Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
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Especially for the Old Testament, there are variations of this view promoted by guys like Clif High, Mauro Biglino, and Zechariah Sitchin. The deity you mention could also in fact be aliens / Annunaki / Elohim. If you are avoiding Christianity, this seems like a plausible stance to take, and there are possible hybrid views as well.
For a Christian perspective, see work by Michael Heiser, https://drmsh.com/
To me the central question is the person of Jesus Christ. Were His self-claims about being the Son of God true? There is incredibly strong evidence for His resurrection, e.g. see Gary Habermas https://www.garyhabermas.com/ The entire Christian religion rides on this, and once you settle this, topics like the canon of Scripture fall into place easier. e.g. The four Gospels are eyewitness accounts. Some try and claim these and other New Testament books were written hundreds of years later, but there is strong evidence to the contrary.
The four gospel by popular opinion were written approximately eighty to one hundred years after the crucifixion. They were written and then translated by scribe who often threw their opinion in. Jesus saying “Father forgive them for they not know what they do.” was not found in parts of the first three manuscripts found, but in a manuscript transcribed several hundred years later. The same for the saying, “ He who is without sin, let him cast the first stone”.
Amen.
Who is Jesus Christ.
When you can answer this question it answers all other things in time and things begin to come to light.
The whole all religions are right stance, that new age believers follow. There is some truth in it. In that truth belongs to Jesus and a religion can have an element of truth and miss out on the fullness of Christ.
You just only ground your belief when you truly accept that still small voice talking to you is Jesus the son of God.
A deep intimate relationship with him is the greatest thing you can ever seek