Why are people so positively sure that their religion is true???? RELIGITARDS MUST READ

Grew up with it drilled in their head

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Personal experiences.

People have been taught that their beliefs are equal to whatever anyone else believes.

This is clearly wrong, but people that can't understand that will persist anyway.

It should be a clear sign to people in general that if the highly intelligent all believe something different than they do, that there might (just might) be something to the idea, even if it isn't the one they currently hold.

It's certainly something for them to think about. Except that the religious, by definition, aren't allowed to think.

That isn't even an insult, it's what Religion means.

Personal experiences most likely cannot explain the nature of the universe. Your experiences probably just altered your perception of the universe.

Who said they need to? That is not what you asked. And yes, the altered the way I view my life and life on this planet, life-changing.

Not to mention the historical accuracy of the Bible and the many hundreds of Prophecy's fulfilled. Only a liar after knowing the odds would deny it's veracity.

What "prophecies" have been fulfilled and who made them. If they did come true, how do you know that they were originally stated by the prophet you say they were. The questions could go on and on cause there is no concrete answer to them unless you witnessed the prophecies being made or you made them yourself.

Don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see.

There is no such thing as the truth because the "truth" is distorted by conscious interpretation.

It is because they cannot fully reason, they are not developed enough and see to follow instead of walk in their sovereign shoes. They do not know they can be sovereign. And are in fact supposed to develop that which should be their goal and that is NOT taught in religion which is created for followers.

well your devil folks put many of those in there, what would you expect, they put them there to get YOU to accept them. Much of the bible has been in fact re written, and otherwise, its only the memories of man anyway.

Many of you revere Luke, and he was an honest man, trying to serve, but do you know he never met Christ? And much of his information, is from others told him?

Well here for example.

[link to www.reasons.org]



Unique among all books ever written, the Bible accurately foretells specific events-in detail-many years, sometimes centuries, before they occur. Approximately 2500 prophecies appear in the pages of the Bible, about 2000 of which already have been fulfilled to the letter—no errors.

(The remaining 500 or so reach into the future and may be seen unfolding as days go by.) Since the probability for any one of these prophecies having been fulfilled by chance averages less than one in ten (figured very conservatively) and since the prophecies are for the most part independent of one another, the odds for all these prophecies having been fulfilled by chance without error is less than one in 102000 (that is 1 with 2000 zeros written after it)!

God is not the only one, however, who uses forecasts of future events to get people's attention. Satan does, too. Through clairvoyants (such as Jeanne Dixon and Edgar Cayce), mediums, spiritists, and others, come remarkable predictions, though rarely with more than about 60 percent accuracy, never with total accuracy. Messages from Satan, furthermore, fail to match the detail of Bible prophecies, nor do they include a call to repentance.

The acid test for identifying a prophet of God is recorded by Moses in Deuteronomy 18:21-22. According to this Bible passage (and others), God's prophets, as distinct from Satan's spokesmen, are 100 percent accurate in their predictions. There is no room for error.

As economy does not permit an explanation of all the Biblical prophecies that have been fulfilled, what follows in a discussion of a few that exemplify the high degree of specificity, the range of projection, and/or the "supernature" of the predicted events. Readers are encouraged to select others, as well, and to carefully examine their historicity.

(1) Some time before 500 B.C. the prophet Daniel proclaimed that Israel's long-awaited Messiah would begin his public ministry 483 years after the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem (Daniel 9:25-26). He further predicted that the Messiah would be "cut off," killed, and that this event would take place prior to a second destruction of Jerusalem. Abundant documentation shows that these prophecies were perfectly fulfilled in the life (and crucifixion) of Jesus Christ. The decree regarding the restoration of Jerusalem was issued by Persia's King Artaxerxes to the Hebrew priest Ezra in 458 B.C., 483 years later the ministry of Jesus Christ began in Galilee. (Remember that due to calendar changes, the date for the start of Christ's ministry is set by most historians at about 26 A.D. Also note that from 1 B.C. to 1 A.D. is just one year.) Jesus' crucifixion occurred only a few years later, and about four decades later, in 70 A.D. came the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus.

(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 105.)*

(2) In approximately 700 B.C. the prophet Micah named the tiny village of Bethlehem as the birthplace of Israel's Messiah (Micah 5:2). The fulfillment of this prophecy in the birth of Christ is one of the most widely known and widely celebrated facts in history.

(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 105.)

(3) In the fifth century B.C. a prophet named Zechariah declared that the Messiah would be betrayed for the price of a slave—thirty pieces of silver, according to Jewish law-and also that this money would be used to buy a burial ground for Jerusalem's poor foreigners (Zechariah 11:12-13). Bible writers and secular historians both record thirty pieces of silver as the sum paid to Judas Iscariot for betraying Jesus, and they indicate that the money went to purchase a "potter's field," used—just as predicted—for the burial of poor aliens (Matthew 27:3-10).

