Re: Why Believe in Christianity over all other religions?
 

[quote=medicforlife;10609238] Only in Christianity do we have the extremely accurate transmission of the eyewitness documents (gospels) so we can trust what was originally written.
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It's been verified the Bible was edited in the 400's? How is that an accurate eyewitness account?

Re: Why Believe in Christianity over all other religions?
 

You are correct that Mormons frequently misrepresent scripture and take verses out of context to make it say what they want. Those who do not know what the Bible really teaches will easily be fooled. For example, when the Bible says that there are no other gods besides God (Isaiah 43:10; 44:6,8), Mormons quickly add "of this world." That means that there really are other gods out there and that the Bible is talking only about this world and not about others. They often quote 1 Cor. 8:5-6 which mentions the existence of other gods. But when doing this, they fail to read exactly what it says, that there are "so-called gods." In other words, they are called gods, but really are not gods. Paul was speaking about false gods, not the true and living God.

Do you want to trust Morman teaching when even you admit that they do not draw off the teachings of the Bible very well? Just curious?

btw...here are some other areas of concern that do not follow the Bible.

The true gospel was lost from the earth. Mormonism is its restoration, Mormon Doctrine, by Bruce R. McConkie, p. 635. They teach there was an apostasy and the true church ceased to exist on earth.
There are many gods, Mormon Doctrine, p. 163.
There is a mother god, Articles of Faith, by James Talmage, p. 443.
God used to be a man on another planet, Mormon Doctrine, p. 321. Joseph Smith, Times and Seasons, Vol 5, pp. 613-614; Orson Pratt, Journal of Discourses, Vol 2, p. 345, Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, vol. 7, p. 333.
After you become a good Mormon, you have the potential of becoming a god, Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, pages 345-347, 354.

Re: Why Believe in Christianity over all other religions?
 

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It's been verified the Bible was edited in the 400's? How is that an accurate eyewitness account?[/quote]


Who edited it, what was edited and who verified that the Bible was edited? Just saying so, does not mean that it happened. :)

Re: Why Believe in Christianity over all other religions?
 

Who edited it, what was edited and who verified that the Bible was edited? Just saying so, does not mean that it happened. :)[/quote]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea

Re: Why Believe in Christianity over all other religions?
 

There is a lot of info to put into a post like this. Following is a list of extra-biblical (outside of the Bible) references of biblical events, places, etc. The list is not exhaustive but is very representative of what is available. More information is available regarding manuscipts that I have not put in this post.

Flavius Josephus (AD 37?-101?, a Jewish historian) mentions John the Baptist and Herod - Antiquities, Book 18, ch. 5, par.

Flavius Josephus (AD 37?-101?) mentions Jesus - Antiquities, Book 18, ch. 3, par. 3.

Flavius Josephus (AD 37?-101?) mentions James, the brother of Jesus - Antiquities, Book 20, ch. 9.

Flavius Josephus (AD 37?-101?) mentions Ananias the High Priest who was mentioned in Acts 23:2

Tacitus (A.D. c.55-A.D. c.117, Roman historian) mentions "Christus" who is Jesus - Annals 15.44

Pliny the Younger mentioned Christ. Pliny was governor of Bithynia in Asia Minor. Pliny wrote ten books. The tenth around AD 112.

The Talmud
"On the eve of the Passover Yeshu was hanged. For forty days before the execution took place, a herald went forth and cried, "He is going forth to be stoned because he has practiced sorcery and enticed Israel to apostasy. Any one who can say anything in his favor, let him come forward and plead on his behalf." But since nothing was brought forward in his favor he was hanged on the eve of the Passover!"

Lucian (circa 120-after 180) mentions Jesus. Greek writer and rhetorician.

You will have to read these for yourself. I can't quote all of them here.