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RE: I Had No Clue Christopher Hitchens Has A Brother Who Happens To Be A Theist
Good points. Because we have a moral compass it is very reasonable to believe we we created by a much more intelligent being that gave us that moral compass.
Exactly, now the debate should be on which religion serves the real God?
Well that's also not hard to debate either. There are two key points to discuss in a debate like that.
#1: What evidence (historical, geographical, eyewitness accounts, miracles, etc.) is there to support which God
#2: Jesus claimed that he was the only path to know God and belief in Him means you serve the True God. The test for this case is to see if Jesus was actually who he claimed to be and also to look at the evidence for him resurrecting from the dead.
Well, i dont think there is any evidence of jesus resurrection from the dead. All we have are details from the bible based on eye witness accounts. If Jesus had indeed woken from the dead has he had claimed before crucifixion then its logical that he would have shown himself to the people to prove them all wrong not just the disciples
The key is the eyewitness accounts though. It would be one thing to say he resurrected without anyone ever having seen him afterwards but to have roughly 500 eyewitnesses says something. Also note that there were roman soldiers guarding the tomb. They fell asleep. This was punishable by death for them to do that.
I think what you may be getting at is the validity of the Bible's claim about his resurrection. What do you think?
Yes thats what am getting at. Based on the claim of the bible, and bible alone is what the foundation of the resurrection is based on
Oh ok I see. Well it's also a good idea to test the validity of the the Bible itself to see if it is actually the absolute truth it claims to be. God says his word is the truth and is perfect in essence. The key too is to test if the Bible can stand on it's own.
Yes, thats just it