My friends, did not Jesus Christ live and die on the cross? We have historical evidence of this (the Romans were excellent record-keepers). Consider it logically if you will, that Jesus Christ is the most significant person in the history of the world. Consider it logically that Jesus lived a life, perfect in every aspect. I invite anyone to prove me wrong on this point, that it is far more illogical to believe Jesus Christ wasn't real than to believe He was.
So we have someone who wanted to reform the Jewish belief system. A cult leader, who has been sentenced to death. Don't get me wrong, I have a high respect for Jesus. He revolted against the belief that illness or a handicap were your fault/sin and a sign that you made God angry. That's a thing nobody believes in anymore - at least not explicitly. Jesus introduced the concept of forgiving. He did good work there.
and knowing that He is real, the question is do you believe who He says He is? and yet, we pointlessly go in circles discussing whether Jesus even existed, a well established fact.
Again, I invite you. Consider it logically. Jesus met the requirements of hundreds of prophesies written before the period of His life and recorded in books of the Old Testament of the Bible (again, there is historical proof for this).
It is very easy to meet the requirements of those prophecies. Especially if you only have to be born out of a "young woman" and not a "virgin". Moreover, even if that "virgin" is a requirement, remember that lots of people
wanted a Messiah. It's easy to see signs fulfilled, especially with hindsight. Jesus meant a lot to those people, so he
had to be the prophesized one.
Also, (and this, too, is historical fact) there were hundreds of cult leaders calling themselves the Messiah at Jesus' time. There were military leaders (the Jews believed the Messiah would deliver them from the Romans), there were religious leaders, and everything in between. Jesus got lucky. His cult was the one that survived and somehow became popular.
Compare with singers this day. Lots of people sing well and have great ideas and everything, and yet the only names known are the "winners". Popularity is self-propagating.
So either Jesus is the greatest liar of all time, or the life of Jesus is a falsification and the greatest lie to be spread of all time, or a far more likely reality is this:
Neither. Jesus himself probably believed he was the Messiah and more than a mere human.
The truth reveals to each man the bondage he is secretly in, and a call to trust Jesus for his or her freedom is a risk few are willing to take in exchange for the comfort-zone they've too easily settled for. Considering that Jesus is no lie, then the truth is that we have all been lied to. The grass is, in fact, greener my friends. Where is the body of Jesus? We have everyone else' body (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burial_places_of_founders_of_world_religions) the bodies of leaders of false spirituality and even the bodies of Jesus' ancestors, but not Jesus'. That is because Jesus is alive and currently resides in the heavenly realm. It is not necessary for you to believe what I say. Believe on Jesus' name in sincerity and you will experience it yourself.
I tried this for twenty-five years, but it didn't work. Why are all miracles we know about so long ago?
God surely loses his power. From shaping a whole earth out of nothing, he already needs a rib as raw material to shape a woman. From letting all people talk different languages to prevent them building a tower and reach heaven, he even doesn't manage to shoot our International Space Center out of space. In Jesus' time, he resurrected dead people, and now people call it a miracle if a team of surgeons succesfully perform a heart operation. It's the surgeons you have to thank for that, not God!
You ask me what's more likely? I'll respond with a similar question. What's more likely?
(1) There is a powerful and good god, who wishes you to know him, but yet he reveals himself only to people who believe already in him.
or
(2) There is no god. Humans overinterpret random things, believing they aren't random but either a gift from god (if they are lucky) or a warning from god (if they are unlucky).
If I want someone to believe I exist, I would go to him and show myself. I would show I'm a human by doing things humans can do. I guess that's quite convincing.
So, God, come and show yourself, do things that only a god can do. I won't believe you are all-powerful until you, let's say, whisk away the EHEC bacteria which is taking the lives from innocent human beings right now. And while you're at it, please get rid of AIDS too. An all-powerful god like you can do better than that if you want to punish the guilty people.