Why do people call Jesus good?
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"Good" is a relative term. Dependent upon which traslation of the "Judeo-Christian Bible" you read and which printing. The word "Good" is sometimes printed as "perfect." \n\nJesus was Good, but was he perfect? That's debatable. Especially if you have ever read books which were excluded from the Bible. Such as the Book of Ruth, or even Jubilees which actually discribes an incedent where a young Jesus actaully KILLS his best friend by throwing him off a roof!
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Youare absolutely right. Branding people sinners is the greatest sin!  What follows is a quotation from a related article I wrote some time ago. \n\nJesus had a radically different view of right and wrong. In order to do right, one should know what is right. God is the only one who knows everything, and therefore, only God can be absolutely right in every situation. Thus only God can be righteous. All humans are unrighteous because they do not have all knowledge of everything as God does. It is human nature to err.  Jesus stated this plainly once when someone asked him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit the eternal life?”  Jesus answered, “ Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.” (Mk10:17-18).\n\nIf only God is righteous, it would be senseless to divide people into righteous and unrighteous.  That is why Jesus treated all people alike whereas the Pharisees kept themselves away from those they called sinners. Jesus was a friend of the “sinners” and the tax collectors. Jesus was willing to talk to them, eat with them, and live with them. One day when Jesus was at the home of a Pharisee, a woman (who was a sinner in their eyes) came in, sat at his feet, and washed his feet with her tears of repentance. This was shocking to the Pharisee because he couldn’t even imagine such a woman touching him publicly.
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1.) Technically it is someone who has been "saved".  That means they have recognized that they are a sinner and have asked God to come into their hearts.\n2.) A good Christian should:\n     a.) love and respect everyone, even those who believe  differently\n     b.) somehow contribute to society in a good way\n     c.) often thank the creator for his wonderful artwork\n     d.) not force their personal beliefs on others\n\nBasically a Christian should act like any other productive member of society.
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JESUS loves all kinds of people, especially the mentally slow people and the sinners. It's the reason why he has to die on the cross because he loves them so much, he wants them to be saved and go to heaven. God bless.
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I think that most Christians are good and do positive things. But then, I think that most people strive to be good and do positive things. We have all sinned and fall short of the Glory of God. No one is perfect.
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When someone called him "Good", Jesus said that the only person who is "Good" is his Father, even though he himself was/is perfect in all ways! (Mark 10:18) So, if he isn't "Good", then certainly none of us could be!  This is quite a controversial subject.  So, instead of my telling my views, I'd like to share an article that elaborates on God's view of the subject ...\n\nThe Hereafter---Where Will It Be?\n - Is Earth Just A Testing Ground?\n - Eternal Happiness--In Heaven or on Earth?\nhttp://www.watchtower.org/e/20001001/article_01.htm\n\nI encourage you to check the Scriptures in your own copy of the Bible.\n\n"Make sure of all things; hold fast to what is fine!" \n1 Th 5:21
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No,I'm fine with using Jesus' name in public.....But I have found that when I say Jesus'name,other people get very uncomfortable.......I always wondered why,I think it's because Jesus'name invokes feelings of not living right and being on the wrong path away from GOD in people.\n\nThis just proves to me that Jesus is very real,and very much Alive!
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There are good people in all walks of life. Some of the most honest, trustworthy people I have known have been atheists \n\nReligion does not make you good unless you think you are bad already and need to change for the good.
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People who are only religious tend to be that way.\n\nIt is not so with true Christians. The only problem is that there are so many religious people out there giving the true Christains and Jesus himself a bad name.\n\nIt was the same way in Jesus' time. Jesus constantly rebuked the religious people of His day. They fought all of the time. But Jesus himself was not like them at all. \nEven still, people are still flawed, but Jesus is not. HIs love is perfect and unfailing. He loves you like crazy, no matter what anyone else says or does.\nGod bless.
