Today, a man has allegedly healed the blind and the cripple. He claims that he was sent by god himself to deliver his message and save humanity. What would happen?
If a man claimed to be the son of god and performed many miracles today...
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First off the scientific community would perform tests to see if his proclaimed abilities were real or fake. Then the world would act accordingly.
Well if Jews don't believe Jesus was the messiah, this could be their guy. Hmm, then the Christians would crucify him, and it would be a tie. Damn, we'd have a holy war on our hands.
Or, you know, other stuff. Ehh it's late.
It all depends on if he rose from the dead and started a Church that lasted ~1970 years...
Given that Christ performed miracles to aid in the conversion of others, he did things that were spectacular then, so I imagine some simple "healing" stuff (given that "faith healing" has been so worn out by a lot of Evangelicals) wouldn't really impress anyone and the Son of God would do something a lot sexier, like return in some kind of spectacular glory.
Oh, wait...
Given that Christ performed miracles to aid in the conversion of others, he did things that were spectacular then, so I imagine some simple "healing" stuff (given that "faith healing" has been so worn out by a lot of Evangelicals) wouldn't really impress anyone and the Son of God would do something a lot sexier, like return in some kind of spectacular glory.
Oh, wait...
I would have to agree with Auggie. It would take something pretty spectacular to make the jaded people of today's world sit up and take notice. Even if someone were to do spontaneous limb regenerations on amputees in front of large crowds (taking faith healing a little further than what is currently offered) and live television, I think a large segment of the population would chalk it up to mummery and special effects.
Harking back to the story of Jesus calming the storm, it might take something like causing a full-blown hurricane (like Katrina was at the height of its fury) to suddenly and inexplicably dissipate over the course of maybe a minute or less to really get people's attention. Something like that could be observed by satellites and would be much more difficult to disprove as fakery.
Harking back to the story of Jesus calming the storm, it might take something like causing a full-blown hurricane (like Katrina was at the height of its fury) to suddenly and inexplicably dissipate over the course of maybe a minute or less to really get people's attention. Something like that could be observed by satellites and would be much more difficult to disprove as fakery.
The Bible was pretty descriptive about how the 2nd coming of Jesus would be. I recall it saying Jesus would ascend from the clouds and all eyes would look up, knees will bow, etc etc.
The OP's scenario is as bogus as the startup of Mormonism by Joseph Smith Jr. proclaiming he was a prophet, when in fact Jesus is stated in the Bible as the last prophet and messiah. Scripture > human idiocy
The OP's scenario is as bogus as the startup of Mormonism by Joseph Smith Jr. proclaiming he was a prophet, when in fact Jesus is stated in the Bible as the last prophet and messiah. Scripture > human idiocy
David Blaine is the one you seek!
He has turned Coffee into Coins, and escaped that gyroscope placed 100ft+ in the air so he could lead 100 families to a shopping spree at Target.
Miracles I say!
He has turned Coffee into Coins, and escaped that gyroscope placed 100ft+ in the air so he could lead 100 families to a shopping spree at Target.
Miracles I say!
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This is a speculation thread about what would happen. Not a discussion on theology. For a few minutes, assume that Jesus never existed or that his divinity was decided against at the Council of Nicaea. How would modern people react to a similar man?
You can't "assume that Jesus never existed" and have the title say "If a man proclaimed to be the son of god..."
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Where is the poll where he will be killed by the church for they can't have someone like that, again, coming into power, and taking away all the churches money, and having people follow another belief?
You can bet your ass if that was to really happen, and it was a son of god, the church would have him killed, or make him out to be a fraud. It would come down to money and they would lose it all. And just like the government, they can't let tat happen, no way. They will lose their gold plated palaces, Pope Mobile, gold rings and jewels, and money, money, money being raked in by the billions who are brain washed into going every sunday. OH dont get me wrong there has to be a god, he build what you walk out your door every morning into. I just dont think he said to some one after building such a beutiful place, go build a building to house people is so they cant see what I made for them, fill it with gold and other crap thats shinny, hell I made a tree, hell with that I made you, then tell them made up stories about me and what Im not about, and have them give you money so you can drive fancy cars, live in mansions, wear gold, diamonds, and expensive clothes, kill people who don't believe in your faith or thoes who oppose it, while you sodomize young children, all in my name.
