I am a new member to this blog and have seen already, in the last ten minutes, large amounts of anti-God/ anti-Christianity writings. And to be honest, I see where you guys are coming from. I mean most of the western church is hypocritical, often close minded, and trying to seperate themselves from anything that is not explicitly "Christian." However I disagree that, because of these ignorant men, Christianity is false. Rather I would contend that Christianity is the most sound worldview ever to exist. Why? Because it works. Only a worldview based on truth will work, and Christianity does so. I believe that Christianity can be defended better than any other worldview by all fields of study. Christianiy can be defended philisophically, historically, scientifically, and whatever "ally" you like. It is the only worldview that allows men to live life to it's fullest. In short it is the only true way to live in a real world.
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I really agree with you about the christianity is correct and God is good. You keep your faith no matter what anyone tells you or do.
I really agree with you about the christianity is correct and God is good. You keep your faith no matter what anyone tells you or do.
I really agree with you about the christianity is correct and God is good. You keep your faith no matter what anyone tells you or do.
Christianity is about faith... period. No and, is, or, buts. Everyone has something they have faith in. It could be your friend, mom or dog. Whatever. But things happen to people and animals. Yet God and Jesus are always there. They are next to you every step of the way and nothing will change that. example: the poem Footprints In The Sand. If you haven't read it READ IT. And personally I feel like I have to have faith in God because I could not live thinking that my family members who have gone on before me are just sitting in a box, in the ground being worm food. I can only hope that one day I will be with them in the Heavens that God created for eternity.
Christianity is wrong, and cannot be defended scientifically or rationally.
Some Christians assert that the world is flat. This argument can be discarded by observing the Earth's shadow on the moon.
Christians should also believe in the Bible's description of the Firmament as a solid shell-like structure that contained the stars and separated from the Earth what they believed was a giant heavenly body of water, that supposedly opened up, causing Noah's flood. I suppose this was what Sputnik did not crash into in 1957.
Christians argue the Earth is not billions of years old, and that scientists' method of carbon dating is hocus-pocus. The shroud of Turin, however, is genuine; why? because they've carbon dated it.
The bible makes no mention of dinosaurs and Neanderthals, yet science finds their skeletons. If the Earth is as old as they claim it to be, dinos and neanderthals and humans would have walked together, and they should have been common in the Bible.
Yet we're supposed to believe, deny the evidence before our eyes, and have faith in a shadowy apparition that dictates an arbitrary morality from some place in the clouds. Christianity defeats man's efforts to understand the world and insists they are doomed to failure: the truth lies forever beyond his pitiful, hubristic grasp. Science acknowledges the possibility of reaching knowledge of the world. Which system hopes for a happier life?
Firmament described in Genesis 1:7
Michael Allen Yarbrough
In your argument, you are really lumping Christians into one mass. There are many denominations, and not all Christians believe everything you've said. For example, not all Christians even believe in the Shroud of Turin. Many don't, in fact.
Also, many Christians believe dinosaurs exist. Many Christians also believe in neanderthals, etc. The Bible makes no mention of them explicitly, but then again the Bible does not make mention of a lot of animals. Furthermore, since the Bible was originally in another language, reading it English, you have to keep in mind that you are reading a translation, and many translators are trying to find either the word that fits or the best word that fits the context. For example, the New Living Version is all about easy reading for the modern world. Are certain words and phrases going to be modernized? Sure. The Bible does make mention of Leviathans and other "mythical" creatures, I think (my opinion) that these were dinosaurs, the olden timey ppl just thought they were monsters.
Yes, some Christians assert the world is flat, but so do a lot of non Christians. In fact, there is a whole other religion whose tenet is that the earth is flat (not Christianity). Therefore I don't think it is fair to use that statement as proof.
As for the sky, my best guess (emphasis on my) is that the shell structure and water is imagery to help illustrate and understand. The Bible is a literary work, therefore it is not too crazy to assume literary devices in it. Also, remember the men writing it were not in modern times. In Revelations, things like "giant crickets" are described during the end times. Many believe that the giant crickets are something like modern heliocopters - the prophet just didn't have the knowledge to record his foresight accurately and described it the best he could.
I know that Christianity and the Bible leave off a lot of explanation, but many believers find that part of the mystery and wonder that make up faith. There are other Christians that use science in tandem to prove Christianity (I think Lee Stroubel's (sp?) The Case for Christ is one).