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That's a strange thing to ask.  I mean, believing in God, or Jesus, or anything like that isn't about logic, it's about faith, and if you're trying to reduce it to a question of proof, then it suggests to me that you don't understand a lot about your own beliefs.  \n\nIf you believe that Jesus was the Son of God, then it's because that belief resonates with you on some level.  Whether that's a deep spiritual resonance or just because it's comforting for you, that's not for me to say, but either way, it's presumably something your heart clings to tightly, and it's unlikely that any logical argument, on its own, is going to change that.  In that sense, the answer to your question appears to be no, because any evidence can be explained away or reinterpreted one way or another.\n\nPersonally, I don't believe that Jesus was the son of God, not in the way you seem to mean it, and I think Jesus himself would have been upset with the idea that he was.  That said, though, I know some very good people who are very serious about their belief that Jesus was the Son of God.  Some say that it's their faith that gives them strength to do what's right, and I sure can't prove them wrong--though I can say from experience that not all good people are Christians and not all Christians seem to be good people.  But for the ones I've met who are both--that is, Christian and good, or good people of any religion--it's not about proving that what you believe is right; it's about doing what's right because of what you believe, or in accordance with what you believe.  \n\nYou and I could argue all we want about whether Jesus was or was not the begotten son of God, or a child of God as we all are, or a son of God in the sense that it appears to have been meant by his contemporaries (ie, a wise teacher), but arguing the logic and the semantics won't bring us any closer to knowing God, or understanding God, or serving God.  \n\nI enjoy a good debate, and if you do to, then there's nothing wrong with that.  But if you want to prove the goodness of God, then do it by going out there and doing good on God's behalf, not by posting illogical questions on Yahoo!
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I think that all people are good. For some reasons some of them follow the good some others evil or bad. It deppens on their life, religion, mind, education e.t.c Theories of goodness inquire into what sorts of things are good, and what the word "good" really means in the abstract.\nAll religions and most philosophical movements have been concerned with good to some degree. It can define "good" and "bad" for a community or society. It affects everyone's life, and maybe all life on Earth, in the way people organize themselves in societies, and even how they think.\n\nThe duality of 'good versus evil' is expressed, in some form or another, by many cultures. This concept describes a hierarchy of moral standards applied to human behaviour. In more casual  use, the word "evil" can characterize people and behaviours that are hurtful, ruinous, or disastrous. Those who believe in the duality theory of evil believe that evil cannot exist without good, nor good without evil, as they are both objective states and opposite ends of the same scale.\n\nIn modern slang, "bad" has become a synonym for "good", as in "Man, that's a bad piece of music."  The ability to choose between good and evil is also a major theme of the philosophy. \nIn our life we have this abbility and we try to follow the better way. Usually our good is not your good.\nIf you want to learn more see Wikipedia
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EXACTLY....Nothing has been around longer than Gods WORD.  Nothing is above CHARITY and God is that love though which we can share His kindness through His love and His Word.  No other religion  on this earth can make that claim, the WORD being Jesus.
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Jesus was from what can be seen historicaly as a real guy born about 2000 years ago. He did not have supernatural powers and I think that people gave him supernatural powers to exagerate the fact that for his day he was a great man. Back then the ancient people were devoid of things like mercy and compassion and Jesus tried to teach it to people. However he was also a thorn in the side of the romans so they had him killed. Jesus used the symbol of the hebrew creator God yahweh as a mascot for himself and his early order to gain acceptance and he is said to have believed he had some kind of "special connection" with yahweh. This is similar to the ancient pharoa mentality of believing themselfs as Horus the "God King". However I sometimes feel that by assigning special powers to jesus (like they did with hercules or that lumberjack guy portraid with the blue ox) they are desecrating his memory. While he did work hard to start a order of apostles and bring some compassion to the world at first he succeeded but a couple hundred years after he died his efforts ultimately proved fruitless, creating the dark ages, the inquisition and current christianity that keeps people believing in something that jesus may have found revolting. However christians today really only honor the memory of christ today when they set up food banks and help people without asking for anything, pray for the health of others and try their best to be good people. The problem is their are alot of disgusting and self righteous christian organizations (such as the jehovas witnesses and the united pentecostal church) that operate on a "we will only help those who convert mentality. Such groups are intellectual terrorists and nothing more than glorified apocalypse cults. I think Jesus would be very dissapointed with these people if he was alive today. No, he was not a knuckle dragger or a monkey, he was just a guy who tried to do what was right and got killed for it. Just like so many others.
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Jesus is refered to as the Good Shepard not as a sheep.As a follower of Jesus I am a sheep,and He is my Shepard.
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First, this is a GOOD queston.\n\nIt is amazing the influence Jesus has had on the world. It is Christmas season now which would be nothing if Jesus had not come. People in every country on earth will be opening Christmas presents in the next couple weeks because God sent His Son as the best gift of all time.\n\nJesus is much more than a good teacher. Much greater than any prophet. He is the only one who has ever claimed to be the way to God that could back up His claims.
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Sorry, I just think it's not true.  Jesus had a good message.  Martin Luther King had a better one.  I don't believe in supernatural things.
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I think some one that can talk about there believe and back it with out the use of scripture deserves a lot more Kudos' than the people that do.\n\nAnd your question is only vaguely sensible.