tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post7421454949572190731..comments2023-11-27T23:30:40.341-05:00Comments on Anything But Theist: A Secular Jesus LessonAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-59476674902211102342012-05-31T23:33:40.355-04:002012-05-31T23:33:40.355-04:00Lying implies 1) Jesus said about himself what the...Lying implies 1) Jesus said about himself what the Gospels claim, and 2) Jesus didn't believe what he said. So, Jesus wasn't necessarily a con artist, he could have been misrepresented by his fans, or insane.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-46072530708413883442012-05-31T23:29:39.941-04:002012-05-31T23:29:39.941-04:00"What kinds of lessons can a non-believer tak..."What kinds of lessons can a non-believer take from the story of Jesus?"<br /><br />Nothing of eternal value. Can you not see that if Jesus wasn't exactly who He says He is, He was certainly no one to admire? <br />He asked people to worship Him. <br />To die for Him. <br />To put Him before their families. <br />If Jesus was not who He says He is He was a liar of grand proportion. He was a fraud, a con artist who used slight of hand to make people believe something other than the truth. If Jesus was not who He says He is then He knowingly encouraged people to live in such a way as to expose themselves to events that would cause them to lose not just their own lives but the lives of their wives and children. Jesus and others of the times knew how Rome treated criminals yet Jesus told His followers to go against Roman power for something Jesus knew to be a lie. <br /><br />No, people who don't have an intimate, healed and forgiven relationship with Jesus, as is proven by this post, can learn nothing of lasting value from reading about Him.Thesauroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13305052511095551483noreply@blogger.com