Clearly you haven't read my Blog on why the Christianity is Proven False, called "Evolution 'Theory'?" And as long as the religion is unable to accept Truth that the creation story is wrong then it is uncompatible with Truth. SO I don't see how you can say it is a sound world view.
I agree, but be careful when claiming that our faith is the "right" way. To me, religion is a personal thing, and I have trouble telling someone that what they believe is wrong, even though I have strong religious beliefs myself. It's all about respect.
Michael, trying to believe in both science and religion is something that I've struggled with. However, I think that the Bible can be interpreted in different ways and does not always have to been taken literally word for word. When looking at scripture this way, it's often much easier for the two to go hand-in-hand.
The Bible does possibly mention dinosaurs in Job. and i dont know what I think about noah's flood, haven't researched it much, but when the skies opened it dumped all the water and inherently changed some aspects of the atmosphere; like there not being a whole lot of water in the sky. Also, where do you get that Christians think the world is flat? I am a Christian and definitely don't believe that.
to michael:
The Bible does mention dinosaurs in Job 41. The Leviathan is described as a large animal with "His back[having] rows of shields thightly sealed together"
I do not deny the existence of dinosaurs and the Leviathan seems to be even a fire breathing dragon. so read Job 41.
The Neandrethal on the other hand I belive to be simply mutated persons. there is not conclusive evidence for an entire world filled with "ape-men."
As to the firmament. It was there in the beggining, but fell during the worldwide flood, and thus is no more.
Concerning the shroud of turin, I believe it is a scam. Simply an old Catholic relic, and therefore should not be considered of any value.
AS to the hope in the Christian worldview. It is the only worldview with any hope for mankind. If evolution and all of the science is all there is theories are true, then life is essentially meaningless. If all you are is chemicals, and molecules interacting, that you have no more value than a rock. because that is essentially what a rock is, simply molecules. Also if Evolution and such is true, there is no free will. I cannot choose how these chemicals react, and therefore have no will. My blogging right now would merely be the effects of chemicals in my brain reacting, over which i have no control.
However in Christianity there is hope. People do have value because they are made in the image of God. They have free will, and they have salvation. I am not simply molecules and such, but I have a spirit that will go on after my body dies. I have a concious, I have a free will, but is the evolutionary theory is true, then really all im doing now is meaningless, and its simply reactions reoccurring as I type.
Christ offers something greater than mindless existence, and that is salvation, an eternity with him.
Thank you for your response, and i would like to continue the discussion and see and understand more of what you believe.
To Cameron, you saying that I can't claim my faith is right and another is wrong, is making an assertion that your faith is. By telling me that I can't tell people what's right, you've told me what you believe is right.
Very interesting response.
Well, no, not really. You've missed my point. We're both Christians, if I didn't make that clear before. I was simply stating that other religious beliefs should be respected. For one, it's often fascinating to note the parallels that can be drawn between Christianity and other religions. Also, remember that followers of other religions believe just as strongly as we do.
No one has all the answers.
(You've actually conducted this discussion in a very respectful way. I hope my response doesn't appear as if I am telling you otherwise.)
Dinosaurs have No similarity in where they are found in the fossil record with "Ape-Men." This is why geology and science need to be taught in school, so people know the basic facts of the world. And to think that you need a "God" to be good? Talk about a mindless existnace! People without religion or a "God" commanding them are some of the most brilliant and ethical people on the planet. You just don't know how to think ethically for yourself yet. A few philosophy classes could polish you right up if you haven't already shut down your mind and plugged into the Bible Channel. A few science classes would be good for you too. Like the ones we had in 3rd grade about Dinosaurs.
Do you really deny the existence of "cavemen?"
I've never heard someone explicitly say that before.
Anyway.
I don't see Genesis as a word-for-word literal account of the world's creation. It just doesn't make sense alongside science. Couldn't the seven days represent seven billion years? (Just an example)
It's possible that 7 days may have been 7 billion years, but really it doesn't matter. What matters is the salvation brought through Jesus. What matters is the life and that more abundantly. What matters is the Truth and the Grace we have been given.
Cavemen are only an assumption of the evolution theory. There is no evidence that people lived like "cavemen." Archeology presents people as they are today, some with defects, as there are today, and some that are "giants" as we have today (the tallest man is 8ft. 3in.). There is no archeological evidence that supports that people walked around hunchbacked or communicated with grunts and not spoken word. Just because a written language took quite a while to come around doesn't mean spoken words didn't.
