Industriaan said:
well, it is nice off u to think that way, but
1)genisis isn't the story of the creation of mankind, but the way the tribes in isreal came to be.
2) whenit was written, people honestly tought that is the way the earth and blablabla was created.
3)Why is u god the real one and not the gods of other²religions
4)what if u do not believe in any type god?
1. I can point you to a few Hebrew word studies on Genesis that would cast serious doubt onto what you wrote. Additionally, do you know of ancient commentaries that said as much? I don't know of any. The midrash doesn't count -- it's too new.
2. Your point two contradicts your point one. I'm confused.
3a. The Judeo-Christian god is written about in the world's most copied and preserved ancient literature with phenominal accuracy unparalleled in other ancient writings.
3b. If you read the Judeo-Christian writings, you can illicit from them tremendous inerrancy, a lack of contradictions, and the dabbling of a hand greater than the authors who wrote it.
3c. Thousands of years ago a savior was predicted to come and do a bunch of stuff. Two thousand years ago, hundreds of years after the predictions, a dude fulfilled the prophecies. The existance of this dude can be verified historically (via extrabiblical Roman accounts, archaeological digs, and multiple first-hand testimonies). Human meddling of text can be ruled out when evidence is inspected. This is strong evidence that the Judeo-Christian god exists, has some super-human ability to predict the future, and is able to manipulate this universe.
3d. This same god of the Jews and Christians speaks of other gods and says they are false. When inspected and compared, non-Christian gods over the past 2000 years exhibit the
same traits as the false gods that the Judeo-Christian god speaks of. This leads me to believe that that one is true and the others are being driven by the same personality that's been driving all the false gods, namely Satan, as described in these phenominal historical writings which are allegedly authored not by man but by a god.
3e. This historical savior dude claims to have come from the one true God and condemns those that worship other gods. The amazing supernatural feats of this dude (for instance, his resurrection from death) can be verified historically, so this dude has some authority to say these things.
3f. If there are other gods, the god of this dude is greater than the others.
3g. The Judeo-Christian god is different from every other god in history, has more positive historical evidence for him than any other god, and can be seen changing the very face of this planet through the people living on it. Ultimately, it's a matter of faith, but belief in the Judeo-Christian god is
far from a blind leap! If interested, check out a Lee Strobel book. I read that as a non-believer and found it decent (I didn't like some of his conclusions, but overall he did some decent work).
4a. Belief that you are an only child (if you were told you are an only child) doesn't make it a reality. You could have a brother or sister somewhere in the world that your parents are hiding from you. Similarly, belief that God doesn't exist doesn't make God go away. In other words, you don't control reality with your beliefs. Rather, reality sculpts your beliefs. You
choose to believe in no-God based on the reality that you've personally seen. Look at the prior bullets and check them out in more detail for yourself. That's how I found God a year ago.
4b. According to the reality of the universe as I've found it to be, a nonbelief in God will condemn you to an eternity of suffering beyond imagining. This isn't something to gamble with. The evidence should be looked at first before making a decision.
4c. An atheist will say that the reality of the universe as they've found it to be is an eternity of black oblivion. Christianity offers an eternity of life and joy. This isn't a crutch or a feel-good philosophy, but just the way the universe is, as the one true God describes it.
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