"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16)

But this of course is not the way to convert anyone to Christianity. You still have many years and you'll know where you'll be going on your deathbed.

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

keeping in mind, all religions are under these catagories: Christianity (& Islam/Judaism), 2. polytheistic. 3. new religious movements

Of course you don't want to be a part of the "new religious movements" since those religions were created in our time and it makes sense to be a part of an old religion......2. polytheistics believe in multiple gods, but of course this is flawed, since there is no point for many to exist, otherwise they wouldn't be gods....

And all that's left is the Abrahamic religion......First it was judaism which prophecied a messiah (Jesus)....Jesus came and the Jews don't believe in Him and are still waiting for their messiah, so clearly theyve missed their messiah....and islam, well, ...

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

word but thats where i think religion loses most credibility

i wanna ask you a question, would you be a christian if there was no promise of the afterlife?

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but, hypothetically...i guess no? since there is no Judgment day...nothing to worry about, but this is all hypothetical

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But didn't you forget that He DID forgive adam and all of us by the cross?? out of HIS LOVE! which is above all

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Read this:

Luke 3
John the Baptist Prepares the Way
1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, 2 while Annas and Caiaphas were high priests,[a] the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. 3 And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins, 4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying:

“ The voice of one crying in the wilderness:

‘ Prepare the way of the LORD;
Make His paths straight.
5 Every valley shall be filled
And every mountain and hill brought low;
The crooked places shall be made straight
And the rough ways smooth;
6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’”

The point I'm trying to make is that here we have names of people, dates, places, rulers of that time. The Bible is based on hard and solid fact, unlike myths which are present in various religions.

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

Jesus took the blame for all our sins as justice for atonement. Man cannot save himself, so God had to come down to man's level (Jesus) to save him

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

Deuteronomy 20:4
For the LORD your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory."

That's like saying a buff guy can battle an anorexic, but they still have to battle, doesn't mean that the buff guy is "capable of losing."

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

i never got the bible anyway is it the word of god of the documentation of the time or what

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