I agree with you that all people and religions should be respected, and i understand what your saying.
I apologize if I wasn't clear before.
Has anyone read "The Last Battle" by C.S. Lewis, the last book in the Chronicles of Narnia? There is a great scene at the end where the main characters get to what is allogorically representing heaven. They find that they can see the spendors all around them while others (non-christians?) can't. Mysteriously though they find the captian of the opposing army there taking in the sights of heaven. No one can understand why he is also able to see heaven since he had always followed militantly what was discovered to be a false-god. Aslan (metaphorically God) tells him that whatever he did for the false-god, he did for Aslan. Because he sought to do good for the only god he knew, Aslan respected that as doing good for him. I think the lesson here is this: that each person must find the truth (I am talking to truthinlogic here) in there life, and by following it as Truth, they may indeed find Truth. What is wrong though is to reject Truth or even the feeling of truth in your life. When we all die then we can point fingers and say who was right and who was wrong. As for now we can only spread what truth we see.
-mersayochan
I have yet to read "The Last Battle," I'm still on "Prince Caspian." Those are some great books. Yes we do have to look at the truth we see here, and there is truth, sometimes our views of truth, however are skewed, and thus are not really truth at all. In "the Last Battle" I don't know what happens yet, so i'll take your word for what happened. But just because i think that standing in front of a semi truck going 100 mph about to hit me wont kill me, It inevitably will. Even if i dont believe, and have the strongest conviction that drinking salt water will cure my thirst, it never will. Rather it dehydrates. What is important in finding truth is knowing why you believe, what you believe to be true. If you have no basis for your alleged "truth", then it may not be truth at all, but merely fiction.
Yes, so if you see that Dinosaurs are clearly burried millions of years in the fossil record before humanoids, then it is my obligation to believe the truth in what I see and not believe information that is false. As far as the Narnia allagory, I can only conclude that you are saying as long as someone is true to what they know as true, then they go to heavan. So everyone goes to heaven then unless they live in denial of truth? I don't think I understand you, but that would conclude then that if someone follows a book that is false and they deny the facts and truth they see around them, then they go to hell? Did I understand you correctly?
Jesus said that up until He, those that worshipped other gods were able to go to heaven if they did not know of the true God (i.e. people in the Americas, Africa, etc.), however, He then said that now all people must accept Him as Saviour in order to go to heaven. C.S. Lewis was right to a point. I am sorry, but I cannot recall the verse in which Jesus said this.
Yes, you understood me correctly in that, if you do not live in accordance with truth, there really isn't much of a light at the end of the tunnel. But I do not want to condemn the world, I want to see it changed, and condemning it all the time is not how to go about it.
So, yes there are dinosaur fossils in the record, but necisarily before humanoids. The Carbon dating system, I believe to be flawed, (that's why it doesn't work for the Shroud of Turin either), BUt it is very possible that dino's were fossilized before humans. honestly i dont know. I wasn't there. but that is beside the point. The point is that all men, including me, use falwed systems all the time, and truth is thus skewed. an example of that is me trying to build a robot out of just wood when I was younger. I believed that I could make a robot with wood, and no electricity. obviously it didn't work, and this is true for our society today.
my bad, my "I agree" response was to cameron not you truthinlogic. And i am in a philosophy class, I have studied Secular Humanism, Marxism, and even Cosmic Humanism, and have found my faith to be the most reliable. I am open minded, and I hope this discussion is proving that i am open to ideas, If your beliefs are true, I am intellectually honest enough to believe them. I do not want to live a lie.
I follow the truth that i find in my life. When i was young my parents dragged me to church. When i was older i accepted what was being taught as truth. When i was even older i refined my knowledge by evaluating what others said and by scrutinizing my life so far. I see miracles in my life. So i live in accordance with the almost complusive need to have a creator. I follow what i see as truth (christianity.) I see God as a loving God who creating people to have an awesome relationship with Him. I also see God as a loving God who will respect the decisions of humans. I see heaven as a place where those who sought to know who God was and to follow Him (even if they did not know his name) are granted their wish. I see hell as a place where those who sought to reject God or the obedience of Him are granted their wish. They will live forever in a place completely severed from God. They will be in the devoid. That's my view anyway. I guess i just have to wait for heaven (or nothingness if truthinlogic is correct) to see whether i am just BSing or if that is what Truth is.
