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To: Havoc
You miss the larger point. The first one is loaded with fulfilled prophecy which tends to give it credibility.

That's certainly the opinion of Christians. The majority of the people on the planet would disagree. What makes you so sure you're right?

To my knowledge, the Koran has no prophecy in it - much less any that's been fulfilled

So?

The Hindu religions are pantheon - like the old Roman religions - gods for this and that. There isn't much going for their stuff either.

Again, what makes you so sure your religion got it right? Are all 800,000,0000 Hindus dumber than you, then?

Biblical Scripture is the word of God. Everyone elses pretty much makes a pretense but is otherwise left wanting.

Again, this is nothing more than the view of one of several major religions on this planet. It would seem that, if scripture were so great, it would be more appealing to the billions of people on this planet who are not Christians.

144 posted on 08/03/2004 10:45:30 AM PDT by Modernman ("I have nothing to declare except my genius." -Oscar Wilde)
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To: Modernman
It would seem that, if scripture were so great, it would be more appealing to the billions of people on this planet who are not Christians.

No, it actually wouldn't. Let us not forget that the masses and crowds believed the earth to be flat. The chinese are the most populace group of people on the planet - they're communists. Are they now right because of their numbers? Bush stood practically alone on Iraq, was the rest of the planet right? No. The numbers game is foolhardy on it's face.

The reason Christianity is unpopular is that it tells people they have freedom of choice; but, there are consequences to the choices. And just doing as you dang well please will end you up in Hell. People don't want to hear that they'll go to hell for schtupping the neighbor's wife. They want to 'enjoy' themselves and do whatever it takes their fancy to do and to "hell" with anyone that tries to restrain them from so much as being abusive. That is the natural order of things as they are now. Christianity isn't unpopular because it's incorrect, it's unpopular because people think they shouldn't have to answer to anyone or anything and that their whims should be the final check on themselves. The more God appears to be real, the less non-christians like it and the more they tend to rebell against the notion. People think that disproving God in their own mind somehow dispells him and makes him irrelevant. I note very few have tried that with the IRS, the cops, or here especially, with democrats. lol.

177 posted on 08/03/2004 12:04:39 PM PDT by Havoc (.)
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To: Modernman
It would seem that, if scripture were so great, it would be more appealing to the billions of people on this planet who are not Christians.

No, it actually wouldn't. Let us not forget that the masses and crowds believed the earth to be flat. The chinese are the most populace group of people on the planet - they're communists. Are they now right because of their numbers? Bush stood practically alone on Iraq, was the rest of the planet right? No. The numbers game is foolhardy on it's face.

The reason Christianity is unpopular is that it tells people they have freedom of choice; but, there are consequences to the choices. And just doing as you dang well please will end you up in Hell. People don't want to hear that they'll go to hell for schtupping the neighbor's wife. They want to 'enjoy' themselves and do whatever it takes their fancy to do and to "hell" with anyone that tries to restrain them from so much as being abusive. That is the natural order of things as they are now. Christianity isn't unpopular because it's incorrect, it's unpopular because people think they shouldn't have to answer to anyone or anything and that their whims should be the final check on themselves. The more God appears to be real, the less non-christians like it and the more they tend to rebell against the notion. People think that disproving God in their own mind somehow dispells him and makes him irrelevant. I note very few have tried that with the IRS, the cops, or here especially, with democrats. lol.

179 posted on 08/03/2004 12:04:56 PM PDT by Havoc (.)
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