(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 1011.)

(4) Some 400 years before crucifixion was invented, both Israel's King David and the prophet Zechariah described the Messiah's death in words that perfectly depict that mode of execution. Further, they said that the body would be pierced and that none of the bones would be broken, contrary to customary procedure in cases of crucifixion (Psalm 22 and 34:20; Zechariah 12:10). Again, historians and New Testament writers confirm the fulfillment: Jesus of Nazareth died on a Roman cross, and his extraordinarily quick death eliminated the need for the usual breaking of bones. A spear was thrust into his side to verify that he was, indeed, dead.

(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 1013.)

(5) The prophet Isaiah foretold that a conqueror named Cyrus would destroy seemingly impregnable Babylon and subdue Egypt along with most of the rest of the known world. This same man, said Isaiah, would decide to let the Jewish exiles in his territory go free without any payment of ransom (Isaiah 44:28; 45:1; and 45:13). Isaiah made this prophecy 150 years before Cyrus was born, 180 years before Cyrus performed any of these feats (and he did, eventually, perform them all), and 80 years before the Jews were taken into exile.

(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 1015.)

(6) Mighty Babylon, 196 miles square, was enclosed not only by a moat, but also by a double wall 330 feet high, each part 90 feet thick. It was said by unanimous popular opinion to be indestructible, yet two Bible prophets declared its doom. These prophets further claimed that the ruins would be avoided by travelers, that the city would never again be inhabited, and that its stones would not even be moved for use as building material (Isaiah 13:17-22 and Jeremiah 51:26, 43). Their description is, in fact, the well-documented history of the famous citadel.

(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 109.)

(7) The exact location and construction sequence of Jerusalem's nine suburbs was predicted by Jeremiah about 2600 years ago. He referred to the time of this building project as "the last days," that is, the time period of Israel's second rebirth as a nation in the land of Palestine (Jeremiah 31:38-40). This rebirth became history in 1948, and the construction of the nine suburbs has gone forward precisely in the locations and in the sequence predicted.

(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 1018.)

(8) The prophet Moses foretold (with some additions by Jeremiah and Jesus) that the ancient Jewish nation would be conquered twice and that the people would be carried off as slaves each time, first by the Babylonians (for a period of 70 years), and then by a fourth world kingdom (which we know as Rome). The second conqueror, Moses said, would take the Jews captive to Egypt in ships, selling them or giving them away as slaves to all parts of the world. Both of these predictions were fulfilled to the letter, the first in 607 B.C. and the second in 70 A.D. God's spokesmen said, further, that the Jews would remain scattered throughout the entire world for many generations, but without becoming assimilated by the peoples or of other nations, and that the Jews would one day return to the land of Palestine to re-establish for a second time their nation (Deuteronomy 29; Isaiah 11:11-13; Jeremiah 25:11; Hosea 3:4-5 and Luke 21:23-24).

This prophetic statement sweeps across 3500 years of history to its complete fulfillment—in our lifetime.

(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 120.)

(9) Jeremiah predicted that despite its fertility and despite the accessibility of its water supply, the land of Edom (today a part of Jordan) would become a barren, uninhabited wasteland (Jeremiah 49:15-20; Ezekiel 25:12-14). His description accurately tells the history of that now bleak region.

(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 105.)

(10) Joshua prophesied that Jericho would be rebuilt by one man. He also said that the man's eldest son would die when the reconstruction began and that his youngest son would die when the work reached completion (Joshua 6:26). About five centuries later this prophecy found its fulfillment in the life and family of a man named Hiel (1 Kings 16:33-34).

(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 107).

(11) The day of Elijah's supernatural departure from Earth was predicted unanimously—and accurately, according to the eye-witness account—by a group of fifty prophets (2 Kings 2:3-11).

(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 109).

(12) Jahaziel prophesied that King Jehoshaphat and a tiny band of men would defeat an enormous, well-equipped, well-trained army without even having to fight. Just as predicted, the King and his troops stood looking on as their foes were supernaturally destroyed to the last man (2 Chronicles 20).

(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 108).

(13) One prophet of God (unnamed, but probably Shemiah) said that a future king of Judah, named Josiah, would take the bones of all the occultic priests (priests of the "high places") of Israel's King Jeroboam and burn them on Jeroboam's altar (1 Kings 13:2 and 2 Kings 23:15-18). This event occurred approximately 300 years after it was foretold.

(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 1013).

Since these thirteen prophecies cover mostly separate and independent events, the probability of chance occurrence for all thirteen is about 1 in 10138 (138 equals the sum of all the exponents of 10 in the probability estimates above). For the sake of putting the figure into perspective, this probability can be compared to the statistical chance that the second law of thermodynamics will be reversed in a given situation (for example, that a gasoline engine will refrigerate itself during its combustion cycle or that heat will flow from a cold body to a hot body)—that chance = 1 in 1080. Stating it simply, based on these thirteen prophecies alone, the Bible record may be said to be vastly more reliable than the second law of thermodynamics. Each reader should feel free to make his own reasonable estimates of probability for the chance fulfillment of the prophecies cited here. In any case, the probabilities deduced still will be absurdly remote.