-mersayochan
Whew. What a strong conviction and sense of truth you have...you've gotten yourself into deep waters with this subject (and this title, specifically), and
I will not say you don't deserve it.
Religion is a VERY personal thing. You can say all day that Christianity can be proven, but the only real proof there is will be discovered the day we die. There is no way to know. There is no way to say it is for sure, or it isn't for sure.
I am not trying to challenge your views or your opinions, but how many people have you talked to (not read their blogs, but actually had a conversation with) that did not believe the same things you did? How many different religions have you researched? Have you ever doubted yourself? Did you punish yourself or repent for doing so?
If you think that the rock strata preserving fossils of Dinosaurs seperate from the Humanoid skeletons is somehow "Flawed" or "wrong" then you really are in Denial that your Bible story is wrong. If you can't see the Awesomeness and Wonder of Life and the Universe without some fairy tale, then you are really in denial of Truth. For one who seeks truth, you are really going against everything that you believe in. The ultimate of Hypocracy. I don't believe in Hell, but I'm sure if someone did, there are special places for people who live in denial like that. Am I wrong?
to time is a magazine: I have talked to quite a few people who don't believe the same as I do. I don't know how many religions I have reseaerched, but I would say I have covered most of the main worldviews prevelant in modern society. I have doubted myself many times, but when I doubt new evidence comes up to prove that what I believe is true. I do not need to repent or punish myself for doubting. It's not a sin to search for truth, and doubt is no reason to be ashamed. And I will admit, that truly we cannot know what truth is until we die, but as we live there are signs which point to truth, and it is our responsible to examine the evidence, and live accordingly.
To truthinlogic:
I want to know where I have gone against myself? I see no contradiction in my logic. Also the carbon dating process is flawed, and it's being flawed contradicts nothing i have said earlier. The carbon dating system assumes that everything in the universe is at least 50,000 years old, however I believe the world to be no more than 10,000 years old. If the cosmos has only existed for 10,000 years, then a system which assumes the earth to be 50,000 years old cannot work. As far as where people who live in denial go... I would believe in such a place, but I am not having this discussion to condemn anyone, just to show that Christianity holds more water when put up against the other worldviews of the day. Concerning the Awesomeness and wonder of the universe, without a God, if all is science, then even your sense of awesomeness is meaningless. Anything you feel, according to your beliefs, is simply a chemical reaction. there is no awesome, there is no terrible, there can be no good, there can be no bad, there can be no praise, and no condemnation.
Earth 10,000 years old? Light that is reaching this earth from stars BILLIONS OF LIGHT YEARS AWAY. Meaning that those stars have been in existance for BILLIONS OF YEARS AT LEAST!! Also the geological formations that were the result of MILLIONS Of years of sedement building up etc. etc. 10,000 years? The only logical conclusion if you believe that is that you have missed huge portions of your education and need to go back to school.
Being able to see the stars does not mean they have existed for billions of years. Consider that during creation the lightyears were traveled in an instant, or were already travled, and thus were visible from the start.
The rock formations and sediment buildup could be do to a universal flood, such as the one accounted for in Genesis. And if you would say that the Bible is mere myth and fairy tales, There are other accounts of a worldwide flood having occurred. In the story of Gilgamesh does contain a worldwide flood. There are also ancient Japanese stories of a world wide flood.
The flood can also acount for the appearance of dinosaur fossils, and such being at lower layers of the sediment.
I do agree that out of all religions in the world, Christianity is the one that can be proved more by facts of multiple kinds. I use to concider myself a Christian. That was about five years ago. I have studied the truth of many different major subjects in the Bible and had deep interests and done research throughout Revelations and the Crusifixion. However, things have happened and I have seemed to open my eyes to the fact that Christianity isn't exactly the 'perfect path' that I once thought it was. There are many reasons why I do not have the faith I once had, which I will not get into now, they are irrelevant at the moment. I still believe there is a god and everything, but I no longer place my trust in him.
After saying all of this, I do not believe anymore that any one religion is correct, nor do I really believe in any kind of afterlife such as heaven, hell, or even reincarnation. However, I also do not argue with another person's beliefs, though I am willing to give my own personal opinions. I think it is great that you are happy with the religion and the path that you have chosen and do not wish that anyone follow my wayward path if it can be helped. I believe that confidence in what you belief is most important, but it should not be 'forced' on anyone else. If someone doesn't want to listen, they can quit reading if it's online like this. In person though, religion should not be about the "how many souls can I win today?" game. I believe as I believe, and others believe as they believe and I am just fine with that.
