Christianity Concluded

Pro has stated his challenges as follows; a)"I challenge my opponent to name a single prophecy in the old testament Jesus did not fulfill." b)"I still challenge my opponent to cite their supposed similarities." c)"Ancient Romans may have installed elements of their belief system into Christianity. Or maybe Christianity influenced Ancient Rome." d)"there is plenty of evidence for God, for Jesus being God and all the other Christian beliefs" e)"Eyewitness accounts do not prove the resurrection", "Here I must admit my opponent is right." Pro stated as follows; f)"Christianity is a legitimate religion." g)"Judaism itself was original, being the only monotheistic religion before about 500BC" h)"I'm an atheist, and I think it's OK to be a Christian." i)"In my view, if people want to believe in things I think are false, that's their choice." j)"This point also shows my opponent's ignorance of Psalms 69:4, Isaiah 53:1, Zechariah 13:7, )Zechariah 12:10, Zechariah 11:12-13, Zechariah 11:4-6, Isaiah 53:12, Isaiah 53:5 and about a dozen other prophecies that the Jews had." k)"Not a similarity. Greek religion does not have a "savior," "Egyptian vs Christian differences X10:Creation myth very different" My contentions; Old & New (arranged alphabetically by sub-topic) a)Isa. 2:1-3, Zechariah 13 went unfulfilled, if one Isaiah prophecy is unfulfilled then all are objectively and I've excluded Psalm 69 as it is not a prophecy of a coming messiah but a prayer by david to god. b)I Have shown a multitude of similarities throughout this debate, Pro discredits none, but instead brings up differences. This is like pointing out the differences in a deformed identical twin, the differences are many as the twin is deformed, but the blood is still the same. c)I have cited the canon of the NT to refute your comment. Marcion 140 ad put together the Antitheses, 110 years after Jesus, it's safe to say all adults alive at Jesus crucifixion were dead by then."By his period, considerable confusion was arising among gentile", which gives reason for the religion of Jesus to be adopted by a falling empire."Marcion edited Luke to conform with what he believed was the truth", "Marcion who coined the expressions "Old Testament" and "New Testament.", "Other Christians reacted to the teachings of Marcion with harsh disagreement.", "In particular, his treatment of the nature of God (as two separate beings)", The nature of God that he created is still followed *the holy trinity "They attacked his tampering with Paul's letters","By the beginning of the fourth century, numerous new writings (mostly gnostic) were being circulated." The rest of the document will be cited as I am sure you'll find it interesting> Christianity was not legalized until 313 AD ample time for the scriptures to be doctored. "The early converts to Christianity in Ancient Rome faced many difficulties. The first converts were usually the poor and slaves as they had a great deal to gain from the Christians being successful. " see the source for finer detail> d)Saying there is evidence of God is subjective. God is a possibility, not a definite. e) Regarding his *Eye-Witnesses; His witness legitimately pose a conflict of interest which by definition occurs when an individual or organization is involved in multiple interests, one of which could possibly corrupt the motivation for an act in the other. G)Regarding his claim that; "Judaism itself was original, being the only Monotheistic religion before about 500BC". With factual evidence I confirm that Hinduism is a even older Monotheistic religion than Judaism hereby discrediting his claim. "The earliest evidence for prehistoric religion in India date back to the late Neolithic in the early Harappan period (5500–2600 BCE).", "Modern Hinduism grew out of the Vedas, the oldest of which is the Rigveda, dated to 1700–1100 BCE." Therefore Judaism was not the only Monotheistic religion and i also have cited Monotheism to show it includes Hinduism> J)Mohammed Prophesied centuries after Jesus was crucified. My opponnent claims the prophecy in Zechariah 13 was fulfilled by Jesus my following citation of Zechariah based on the way that Mohammed died, "He died on Monday, June 8, 632, in Medina, at the age of 63.[161] With his head resting on Aisha's lap he murmured his final words soon after asking her to dispose of his last worldly goods, which were seven coins" shows otherwise. In verse 2 of The Book of Zechariah chapter 13 it says;"I will remove both the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land. 3 And if anyone still prophesies, their father and mother, to whom they were born, will say to them, ‘You must die, because you have told lies in the LORD's name.' Then their own parents will stab the one who prophesies. Mohammed was not stabbed by his own parents. My case rests. http://www.biblegateway.com... http://en.wikipedia.org... K)I am dedicating this to the similarities. Pro points out ridiculous partial differences in an attempt to get away from the initial likeness 1st Pro says Greek religion did not have a savior. I will substantiate that they did indeed. "Timoleon was called savior; he set up a shrine to Fortune (Automatia) in his house; and his birthday, the festival of his daimon, became a public holiday." "the priests of Alexander also worshipped Ptolemy and Berenice as the Savior Gods" "the Athenians revered Harmodius and Aristogeiton as heroes, as saviours of Athens from tyranny" I have also cited a page of 9 Savior Gods 1 of which is Jesus.> Pro says Egypts creation theory is different, when the NT has no creation theory, And Moses the writer of the creation theory was an Egyptian Citizen, That definitely had some influences though debatable. I apologize that i can not cite the documentary videos I have seen with my own eyes with walls filled with hieroglyphs being translated by Scholars and Archaeologists. The Book of the Dead is not the bible of Egyptian belief. "Although the Egyptian religion found only a small audience among the Greeks themselves, her popularity spread under the Roman empire, and Diodorus Siculus wrote that the religion was known throughout almost the whole inhabited world." "Diodorus Siculus was a Greek historian who lived in the 1st century BC" which proves that right before christ came around the Egyptian Religion had spread through the whole inhabited world and for the Greeks "Change came from the addition of new religions from other countries, such as including the Egyptian god(esse)s of Isis and Serapis" Conclusion. I have concisely compared each statement and challenge throughout this debate, Hence proving my original statements to be ,reasonable at the least and absolute truth at best and, I conclude that the Christians' Old Testament is a deliberate adaptation of the Original Jewish Scriptures. Christians have not only read and quoted these deliberate adaptations of Jewish origin without discerning the prior but often even quote Old Testament passages out of context, foolishly rephrasing them, or even deceitfully changing them to match their agendas. Hopefully you understand, nonetheless, "true faith is based neither upon trust in men" (Ps, 146:3) "nor even upon occurrences of the supernatural" (Deut. 13)(Corinthians 15:17)" And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sin" The similarities of Christianity with the religions that I have cited are indubitable and apparent beyond reasonable doubt. I am one man opposed by an army of straw men but in this case my factions far out number the pro's sources. Pro has went from a self proclaimed atheist to christian apologetic, going as far as stating "AMEN" at the end of one of his postings in attempt to sway the readers. (Isaiah 2:22)"As for you, let man alone, in whose nostrils is but a breath; for what is he worth"?