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April 8, 2015

What greater proof of His divinity could there be than the fact that He is still resisted, even hated, after 2,000 years?

Nobody hates Julius Caesar anymore; it’s pretty hard even to hate Attila the Hun, who left a lot of hard feelings in his day. But the world still hates Christ and his Church.
The usual form of this hatred is interesting in itself. For every outright persecutor, there are countless people who pretend not to hate Christ, but subtly demote him to the rank of a “great moral teacher,” or say they have nothing against Christianity as long as the “separation of church and state” is observed, or, under the guise of scholarship, affect to winnow out his “authentic” utterances from those falsely ascribed to him — as if the Apostles would have dared to put words in his mouth! And as if such fabricated words would have proved as durable as “authentic” ones! (Try writing a single sentence that anyone could mistake for a saying of Christ for even a century.) Sobran's --- The Words and Deeds of Christ

Posted by gerardvanderleun at April 8, 2015 9:00 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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Napoleon is the big test for me. He was a horrendous tyrant who tried to take over the world. His regime invented most of the horrible evil things that secret police do these days. He was one of the worst in a litany of would-be conquerors, and these days people kind of like him and admire him.

Its not that there was nothing to admire about Napoleon - or Stalin, or Pol Pot etc. Nobody is ever one thing. But he was an awful, awful person who did incredibly evil things.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 8, 2015 9:52 AM

What greater proof
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Well, he could walk right up and introduce himself and shake my hand, for a start.

Posted by: ghostsniper [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 8, 2015 1:12 PM

Ever met Henry Ford? MUST BE A MYTH

Posted by: Christopher Taylor [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 8, 2015 4:19 PM

Even a handshake would not convince one who KNOWS Jesus isn't real. Who's to say the handshaker is really Jesus the Christ, and not Jesus the immigrant gardener, or Joshua the charismatic schizophrenic? Miracles and wonders? There's an explanation. All the proof in - of - the universe would not suffice for one who is determined to remain a skeptic.

As CS Lewis put it, "the dwarves are for the dwarves!"

Posted by: Juliecork [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 8, 2015 4:45 PM

Spiritual Awakening? Most folks would not recognize a burning bush if it blew up in their face. We get our revelations gradually, often times so subtle as to be missed or ignored. Not so Saul, the tax man out to get all of them Christians. He was a hard-headed man and strong measures were required to adjust his attitude:

The Damascus Road: Saul Converted

Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
2 and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
3 As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven.
4 Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”
5 And he said, “Who are You, Lord?”
Then the Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads.”
6 So he, trembling and astonished, said, “Lord, what do You want me to do?”

Moses was another hard-headed man. He also needed a strong event to get his attention:

The burning bush

In Midian, while Moses was keeping the flock of his father in law Jethro, the angel of the Lord appeared to Moses in a bush that burned that was not consumed (Exod 3:1–2). Yahweh called to Moses out of the midst of the bush, and told him that he had heard the affliction of his people in Egypt, and gave Moses orders to speak to Pharaoh and to lead the Israelites out of Egypt (Exod 3:3–12).

Posted by: chasmatic [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 8, 2015 10:47 PM

I've held a hammer in my hand that Ford carved the handle for when he was 17 years old and I picked it up off one of Edison's workbenches in Fort Myers, FL.

Not being shown evidence is not refusing to believe. Making chasm leaps undermines ones credulity.

Posted by: ghostsniper [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 9, 2015 7:49 AM

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