-"You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play." - Warren Beatty
hey this is actually gnome05, but the site wont let me onto my account for some reason...
anyways, when you say no one should "force" theier religion on anyone, you have done so to me. By saying that I cannot force on others, you have forced your belief on me. There must be an objective truth. I honestly would like to know your story and see why you no longer consider yourself "christian." not so I can condemn you, but I would really like to hear why you stopped believing, maybe it will change my thoughts... maybe.
Also I'm not out to see how many "souls I can win today," but to see how many people I can love today.
Dear Gnome05,
don't lose me here, this is important:
look, you're saying that by winterbone wanting his right to be free, he is restricting your rights.
But your rights do not include the one to enslave other people. Do you hear me? There may never, ever, in any case, exist the right to enslave. By saying you want to forbid others from being free, you are telling them that they must follow your code unwillingly, and this is slavery.
Certainly, there is an objective truth. But that truth would ideally be contained in America's Constitution. It would say that freedom is inviolable, and that people may choose what they want. That is the objective truth.
You need to intimately know what you're saying here: "Others should not be free. Others' freedom is a restriction on my right to enslave them. They should do what I say." This is wrong.
Michael Allen Yarbrough
That is not what i am saying at all, sorry if it came across that way. What i mean is that there is objective truth and that to say, "you can't force on others" is ridiculous. The entire theory of ethical relativism is ridiculous. I do not intend to enslave people, they do have a right to choose, however it would benefit the world if they would choose the truth, not the "truth" that all have their own truth. but objective truth, because that is the only way to live life to it's fullest potential.
interesting. I think the middle ground to reach here (because I believe firmly in the middle ground) is that yes everyone has the right to choose what to believe, like Michael said, but also everyone has the right to say that they are right, like gnome05 said. This means that I can discuss with you why I think Christianity is right and i can tell you that I think you should be a Christian but you have the FULL right to flat down refuse me and tell me that I should believe what you believe. We are not allowed to enslave anyone but surely this is not the era in which we prohibit the right to speak out our convictions.
-mersayochan
I completely agree
AMEN!! haha i have only been a member for about half an hour.. and see the same thing..
The Bible isn't meant to be literal, especially not the Old Testament.
Interestingly enough, I find the Nicene Creed to be the most encompassing statement of my beliefs.
And whoever said that Christianity (or any other religion) is about faith, is exactly right. To me, it's not about ignoring science, ignoring a changing world (Catholic stance on birth control, anyone?), or any other politics. My view is that religion is about believing in something more than the life we have right now.
No, not all of the Bible is meant literally, but most of it is, including much of the Old Testament. And Religion is about beliveing in something bigger than we have right now, but it does not mean the rejection of what is ture. It completes what is true and what we can see on earth. It provides the purpose for life. I do not ignore science or a changing world, but find that science and the changing world support my faith, and thus we have religion.
So you believe the entire world was created in a week? I think much of Genesis is metaphorical.
Yes I think the wrold was created in a week. Why not? I believe in a God who is bigger than my human senses and who can do crazy things. Being above my senses, or above nature, he is able to do thing outside of nature, in other words he is supernatural, and is not bound by the laws by which we live. I don't think much of Genesis is metaphorical. In fact I don't think much of the Old Testament is metaphorical, except in some of the prophecies.
Why whouldn't God have created the world in a week.
If you are a believer, let me also warn you about saying that much of the Bible is metaphorical. That can be stretched in numerous ways including that Christ rose metaphorically, which takes all meaning away from the Christian faith. And then we can not be sure of any of the Bible's truth, and simply say it is all metaphor.
I didn't mean that God could not have created the world in a week. God is all-powerful. This I believe. What I meant is that a six-day creation doesn't fit AT ALL with the scientific knowledge we now have about the history of the world. The first animals were created on the fifth day, and man on the sixth? What about the dinosaurs?
Discarding science to believe in religion is not necessary, nor is the opposite true. To do either shows blindless. Why is it so difficult for people to accept that perhaps the two can work together?
So, yes, I conclude that the CREATION STORY, as far as its time scale goes, is metaphorical.
wouldn't dinosaurs be included with animals? And it is possible that these somehow work together, but I don't see it in scripture.
You missed my point. Dinosaurs NEVER coexisted with humans.
says who?