If someone wanted to preach to me the real teachings of god and what he is about without asking for money or doing it in a fancy ass church, in his fancy ass clothes, while he drives off in his fancy ass car, to go live in his fancy ass home, with his fancy ass slave child on a chain maybe I will go to that place in the woods or where ever it is at as long its under what god made to hear what they want to talk about. But untill then I dont see a church of any faith nothing more then a false truth playing on a person to take in their money. If it trully had to do with god, then money would not be involved. Money didnt build earth and everything living in, on, and around it. Yes, someone had to for you cant have the chicken without the egg, and if I am to worship that person, or being, I shouldnt have to pay someone to do it for thats not why he/she/it made what they did for me to do. They made this place for me to enjoy, and love one another and everything in it and give thanks to that being for allowing me to enjoy what was given to me. Not for me to pay someone who had absolutely no hand in it at all, has no "direct line" with the being that did, who will never see a damn dime of the money that is taken in. How the hell is that being supposed to spend the money given into the churches??? And do you think it cares about money?? If it made all this it can make what ever it wants for free
So if another being, like Jesus, were to show up it would be in their best intrests to kill it asap, again. I just hope I would have the time to find that being and say thank you for everything, I trully love it all, and love you and your father for putting me here for the short time to enjoy it I hope to see it again, but next time can I come back and see it though a Eagles eye? Id really like to give that ride a shot
Anyway getting off the subject and rambling but I think you see my point on why it wont ever happen and what would happen and why if it did. IMO of course.
You can bet your ass if that was to really happen, and it was a son of god, the church would have him killed, or make him out to be a fraud. It would come down to money and they would lose it all. And just like the government, they can't let tat happen, no way. They will lose their gold plated palaces, Pope Mobile, gold rings and jewels, and money, money, money being raked in by the billions who are brain washed into going every sunday. OH dont get me wrong there has to be a god, he build what you walk out your door every morning into. I just dont think he said to some one after building such a beutiful place, go build a building to house people is so they cant see what I made for them, fill it with gold and other crap thats shinny, hell I made a tree, hell with that I made you, then tell them made up stories about me and what Im not about, and have them give you money so you can drive fancy cars, live in mansions, wear gold, diamonds, and expensive clothes, kill people who don't believe in your faith or thoes who oppose it, while you sodomize young children, all in my name.
If someone wanted to preach to me the real teachings of god and what he is about without asking for money or doing it in a fancy ass church, in his fancy ass clothes, while he drives off in his fancy ass car, to go live in his fancy ass home, with his fancy ass slave child on a chain maybe I will go to that place in the woods or where ever it is at as long its under what god made to hear what they want to talk about. But untill then I dont see a church of any faith nothing more then a false truth playing on a person to take in their money. If it trully had to do with god, then money would not be involved. Money didnt build earth and everything living in, on, and around it. Yes, someone had to for you cant have the chicken without the egg, and if I am to worship that person, or being, I shouldnt have to pay someone to do it for thats not why he/she/it made what they did for me to do. They made this place for me to enjoy, and love one another and everything in it and give thanks to that being for allowing me to enjoy what was given to me. Not for me to pay someone who had absolutely no hand in it at all, has no "direct line" with the being that did, who will never see a damn dime of the money that is taken in. How the hell is that being supposed to spend the money given into the churches??? And do you think it cares about money?? If it made all this it can make what ever it wants for free
So if another being, like Jesus, were to show up it would be in their best intrests to kill it asap, again. I just hope I would have the time to find that being and say thank you for everything, I trully love it all, and love you and your father for putting me here for the short time to enjoy it I hope to see it again, but next time can I come back and see it though a Eagles eye? Id really like to give that ride a shot Anyway getting off the subject and rambling but I think you see my point on why it wont ever happen and what would happen and why if it did. IMO of course.
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