bloody hell…
to answer OP question - there are two options. 1 is that religion A is right, and therefore the billions of people who have died not following that religion are in hell, or 2, religion doesnt exist.
i really dont want to get into a debate with anyone, an wont be answering any questions that any puts to me. this isnt out of rudeness, but i have debated with so so many religious people, and their ‘proofs’ seem to come one of a few ways;
“says it in the bible and the bible is the word of god, so its true.”
“ive experienced it for myself, so i know its true.”
“god didnt mean for us to question or answer any of these intricate things that he designed”
“what if youre wrong…”
“how could somehting just happen, everything is designed.”
so…
joseph was an early prototype for jesus, with a staggering amount of similarities from one book ot another.
the qualities of jesus/joseph have turned up time and time again in myriad other gods older than him.
if everything has to be designed then god must have been designed, but he was eternal - question mark.
the world is not 6 thousand years old, but a great great deal older than that.
evolution is a proven fact, god did not create all creatures as they are now.
God sat back for thousands of years watching ungodly acts performed on his children, and then decided to intervene with jesus (by placing him in a secluded and awkward place for the message of god to be sent across the world.
Morals were around far before religion carved them into stones; if every single person before god had raped, killed, eaten and fucked their family the human species would be in particularly bad shape compared to now.
there is either one real religion, or no religion. there have been thousands of religions over thousands of years, and only few have sprouted into massive ones. they all profess to be different, yet preach similar things anyway. religions spread hate and intolerance. religions have no real proof of their claims, nothing substantial to back up their assertions on god, the afterlife etc, and serve merely to gain money, take people’s choice and freedom of thought away.
as i said, i wont be returning to this thread, and wont be answering anything.
if you are religious and take offence, then perhaps it will place a glimmer of doubt in you about what you subscribe to, and ‘heaven forbid’ (used ironically) any children you may be bringing up.