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Atheist Answers - Atheist's Challenge What Sets Jesus Apart? - The Empty Tomb!
The difference between Christianity and all other religious faiths are:
Simple…
an empty tomb, 500 witnesses, 5000 original manuscripts (that means 5000 people at the time, thought the historical events were significant enough that record should be preserved even at the great cost of time and effort it must have taken then.)
Plato's writings only had roughly 30 original manuscripts and we accept his existence as fact….
Many answers to prayer and an internal transformation in my own life as a result of seeking this Jesus. Oh I just received 7 totally unexpected $5000 checks, they were not for any service rendered as a direct result of prayer and obeying the financial directives in the Bible…that helps too. God is real in real ways to me. He can be to you too!
All other faiths are only piggy backing Christian principles that originated with…
The One True God…
This is what makes them so deceptive. If anyone operates the principles of God they will prove true. (EX: "The Golden Rule"…"do unto others as you would have them do unto you") If you exercise this principle you will experience it's joyful result… that doesn't mean you have reconciled your relationship to God! It may make you think…"I'm doing good God will accept me" But According to the Bible…
He only accepts us… if we accept His gift, Jesus sacrifice.
No other way.
Being good doesn't cut it as far as salvation is concerned… you can be a very good person by everyone else's standards and still perish. God only accepts our faith in His work (Jesus Sacrifice) as our reconciliation to Himself.
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