-mersayochan
Erm. Science..?
Are you seriously going to challenge a fact that has been consistently taught in science textbooks for years?
The Bible isn't revised every so often to include new information.
And why shouldn't I challege that fact? Why can't i believe that humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time? Many great scientific discoveries where found by discarding long-held truths. The theory of the earth revolving around the sun. You know they didn't change their theory because it was wrong. Someone changed it because he thought there was a better way to look at the situation. I only made that comment to showcase the point that our culture has an information-hype yet still has a hard time challenging conventional truths (which are not absolutely true.) And yes I do thing humans and dinosaurs lived together. I think there were dinosaurs on the arc and I think that most of them weren't as bad as we make them out to be. "Mommy can i keep this teradactoyl?"
-mersayochan
I agree. There is no substantial evidence to say that dinosaurs and humans never coexisted. Not to mention the description of a dinosaur found in Job, which would indicate the sighting of a living dinosaur by a living man.
is there something intrinsically wrong with believing that the world was created in a week?
-mersayochan
Yes. Celestial time is a lot different than time here on terra firma.
dragon and dinosaurs are TWO very different things. there are bones for dinosaurs but no dragons.. get it right homie.
even Jesus says that we are gods....
then again, he is a racist because he says everyone else will eat crumbs from the table of the children of god... do the math people
wake up
xianity does nothing but divide
well if you really want to look at it like that, yes, Jesus is racist, He wanted Jews to be the first in heaven (they WERE His choosen people) but He also loved everybody and wanted everyone in heaven. yada yada yada. what are dragons anyway? I mean why do they show up in so many cultures all over the world if there never were any dragons??? Just a thought.
-mersayochan
Wouldn't a dragon just be a fire breathing dinosaur? Think beyond names. And Jesus never said we are all gods. Show me where he said that. And I don't think Jesus was a racist b/c like the other guy said, he came to save everyone, and also in scripture, although it does say that "the gospel is for the salvation of all who believe, first for the Jew then for the Gentile." (Romans 1:16) Jews are also the ones who "stumbled over the stumbling block" of salvation, and completely missed the point of Christ's message. (Romans 9) And so Jesus is not a racist if now gentiles more readily accept his message than the Jews, and He loves everyone.
My science teacher made a point which I think is interesting and so I'll share. There could have been baby dinos or dino eggs on the Ark. THese dino's eventually died out because after the flood the earth's climate was different. God created seasons after the flood, remember?
May the Force be with you...and God bless.
No. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. DINOSAURS AND HUMANS DID NOT CO-EXIST. Ever. The flood was supposedly less than 100,000 years ago, according to some great experts. In the mean time, dinosaurs went extinct over 65 MILLION yeas ago. The intervening years between those two numbers being 64,900,000.
If I recall correctly, the "Christian God" is the same as the G*D from the bad old days when Judaism was growing up. Now back then, G*D punnished the most faithful and pious of His followers, Job, for no Himdamn reason. If G*D's so good, then why would He do something like that?
Oh, I know, the Devil made him do it.
One, the devil can't make God do anything. Two, have you read the end of Job? If not please do; it is an explanation of why God did what he did and it goes like this.
WHO ARE YOU TO QUESTION GOD!?!?!?!?!
DID YOU MAKE THE HEAVENS, DO YOU HOLD ALL THE POWER OF THE UNIVERSE IN YOUR HANDS???
ARE YOU SO RIGHTEOUS THAT YOU CAN TAKE GOD TO COURT???
On this earth God punishes the evil and rewards the righteous but he also allows the evil to live in peace and allows the righteous to be persecuted. That is the way God is.
-mersayochan
Religous leaders are hypocritical and fake. God isn't. We have to follow God, not religoin.
If you don't want to change the world, then why are you alive?
Again I must mention that the Bible was not written by God and is by no means the direct word of God. The Bible is a storybook of an interpretation of God's word by mere mortals who sin just like we do.
Just because the Bible didn't say it doesn't mean it isn't so and just because the Bible did say it doesn't mean it is.
One of the things I love about Christianity the most, when compared to other religions, is that it is based on an event. No other religion depends on an event in order to be true. If Jesus did not rise from the dead, there would be no Christianity. I love that! Everything else cannot be proven correct because it based on an idea. Budha is dead. Mohammed is dead. Tao is dead. We can see their graves. Jesus, however, is not dead. He is alive!