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Jesus' Primary Purpose
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So you say, but either of them, or a thousand others we never even heard of, could be the ONE and ONLY... regardless of whether one accepts or does not accept it.
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Let's say person B says the exact same thing about the god they believe is real. How do I determine the truth?
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Romans 8:29 says God predestined us "to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren." This, I would say, is God's overall reason for sending Jesus to us. But, in the process of being conformed to Jesus, we need to worship Him and be forgiven and have Him as our example. But most of all, about His example, is how we also need to become in our nature, so we are conformed to Jesus.
So, all are needed . . . like how a machine for some main purpose needs its individual parts with their contributing purposes
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You're putting the cart before the horse. I have no reason to believe there's an afterlife to begin with. Show me that there is and we can talk about the rest.
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I was not suggesting God could "give" anything more. The only thing we lack now while here on earth is actually living in heaven, although we are in the Kingdom. We have a birthright to heaven and the dead to a home in heaven which no one can take away and even God will not take back, but we could give this dead away.
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Perhaps if you provided some substance to support your claims, we could make some headway. I'm certainly not going to accept them without any.
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You're posting in Christian Apologetics. Christian apologists attempt to use logical arguments and evidence to show that their beliefs are true. If you're not doing that (and you're not), why would you be posting here? It certainly doesn't help anyone, and in fact may give the wrong impression about what apologetics are.
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When "HIS WITNESSES" (by which you mean yourself) have nothing to go on but your own say-so, there's not a whole lot to believe.
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