Given that the Bible proves so reliable a document, there is every reason to expect that the remaining 500 prophecies, those slated for the "time of the end," also will be fulfilled to the last letter. Who can afford to ignore these coming events, much less miss out on the immeasurable blessings offered to anyone and everyone who submits to the control of the Bible's author, Jesus Christ? Would a reasonable person take lightly God's warning of judgment for those who reject what they know to be true about Jesus Christ and the Bible, or who reject Jesus' claim on their lives?

*The estimates of probability included herein come from a group of secular research scientists. As an example of their method of estimation, consider their calculations for this first prophecy cited:

Since the Messiah's ministry could conceivably begin in any one of about 5000 years, there is, then, one chance in about 5000 that his ministry could begin in 26 A.D.
Since the Messiah is God in human form, the possibility of his being killed is considerably low, say less than one chance in 10.
Relative to the second destruction of Jerusalem, this execution has roughly an even chance of occurring before or after that event, that is, one chance in 2.

Hence, the probability of chance fulfillment for this prophecy is 1 in 5000 x 10 x 2, which is 1 in 100,000, or 1 in 105.

What are your recommended means for developing this "sovereign" state that you speak of?

Yet you profess your 'religion", that this is all an illusion.

So how come you are so sure you are right and they are wrong?
How do you know that they are not just misunderstood "Einstein types", and you are the dunce?

It's because every body believes what they choose to believe and are 100 percent sure they are right!!!!

What do you have to say about that OP?

You're right, religion is a lie, it didn't die on the cross...Jesus did. His death and ressurection is well documented, and corroborated by witnesses, and no one has ever been able to disprove this fact.

Even the pagans believed at one time, but in these last days, many are rejecting the truth...

I knew my last question was going to open up the flood gates for bible passages. Hearing people say things like "3000 years ago Prophet X made a prophecy that eventually came true 2500 years ago" is silly. Particularly when the source of your so called information is the bible which has been rewritten, edited and translated numerous times. In response to your argument that Prophecies came true my argument is based on Occam's Razor. Is it not possible that instead of people having documented supernatural forethought, (which in my *personal experience* have never witnessed anything close to such)those forethoughts and the documented fulfillment of those forethoughts (prophecies) were added at later dates(council of nicea)to increase the perceived validity of the bible in order to gain power and control?

The book of Daniel shows Gods time line of history, theres plenty of youtube videos that reveal the dream of king Nebakanezer regaurding the golden staute. Its dead on according to non christian historians.

If you choose to not read the Bible that fine, he gave you free will and choice. God says very clearly this is where your understanding and faith will come from. I suggest you do it...

Yes I do believe that reality is an illusion. That was one of the points of the original post. My reasons to believe that is, reality is defined by the analysis of sensory perception. We believe what we are seeing, hearing, etc. is real but really those products of our senses are just chemical reactions in the brain. That is one reason why I stated earlier " there is no such thing as the truth because the truth is subject to conscious interpretation". On the whole reality is created by the mind. Also I am not 100 percent sure of anything and I don't believe you should be 100 percent sure of anything at all. You must have misinterpreted my original post. The world is not black and white.

You seem to be one of the many low I.Q. religious people I was talking about. I guess will have to take your word for it kid. I guess i will have to take those "non christian historians" word for it too. Knowledge of history and it's events is an illusion too.

History is times ugly step brother.

Free will is an illusion also

BRAVO!!

We can only see 1% of the entire electromagnetic spectrum.

We can only hear 1% of the entire acoustic spectrum.

Yet, we have people who seriously believe their dogma is the truth and nothing but the truth.

"Wisdom is knowing how little we know." Socrates

Really? Where are the bible passages? I don't see any. And I simply answered your question when you asked what Prophecies. I knew you would could out with some crap like that, you are all dishonest. The writing is on the wall yet you still deny it for you are truly blind.

"Particularly when the source of your so called information is the bible which has been rewritten, edited and translated numerous times."

And to this above, maybe the new testament but the old has not been corrupted, even the dead sea scrolls confirmed that, it is strikingly similar.

Worldtard.

Well, I have news for you. The bible was never meant to be taken literally. You know what's so nice about so called "prophecies?" TPTB take a look at them and say - "Oh, look, this is what the stupid sheeple expect to happen. Well, let's not disappoint them!" Geez man - if you KNOW what people expect, how easy is it to make it happen???!!!! WAKE UP!!

I apologize. Instead of using the word "bible" i should have used christian texts.

good point bee bee

I just thought "I knew my last question was going to open up the flood gates for bible passages." was a little excessive and dramatic. Many historians have verified that these things have happened and they were written well before some of the things happened.

lol