Re: Oddity: The Son of God Is Born And People Are Being Murdered Instantly Because Of
I am not religious but I am not an atheists and the reason I have not faith in any God is all are man made.
That doesn't make any sense. You're basically saying "I don't have faith in god because I think there is no god and it's all just an invention of man". That's a tautology and as such not a very useful argument; you're just repeating the same thing twice and using it as evidence of itself.
The life and impact of Jesus is horrible to say the least.
Let's see...among other things, Christianity has:
1. Been at the forefront of the movement to end slavery
2. Been the driver of the civil rights movement
3. Invented the concept of universities and higher education, being the motivation for the creation of the education systems we now enjoy
4. Drove the movement to end child labor in the West and continues to fight to end it worldwide
5. Virtually invented the very concept of orphanages and have been at the forefront of caring for the parentless ever since
6. Have been at the forefront of healthcare for over a millenium, being the primary drivers of the creation of new hospitals
7. Continue to fight hunger and injustice around the world
Now, granted that there have also been negative things that can be traced to Christianity. However, when you use a phrase like "to say the least", I get the impression you don't really know what you are talking about and haven't weighed whether the impact of Jesus has been positive or not.
Watching the show last night proved beyond any question we are even more savage to each other now than we were back then.
You do realize that you are basing your views about this on a tv adaptation of a book by Bill O'Riley, a man with only an undergraduate level of knowledge of history whose books have been widely panned for their inaccuracies and fabrications.
Furthermore, how do you figure we are more savage now?
That being said, is Jesus working, was his life futile
See some of the things I mentioned before. Even a passing knowledge of history shows that Christianity revolutionized the world for the better, having been at the forefront of so much positive social change. The world is a far more moral place today than it was prior to Christianity, and Christianity has been one of the main drivers behind that change.
and please do not respond with "The good will go to heaven after this life" type responses, we have all heard those before.
Are you looking for novel answers or true answers? I would hope that an answer to this question would be something you have heard before.
His word was to love one another, etc. and that is simply not happening is it?
Is it happening? Yes. Are we there yet? No. I think if we found a way to quantify evil and injustice and then plot it on a graph, you would see that the trend is towards things getting better.