Here is another aspect to consider. I agree, it is SIMPLE. Just the fact that there are bunch of spurious, pernicious cult type counterfeit religions out there, should give us this idea. The counterfeit religions, are a poor copy of the real thing (Biblical Christianity) If it was not true, why would Satan be out there creating false religions? Satan tries to imitate the REAL THING with counterfeit religions, giving us further evidence that Biblical Christianity is the truth. Of course, to us saved people, the best evidence we have that Biblical Christianity is true, as opposed to the counterfeit religions, is a changed life. I had no difference in my life when I belonged to a counterfeit religion. When I met the real Jesus, not the Jesus of the cults, my life was transformed. Something that was utterly unknown in the cult I was in before.
You are right. People are fooled all the time. That is how Jim Jones got started. It is easy to follow the wrong crowd if you do not know the Bible. In a way, Manson had the same kind of influence. His followers needed to believe in something and he was there. I have never been that needy, thank God.
And that is what escapes most of those we talk to.
We share that sort of thing time and again, and it goes without comment, except to accuse us of *easy believism* and that we can live however we want in unrepentant, wanton sin, and still expect to get to heaven.
Telling them about the change that happens is more than falling on deaf ears. It doesn't even register to them. It's like it never happened when we relate it.
You just weren't paying attention...it was and is still there. Christ is the entire emphasis in the Catholic church and has been for 2,015 years. You will, someday, realize that again and when you do, WELCOME HOME!!! We've been around since even before 1933.
By this question I'm not doubting you met Him. I am wondering though if you could describe how you met Him? How did you meet "the real Jesus" in other words?