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I believe the truth suffices the desire for satisfaction in a human being. A lot search, a lot of people don't. Those who search can't find it because they are looking in the wrong places or with wrong motives. Those who don't, they are looking at life from the outside ignorant of what they need from the inside. I was once both, what little I have had in this life has shown me what might take 50 years for someone else to see. Either way, we have our eyes opened.
Why would I be doing this if everything I believe was false? Even better, what about the apostles? Every one of them suffered martyrdom except John the beloved. Why would they suffer being boiled in oil, crucifixion, felayed, pierced, etc for a dead man they followed for 3 years?
Why would Jesus spend His whole life devoted to teaching, helping people when He could have done so much more? Why would Jesus suffer the hard life when He could have lived a better one? His family wasn't homeless, but He became homeless devoting every moment in His ministry to heal, to teach, to love people. Not even a recorded miracle is found that He did to prevent any kind of suffering, hunger, temptation. He went through it all. Why? Why would this man do this? He wasn't even looking to take over the Roman Empire. He didn't build a legion to fight wars. Did He ever complain about what He did? No!
This Jesus is more than just a man, He is the Son of God. If He was insane, He was pretty good at pretending He wasn't with everything He taught and did, and especially the numbers of people who followed Him even today. He must have been pretty wise to be insane for people to still talk about Him today.
What the apostles taught us true, what we proclaim is true. We would not lie you. If I did, what gain would I have? If you converted to my beliefs with me knowing it's false, what gain will I have in the end besides death? Is death even a gain?
Why would I be doing this if everything I believe was false? Even better, what about the apostles? Every one of them suffered martyrdom except John the beloved. Why would they suffer being boiled in oil, crucifixion, felayed, pierced, etc for a dead man they followed for 3 years?
Why would Jesus spend His whole life devoted to teaching, helping people when He could have done so much more? Why would Jesus suffer the hard life when He could have lived a better one? His family wasn't homeless, but He became homeless devoting every moment in His ministry to heal, to teach, to love people. Not even a recorded miracle is found that He did to prevent any kind of suffering, hunger, temptation. He went through it all. Why? Why would this man do this? He wasn't even looking to take over the Roman Empire. He didn't build a legion to fight wars. Did He ever complain about what He did? No!
This Jesus is more than just a man, He is the Son of God. If He was insane, He was pretty good at pretending He wasn't with everything He taught and did, and especially the numbers of people who followed Him even today. He must have been pretty wise to be insane for people to still talk about Him today.
What the apostles taught us true, what we proclaim is true. We would not lie you. If I did, what gain would I have? If you converted to my beliefs with me knowing it's false, what gain will I have in the end besides death? Is death even a gain?