Why do so many people believe in the fairy tale of Jesus?
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He has a great PR campaign and a 2,000 year history of folks insisting that if you DIDN'T believe in him, you would suffer eternally for it.  \nThreats, fear and stories of miracles coming true are pretty persuasive, especially to primitive, superstitious minds.
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In the fairy taile, The Bible, Jesus wasn't God.  He was the son of God, and as the son of Mary, half human, which entitles him to go to hell just like the rest of us (if it actually existed, that is).
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Because a LOT of the world population DOES NOT believe or care about a book written by men centuries afterJesus christ's life.\nGet real, the bible is JUST a book, no more, no less!
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Some say that the Bible is nothing more than fairy tales. But this cannot be for it contains great wisdom and truth and it has been verified throughout history as being accurate.  Its historical accounts are flawlessly accurate. In fact, archaeology routinely demonstrates the accuracy of the biblical records concerning locations and events recorded in the Bible.  \n\nThe Bible is a collection of 66 books written by about 40 authors, in three different languages, on three different continents, over approximately 1600 years. The Bible claims to be inspired and inerrant. This means that the Bible claims to be from God and that it is without error in everything it addresses.\n\nThe Bible contains many different styles of writing such as poetry, narration, fiction, history, law, and prophecy and must be interpreted in context of those styles. It is the source of the Christian religion in that the Bible contains the words of God and how the Christian is to apply the words of God to his life.\n\nBasically, the Bible describes the origin of man in the Garden of Eden along with his fall into sin and out of fellowship with God. It then describes how God called out a special people to Himself, the Israelites. He promised the Israelites a future Messiah who would restore mankind's relationship with God. The Bible is the account of the work of God in history bringing to fruition His prophetic declarations concerning Jesus.  Jesus was born of the Virgin, died on the cross, and paid for sins, just as the Bible prophesied in the Old Testament and fulfilled in the New.  In short, the Bible points to Jesus, "You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is these that bear witness of Me," (John 5:39).  \n\nFurthermore, the Bible teaches us that forgiveness of sins is found in Jesus alone, "And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved,” (Acts 4:12).
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Because it is is a very popular book, and is expected to be a very popular movie.  The historical and biblical claims in the book are wildly inaccurate, so people with theological education would like to get the word out about the untruths and half-truths.\n\nWhile the Roman Catholic Church is the primary target of the misinformation, Christianity as a whole is taking a hit. The unusual theories are presented very well and shown as if they were fact, in spite of plenty of scientific (non-religious) evidence that they are wrong.\n\nHere are a couple of faith-based links.  Try looking up more sites on Yahoo! Search.
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Um, do you mean Jesus and Judas? You can read it for yourself at www.nationalgeographic.com. It is believed to be the work of gnostics, and not of Judas. A fairy tale.
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A fairy tale is one made of urban legends from our childhood. By that I mean it is a story half of fantasy and half of serious interest for a child. It has to be serious to keep a child interested, ie: trolls under a bridge, snow white eating an apple, yet still easy enough so the child being told the fairy tale feels comfortable enough to sleep and not be worried for the characters.  ie: troll is banished, Snow White wakes up, Cinderella gets the guy.
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Well, there are just so many different interpretations of the Bible.  Some people believe that Adam and Eve actually existed.  Some people believe that Adam and Eve was just a symbolic story -- that the universe really did begin with the Big Bang or however further back scientists can go.  Some believe that the entire Bible, even with all the contradictions, is literally true.  Some believe that the entire Bible should be interpretted contextually.  The main reason that there are so many Christian faiths is that the first of them, Catholicism, came up with many traditions to go along with Christ's teachings, like the idea that Christ himself is present in the Eucharist at mass, or that only men should be priests.  These things were just developed over time -- never mentioned in the Bible, so like I said, there are many interpretations.
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Franklin try to keep things in perspective, man has been around much longer than the bible or Christianity these are the people who brought you Santa Claus,The Easter Bunny, and the Tooth fairy all of which are a myth as stories in the bible are mix in with some truth! Also don't forget humans all over our planet believe in other Theology Buddhist,Hindu etc. I am a unbiased Methodist christian by birth never saw the need to change but realize religion is just a way of life especially for those that are searching for direction.Some people would like you to believe God speaks to you in many ways myth, again no proof, I,ve have Christian's tell me they have spoke directly to God again myth no Proof! So that's it for my realist,materialistic,tangible perspective with Independence and free will! God or Jesus may have help me but i have no physical evidence to prove that but we do know the reality of Santa Claus!
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I believe in God and I believe in Jesus and his works...the bible was written by man and had hidden agendas of the age. I believe there are many many many religions and theyre all "right" for the person choosing to believe them. The answers lie within your heart. Every person has the right to believe what they feel is best for them. People who try to change others beliefs are often insecure about thier own.
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I think it is a bunch of stories made up - fairytale like tales more or less.  If people found out that this was true they would probably just toss the book aside - recycle it, burn it, whatever - there will always be the true believers and the book will never go away.
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Great question...these people who blame aren't rational Christians and their understanding of the relationship between God and man is far below what yours is...why?  Maybe they haven't read the Bible as many "Christians" haven't.  Maybe they are hateful...Jesus himself said that we need to question things those who claim to come in his name tell us...that there are "antiChrists" all over the place and I'm sure he wasn't talking about 666, Damion and a big horned red devil, he was talking about people who use his name to convince people to do what he never told us to do...he also said a lot of people will be surprised at their Judgement because they think they are doing what God wants but they are just doing their own thing...
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It's kind of like fairy tales.  You can believe they happened if you want.  It's just Greek Mythology used to be religion to people.  So in a couple thousand years some of the religions that are popular today might be considered mythology.
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Jesus was only a human being he is a holy creatures he is a God's messenger .\n\nThis belief is a big mistake for christians.
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Some people don't have a dedication to religion, and belief its made of false yet myths that are nonsense. For some people they were forced into religion younger so they deny it, or simply just don't want to accept the truth. And they find mockery of christianity entertaining, and believing the bible of made of nonsense which is false its based on the truth. Good luck though
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Because Christians believe what is known and that reason is for all to why it was so.  In that reasoning we are all happened in likeness to this which was real and everywhere.
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I recommend that you look into the folklore literature which will demonstrate how similar the bible and its themes are to other mythologies. Joseph Campbell and Carl Jung are excellent authors to start with. Christians basically believe what every other faith believes. Their way is the only TRUE path to God. In my opinion (as a Christian) that's incredibly narrow-minded. If you've read the Chronicles of Narnia (and if you haven't you should) the last chapter of book 7 "The last Battle" has a scene where Aslan (Christ) allows a young man who was a follower of Tash (another god/demon) into the real Narnia (Heaven) because his actions were congruent with the Aslan's teachings even though the young man didn't realize it. Basically I believe that those who are following Christ's spirit or philosophy even if they're not doing so in name have as much if not more truth than most christians.