Christianity against Atheism

First of all, I will be talking about your sense of thinking "God manipulating people. " The word "manipulation" is usually implied as negative. But, When the word is attributed to God, It talks of His control over the world and His honor and glory. God made everything perfect including mankind. It wasn"t in His plan that there would be hundreds, Thousands, Millions of people dying lost in their sins going to a fiery Hell today from generations to generations. It was the turning of mankind from being God centered to being self centered, That caused all the problems in the world. Mankind is so selfish and manipulate for their own desires which is why most people have took on the word with a negative, Selfish meaning. God"s interference in the world is of a good thing than people think a bad. Because God gave every human being their own mind to think and to do anything they desire, Mankind has chosen to use that to their advantage of evil and manipulation in the world today which is another reason why bad things happen. Bad things are of the bad decisions we make today. It"s not of God. God had the Great Flood to wash out the world"s wickedness, Although, The world is just more evil today. You mentioned that God let/wanted women and children die in the Flood, But He gave every human a chance at that time in history. He gave them over a hundred years to board the ark and such, But no one took the chance to save their life and they laughed and mocked at the whole idea of rain coming. God will destroy the world again, Not of water, But of fire. As I was saying, God"s holiness cannot tolerate mankind"s sin nature, So He sent His only son Jesus into the world to die for everyone to create a way for mankind to go to Heaven. Some people die to their own selfish desires and their pride which is why they go to Hell. These days, People say that Jesus was just a historical figure or some myth, But there"s a good deal of evidence that has been proven of His existence 2, 000+ years ago. (this small paragraph is not mine, But of some of my research) "Within a few decades of His supposed lifetime, He"s mentioned by Jewish and Roman historians, As well as by dozens of Christian writings. For example: King Arthur who lived around AD 500. At that time, However, He is not mentioned until 300-400 years after he lived. The evidence of Jesus is not limited to later folklore, As are the accounts of Arthur. Proof that Jesus was real. " In the Bible, The first writings of Jesus were written by St. Paul, And scholars agree that the earliest of these letters were written within 25 years of Jesus"s death at the very latest, While the detailed biographical accounts of Jesus in the New Testament gospels date from around 40 years after he died. These all appeared within the lifetime of numerous eyewitnesses and provide descriptions that comport with the culture and geography of first-century Palestine. "As far as we know, The first author outside the church to mention Jesus is the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, Who wrote a history of Judaism around AD93. He has two references to Jesus. One of these is controversial because it is thought to be corrupted by Christian scribes (probably turning Josephus"s negative account into a more positive one), But the other is not suspicious " a reference to James, The brother of "Jesus, The so-called Christ". " About 20 years after Josephus we have the Roman politicians Pliny and Tacitus, Who held some of the highest offices of state at the beginning of the second century AD. From Tacitus we learn that Jesus was executed while Pontius Pilate was the Roman prefect in charge of Judaea (AD 26-36) and Tiberius was emperor (AD 14-37) " reports that fit with the timeframe of the gospels. Pliny contributes the information that, Where he was governor in northern Turkey, Christians worshipped Christ as a god. Neither of them liked Christians " Pliny writes of their "pig-headed obstinacy" and Tacitus calls their religion a destructive superstition. In the ancient world, There was never debates over whether if Jesus was a historical figure. In the earliest literature of the Jewish Rabbis, Jesus was denounced as the illegitimate child of Mary and a sorcerer. Among pagans, The satirist Lucian and philosopher Celsus dismissed Jesus as a scoundrel, But we know of no one in the ancient world who questioned whether Jesus lived. In a recent book, The French philosopher Michel Onfray talks of Jesus as a mere hypothesis, His existence as an idea rather than as a historical figure. A bit over 10 years ago, The Jesus Project was set up in the US; one of its main questions for discussion was that of whether or not Jesus existed. Some authors have even argued that Jesus of Nazareth was doubly non-existent, Contending that both Jesus and Nazareth are Christian inventions. It is worth noting, Though, That the two mainstream historians who have written most against these hyper sceptical arguments