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God and Jesus Christ,
is a site about the most important topic there is: the Creator
and His Son Jesus Christ. This site's first aim is to explain
the basics of the Christian faith to people worldwide who may be
intrigued by Christianity. The second aim is to strengthen
the faith of believers. This is the sister site of,
Atheism Exposed and Defeated,
a site committed to fighting the work of militant atheists.
Together they are meant to be tools in God's hands to undo the
efforts of unbelievers, to create faith in those who have none,
and to strengthen the faith of those who already believe.
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THOUGHT-PROVOKING READINGS |
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Does God Exist?
This is
the first critical reality to be explored. The proofs of God's
existence abound, for those who have an open and honest mind.
This section offers classic proofs of God's existence, biblical
proofs, and useful references that will help those who want to delve
into the topic in greater depth.
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God's Nature
Who is God? What are His characteristics and what scriptural
evidence is there for the same. Abundant scriptures are provided to
support the view that God is love, truth, and much more.
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God and the Greatest Minds
Did the
greatest minds of the past believe in God? Were great minds like
Newton, Galileo, Einstein, Leonardo, Mozart, Kant and Hegel, Etc.
atheists or agnostics? Unlike what some unbelievers propagate, most
of the greatest philosophers, scientists, writers, poets, artists
and musicians of the past held a firm belief in God, and many lived
very devout Christian lives.
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Ten Great
Proofs of God's Existence
The Ten Commandments have been God's
great moral compass for
believers, for thousands
of years. The spirit of these ten divine commands has had a
significant influence on the development of the morals and ethics of
the Judeo-Christian world. Yet atheists do not see in them any
evidence of divine. One of their cherished views is that they are
part of a "deceitful plot" conceived by "priests-magicians" so as to
"dominate and enslave the primitive people over whom they ruled. "
Could that be the case? Are the Ten Commandments a human creation
crafted by cunning humans so as to control and deceive the masses,
or are they a supreme manifestation of God's love for humanity?
History, psychology, and logic strongly support the view that the
Ten Commandments were conceived by a divine, supreme, loving,
all-wise Mind, and that they are strong proofs of God's existence.
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God Answers the
Sceptics
For thousands of years philosophers, theologians, and
scientists have tried to answer the question "Does God Exist?"
Unfortunately, they failed to ask God Himself. If they had
asked Him, these would have been His answers.
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Is God Cruel Or
is He Love and Justice?
For
centuries atheists, agnostics and even some believers, have
described the God of the Bible as a very stern and cruel Being. Some
influential thinkers have stressed that the "God is love" idea is
especially contradicted by some of God's works as described in the
Scriptures. A God of love, they insist, would never wipe out
humanity as Yahweh did during Noah's time, nor would He have
destroyed whole cities simply because of their immoral
behavior. Furthermore, they
assert, a loving God would not have used a
favorite tribe to wipe out
Canaanite men women and children simply because their ways did not
please Him.
No
doubt, the God of the Bible is responsible for the events described
above and for many other events that, when looked at superficially,
do appear quite perplexing. But was God really cruel, or is there
much more to His actions that unbelievers have seen or refuse to
see?
In
this section, events that appear to show God as cruel are analyzed
thoroughly. The analysis is done in a thought-provoking "What if
God...?" way. That is, the author will hypothesize what would have
happened if God
had not
intervened in each case the way He did. This exercise will make it
abundantly evident that God handled each situation with both
wisdom and justice.
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Is Jesus the Messiah the Son of God?
Jesus Christ is accepted as Lord and
Savior by hundreds of
millions of Christians worldwide. Most accept Him as Lord because
they were born in Christian homes and were taught to do so. Many
have delved into the reasons why He is believed to be the
Savior, and, by so doing, they have greatly strengthened their
faith.
Preachers and the New
Testament writers teach us that one of the greatest proofs that
Jesus Christ was the
Savior are the prophecies of
the Old Testament. In fact, the Old Testament abounds in prophecies
that describe in advance the many aspects of Christ’s ministry on
earth, including His death and resurrection.Jesus
Christ had to be confirmed as both Messiah and Son of God by
something much more reliable than just miracles. He had to be
confirmed by God’s Word. Christ affirmed this powerful reality in
the book of John: “And the Father Himself who has sent me, has
testified of Me…You search the scriptures…and these
are they which testify of me” (John 5:37-39).
Yes, the
Scriptures spoke of Christ centuries in advance in great detail, and
they were to be the greatest foundational proof that Christ was
indeed the Messiah.
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Jesus
Christ's Autobiography
What did Jesus Christ say about
Himself ? Learn what our Savior said about His nature, His
prophesied coming, His death, His resurrection, His teachings and
His promises from His own mouth.
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Who Really Killed Jesus Christ?
The Passion of Christ is one of the most
controversial movies of all times. The movie makes evident, in
gruesome detail, the horrific flagellation and crucifixion endured
by Christ before His death. Many Christians applaud Gibson’s efforts
and see the movie as a very useful tool in enlightening the masses
about what Christ has done to save the world. On the other hand,
Jews, understandably, fear that the movie might ignite more
anti-Semitism and persecution. Recently, a major network reviewed
the events that led to Christ’s death, with the help of four
Biblical scholars. At the end of the documentary, the four scholars
were asked who they believed had killed Christ. The unanimous answer
was: “Pilate and the Romans. Who really killed Christ? Different
people hold differing views. Some are firm on the idea that the Jews
were primarily responsible. Others insist that the real culprit was
Pontius Pilate. Some may argue that Satan was the force that
inspired the whole scenario. Many Christians would, instead, yell
out: “We did it! Our sins killed Christ!” Though all the above
points of view have merit, there is another critical and
enlightening dimension that must be included to fully comprehend who
really killed Christ. But first let’s analyze the extent to which
the main participants contributed to Christ’s death.
