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Old 07-31-2007, 11:27 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Question(s) for the believers

From experience and personal observations, many believers really do not think their beliefs through. All they know is that they believe and that they should believe even if they only give lip service to the more serious elements of their faith. "Mi believe inna gad" is often most need to hear to accept inclusion.

Anyway, one of the most popular objections young believers will hear in schools of higher learning is that the story of Jesus was not new or unique (well some elements were tailored for Jewish public consumption). Evidence is then provided that hundres and thousands of years before the time of Jesus there were stories of virgin born "gods" and heroes who in some cases died in the prime of their lives (at the hands of their enemy(ies)) only to rise again and ascend into the heavens to take their rightful positions. How do you respond to this objection?

FYI, the early church fathers had to deal with this in the early days of the Christian church. The most popular argument was (still used by Seventh Day Adventists) is that Satan knew of God's plan during his stay in heaven and tried to preempt and prevent it from being fulfilled so he presented all kinds of fakes prior to the real thing in order to deceive whole nations. That argument has all kinds of holes, but nevertheless, what would be your explanation?
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