are atheists: Maurice Casey (formerly of Nottingham University) and Bart Ehrman (University of North Carolina). They have issued stinging criticisms of the "Jesus-myth" approach, Branding it pseudo-scholarship. Nevertheless, A recent survey discovered that 40% of adults in England did not believe that Jesus was a real historical figure. "Recently there have been claims that Jesus was a great-grandson of Cleopatra, Complete with ancient coins allegedly showing Jesus wearing his crown of thorns. In some circles, There is still interest in the Shroud of Turin, Supposedly Jesus"s burial shroud. Pope Benedict XVI stated that it was something that "no human artistry was capable of producing" and an "icon of Holy Saturday". It is hard to find historians who regard this material as serious archaeological data, However. The documents produced by Christian, Jewish and Roman writers form the most significant evidence. These abundant historical references leave us with little reasonable doubt that Jesus lived and died. The more interesting question " which goes beyond history and objective fact " is whether Jesus died and lived. " You were talking about some dude fooling over a million people with card magic. Card magic and miracles are totally different. It is generally believed that magic is an act of a human being, Whereas, A miracle is an act of God. Both miracle and magic might appear to be the same, But the two do have differences. Miracles to a great extent rely on the will of God. A reason to why we cannot expect miracles to happen time and again. They happen very rarely, If at all they are destined to happen. Miracles are based on the power of God and do not use energy. It is considered that God usually works with the laws of nature to perform miracles. Theologians say that, God regularly works through his created nature, Yet is free to work without, Above, Or against it as well. Miracles have nothing to do with the control of objects. A miracle is often characterized by a beneficial event that is statistical, But not contrary to the law of nature. Miracles are a source of astonishment and delight; however, It is only after experiencing a miracle that we think about God and praise him. Magic is yet another act, An act performed by human beings. Magic is an attempt to understand, Experience and influence the world using symbols and performing acts. It is the twisting and turning of the object's nature. While performing magic, We use the so called energy present around and try to suppress the real nature of the objects. Magic is not a will of God, It is personal. Magic is wielded and something to be impressed upon. It happens in front of our very eyes, Much to our delight and astonishment. The skill of the magician becomes evident in the act of magic, Whereas the power of God becomes evident in the act of miracle. Now, Jesus suffering on the cross. He was willing to die for the world. That"s a lot. That"s how much God loves us and yet the world rejected their creator which is so sad. He was spit upon, Beaten, They banged a crown of thorns with thorns over 3 inches and it went to his skull, They mocked him, Laughed at him even, And He carried His own cross until someone had to help Him, And He died a painful death on the cross. And you say that"s not painful? It"s sad how selfish the world is today and that the world would crucify Him JUST BECAUSE they were SO SELFISH and just because He did some miracles that actually did good! Perhaps the most difficult and emotionally charged question ever asked the pastor or apologist is why God let a particular child suffer or die. The question is rarely abstract. The typical Christian answer is, "We won"t know until we get to heaven. " Of course, We will certainly know more when we get to heaven, But is that all we can answer? I suggest we know more than that. We may not know all of God"s reasons for letting a particular child die at a particular moment, But we can answer why God allows children to die. Children suffer and die due to three main causes. First, Children suffer and die due to pestilence and disease enabled when the Lord cursed the ground after Adam and Eve sinned. He banished Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, Thus barring humans from the rejuvenating power of the Tree of Life. God warned Adam and Eve that if they ate from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, "thou shalt surely die" (Gen. 2:17), And He didn"t add "at a ripe old age of natural causes. " He just said, "thou shalt surely die, " and we"ve been attending funerals ever since. Second, Children also suffer and die because of the mistakes and sins of others, Such as leaving a pool gate unsecured, Drunk driving, Murder, And so on. Third, Children suffer and die because natural laws work in regular ways: the gravity that keeps us on planet Earth also enables fatal falls; the fire that warms also burns; the water in which we swim can also drown. Can't say more. I'm running out typing space.