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Was Jesus Christ Really Resurrected?
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is central to Christian belief and
to the Christian hope. Christians believe in the resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead, because the Old and the New Testament teach it,
because Christ promised it and because His apostles confirm it in the New
Testament writings. Contrariwise, Atheists, Agnostics and others assert
that the resurrection is a fable concocted by Jesus’ followers, because
their attachment to Jesus’ memory was so strong that they all “agreed” to
create a new religion in His name based on lies and deceit. The evidence
for Jesus' resurrection is not based on flimsy fables but on the
unassailable evidence of common sense, solid logic, and many totally
reliable and truthful witnesses.
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Why Does
Jesus Delay His coming?
The
second coming of Christ has been a fundamental Christian longing for
almost 2000 years. No true Christian has lived his life without
reading about it, hearing about it, thinking about it, hoping for
it, desperately longing for it. True Christians look at the return
of Christ not only as the fulfillment of magnificent biblical
promises but also as a deliverance from all the trials and
tribulations that afflict them, from the painful reality of physical
decay and from the fear of the great enemy: death.
Almost
2000 years have gone by. Countless generations of Christians have
waited, have become excited by world events that seem to indicate
its proximity, have become disappointed and, at times, have become
discouraged, because the Lord delayed His coming and had to finally
stare in the face of the great enemy, death, and had to finally go
the way of all men.
Here
are three major reasons why Jesus Christ has not returned yet.
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GREAT MINDS PRAISING GOD
EINSTEIN:
"The scientist's
religious feeling takes the form of a rapturous amazement at the harmony
of natural laws, which reveals an intelligence of such superiority that,
compared with it, all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings
is an utterly insignificant reflection.
(Iain,
P. Science, Theology and Einstein. New York: Oxford University
Press, 1982, 57.)
GALILEO:
“To the Lord; whom I worship and thank; That governs the heavens with His
eyelid. To Him I return tired, but full of living.”
(Chiari, A. Galileo Galilei, Scritti Letterari. Florence: Felice Le
Monnier, 1970, 321.)
NEWTON:
“From His true dominion it follows that the
true God is a living, intelligent and powerful being; and from His other
perfections, that He is supreme, or most perfect."
(Burtt, E. A.
The Methaphysical Foundations of Modern Science. New York: The
Humanities Press Inc., 1951, 257.)
BACON:
"It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to
atheism; but depth in philosophy brings about man's mind to religion:"
(Bacon,
F. The Essays of Lord Bacon. London: Longman and Green, Co., 1875,
64.)
DESCARTES :
"The existence of God is the first and the most eternal of all truths that
exist and the only one from which proceed all others."
(Descartes,
R. Oevres Philosophiques (Tome1), Paris, Editions Garnier Freres,
1963, 265.)
KANT :
"But if we ask who has so firmly established the laws of nature and who has
limited its operations, then we will come to God as the supreme cause of the
entirety of reason and nature."
(Kant, I. Lectures on Philosophical Theology.
Ithaca: Cornell U. Press, 1978, 25.)
TOLSTOY:
“For life is life, only when it is the carrying out of God's purpose. ."
(Tolstoy, L., "Patriotism, Slavery of Our Times," in The Complete
Work of L. Tolstoy. New York: T.Y. Crowell Co., 1927, 165.)
LEONARDO DA VINCI:“I
obey Thee, Lord, first for the love I, in all reason, owe Thee; secondly,
because Thou can shorten or prolong the lives of men.”
(Richter,
J. , The Literary Works of Leonardo Da Vinci, Vol. II, Phaidon Press,
1970, 237).
DANTE ALIGHIERI:
“The whole heaven is governed in all its parts , motions,
and movers by a single motion, the Primum Mobile,
and by a single mover, God.”
(Dante,
On World Government,
I, ix)
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AUTHOR'S
OTHER SITES
ATHEISM
EXPOSED AND DEFEATED
TEN GREAT PROOFS OF GOD'S EXISTENCE
WHO REALLY KILLED JESUS CHRIST?
GOD AND THE GREATEST SCIENTISTS
GOD AND THE GREATEST PHILOSOPHERS
GOD AND THE GREATEST WRITERS
GOD
AND THE GREATEST POETS
GOD AND THE GREATEST ARTISTS
GOD AND THE GREATEST MUSICIANS
IS THE GOD
OF THE BIBLE CRUEL, OR IS HE LOVE AND JUSTICE?
GOD AND NATURAL CATASTROPHES
EINSTEIN AND GOD
GALILEO AND GOD
WHAT IF GOD...? THOUGHT-PROVOKING REFLECTIONS ABOUT
THE ALMIGHTY
GOD
SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF THE GREATEST MINDS
©
Michael
Caputo, 2004
Contact the author at:
mclcpt@yahoo.com
DEDICATED TO THE GREAT GOD AND
JESUS CHRIST
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