You don't accept my valid argument from history. You don't accept miracles either. There's nothing you would accept, it seems. Even if a miracle happened before your eyes, you can always devise alternate explanations.
Of course Christianity requires faith, but so does believing in the existence of Abraham Lincoln. I never saw Abe myself, but I have faith based on the historical records, eye witnesses, and in what he has done.
Faith can either be evidence-based or blind or delusional. We have to use our brains.
If I grew up in ancient Greece, maybe I would have argued with conviction for Zeus. That changes nothing. But here is the big difference: I would not have any good evidence for it, but I do have plenty for Christianity.
I repeat myself when I say that just because people believe in false gods, or that people may believe in their god because of their culture, it does not follow that there is not a one true God -- or that one can confidently know the true God based on historic and other evidence.
Yes, I would believe in a miracle if I saw one.
When you say "valid argument from history," that's where you fail because ALL religions claim to have valid historical arguments
Abraham Lincoln existed fewer years ago, and believing he existed doesn't require an extreme level of faith because it's a more recent and proven historical event. BUT, above all, because you don't have to believe he performed miracles and was resurrected... it's not even slightly comparable
Indeed, if you had grown up in ancient Greece, you would believe in Zeus with total devotion, but again, you fail because you would be claiming the same thing you do now: you would say you have proof, witnesses, and historical facts that demonstrate clear evidence that Zeus exists (if you don't know, temples were built to Zeus, there were priests, people who claimed to have spoken with Zeus, people who claimed to have received miracles from Zeus... what you call historical evidence)
You said you believe in God and even in Christianity. Why is that, if you have a hard time believing in miracles attested to in history (what else would one expect)?
Your own version of Christianity sounds like the pagan Greek and Roman religions of gods far, far away that don't act visibly in human history.
You prefer a safer fairytale god rather than one who acts and lives among us.
Let me ask you this: When do you suppose Christianity began? And by whom?
My friend… EVERY single religion has attested miracles, which one is lying and which one is right?
This feels like an Abbot & Costello routine.
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