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KHALILUR RAHMAN
Thanks for your reply. You said I am asking question to look for holes in Christian assertion. Let me clarify some points. I am not a Christian. But I am looking for the truth in your religion. I started with Old & New Testament. But I found them so much contradictory to each other that I am totally confused. Even the 4 gospel of New Testaments is totally opposite to the teaching of present Church. There are problems with translation also. Each translation is different from another one. Even the translation in same language is also different from publishers to publishers. Bengali Translation in India is different from that of Bangladesh. It is really a hodgepodge. People are playing with this religion so much that it is very difficult to find out the truth. That is the reason I need the explanation from an expert like you. If you are ready to satisfy my queries, I can proceed further.
If you are unwilling or unable, I have to stop here. Please let me know your intention.
If you are unwilling or unable, I have to stop here. Please let me know your intention.
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At 10:23 AM 5/16/2012,
Dear Khalilur,
It is good to hear that you are truly seeking the Truth and I am glad to give you whatever help I can. The first thing you need to know is this: I am not here to defend the Bible, God, Jesus or Christianity. God does not need defending. He simply is. WE need help. We might not realize it, but that doesn't make it any less true. Do you know God? I do. At one time, I didn't know God, but now I do. The reason I start here, is that this is where I began. I wasn't born a Christian. I was raised a nominal Catholic, who didn't actually believe in Jesus. I believed many things over the first 20 years of my life, but I came to the point where I simply asked this question of God: "If you are my Father, why don't I know you? Either you don't exist, or what Jesus said is true, that I am NOT a child of God".
So, from there I chose to believe what the Christians said about Jesus, that He died for my sins and rose from the dead. I realize now, that at that moment, my life began. He honored His promise that whoever believes in Him should not perish by have everlasting life. By definition in John 17:3, Jesus said 'and this is eternal life to know thee, the ONLY true God and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent". I was born again and now I know God. It's as simple as that. Now, I must ask you again, do you know God? If not, why not? Have you ever asked yourself that question? So, what questions do you have specifically? What contradictions do you find in the Bible? Feel free to ask me any question. I am here to help. I don't have all the answers, but I do know the One who does!
Dear Khalilur,
It is good to hear that you are truly seeking the Truth and I am glad to give you whatever help I can. The first thing you need to know is this: I am not here to defend the Bible, God, Jesus or Christianity. God does not need defending. He simply is. WE need help. We might not realize it, but that doesn't make it any less true. Do you know God? I do. At one time, I didn't know God, but now I do. The reason I start here, is that this is where I began. I wasn't born a Christian. I was raised a nominal Catholic, who didn't actually believe in Jesus. I believed many things over the first 20 years of my life, but I came to the point where I simply asked this question of God: "If you are my Father, why don't I know you? Either you don't exist, or what Jesus said is true, that I am NOT a child of God".
So, from there I chose to believe what the Christians said about Jesus, that He died for my sins and rose from the dead. I realize now, that at that moment, my life began. He honored His promise that whoever believes in Him should not perish by have everlasting life. By definition in John 17:3, Jesus said 'and this is eternal life to know thee, the ONLY true God and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent". I was born again and now I know God. It's as simple as that. Now, I must ask you again, do you know God? If not, why not? Have you ever asked yourself that question? So, what questions do you have specifically? What contradictions do you find in the Bible? Feel free to ask me any question. I am here to help. I don't have all the answers, but I do know the One who does!
KHALILUR RAHMAN
Thanks for your reply. I am happy that you are with me. I hope you will not be tired of my questions. Let us start from the basic. We all know that Christianity is the continuation of Judaism. Judaism was the only known religion of the world which very honestly & earnestly was practicing Monotheism. Starting from the days of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Josef, Moses , David till the days of Jesus, this religion was under direct supervision of God. They very strictly maintained the worship of One Supreme God. Any time they deviated from this path, they were punished & brought back to the path of Monotheism again.. Bible says-"Your God is very jealous God. So, worship no body except Him". Whole Old Testament upholds this Monotheism without any exception. Till now, I did not have any access to Talmud of Jews. I think it is much more strict towards Monotheism. New Testament also, up to the days of Jesus, more or less, was maintaining Monotheism. But the picture is totally changed after the departure of Jesus from this world. Paul who was one of the staunched enemies of Jesus & some other disciple of Jesus, started talking about three Gods. They developed the concept of Trinity, God the Father, God the Son & Holy Ghost. I think, they developed this concept to face some of the questions of Jews. We know that Jesus did not have any father. Paul & other disciples, may be, ashamed of this fact that Jesus did not have father. So, they started talking that God is his father & Jesus is begotten son of God. As he is begotten son, so he is the part of God also. In other words, Jesus is also God. Then why this God died on a cross? Jews used to think that death on a cross is most heinous, criminal & cursed death. To overcome this question, Paul started preaching that Jesus died on a cross to pay for the sin of all mankind. From then, Cross became the symbol of Christianity. Please note that the name Christian is also not given by Jesus. It is from Paul. Jews knew that another Messenger of God will be coming after Jesus. Jesus also predicted about that Messenger of God. In Latin version of Bible, this Messenger is called Periclitos. It is translated in English as Comforter, Counselor, Advocate, Helper &some times Spirit of Truth. Different people used different words for Periclitos. Paul preached that this counselor is nothing but the holy ghost who will come to your mind & inspire you. Thus Holy Ghost also became a part of God & finally became a God. This is, in short, the history of evolution how Monotheism has become Polytheism. There are some Christian groups also who believes Mary as one of the Gods as well. History of Trinity is there in Hinduism also. They have Brahma, Wisnu& Shiva. Three Gods looking after three different affairs of this universe. However, Monotheism is again back with the emergence of Islam. Islam is even much more stronger than Jews regarding the concept of One Supreme God Almighty.
Dear Donald, that is my basic introduction about how Christianity developed from strict Monotheism to Polytheism. We will discuss further after I receive your views on this.
Dear Donald, that is my basic introduction about how Christianity developed from strict Monotheism to Polytheism. We will discuss further after I receive your views on this.