Who decides what is good or not? We had this idea in the Cold War in which the United States and Great Britain basically systematically eliminated/weakened/supported the opposition to the secular labor movements/intellectual movement going on during that time within the region because they were deemed as possible communist threats.. This led to the strengthening of the many groups we see now, religious zealots, dictators etc etc.. Call me a skeptic when I hear such claims, because the majority of the policies by the West within the Middle East has little to nothing to do with the "good of mankind"..

You're just hating because you can't grow an epic beard.

@LJS9502_basic That's not a very good comparison. You can guess that, because I like bacon with eggs, that that's what I'm going to have for breakfast, but you can't be certain. God is supposedly all knowing, so he is certain.

Muslims also believe that he didn't die from his crucifixion.

"flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God." (1 Corinthians 15:50)

It is impossible for a physical body to rise from the dead.

1 Corinthians 15:42-44New International Version (NIV)

⁴² So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; ⁴³ it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; ⁴⁴ it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.

Acts 22: 6-11

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“As I was on my way and drew near to Damascus, about noon a great light from heaven suddenly shone around me. ⁷ And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’ ⁸ And I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And he said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.’ ⁹ Now those who were with me saw the light but did not understand^[c] the voice of the one who was speaking to me. ¹⁰ And I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ And the Lord said to me, ‘Rise, and go into Damascus, and there you will be told all that is appointed for you to do.’ ¹¹ And since I could not see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me, and came into Damascus.

Jesus appears as a bright light, how could a body just simply appear and produce a bright light?

John 20:11-18New International Version (NIV)

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

¹¹ Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb ¹² and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.

¹³ They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”

“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” ¹⁴ At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.

¹⁵ He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”

Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”

¹⁶ Jesus said to her, “Mary.”

She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).

¹⁷ Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

¹⁸ Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.

Why did Mary not recognize Jesus if it was his physical body?

So they rose up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together, saying, “The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” And they told about the things that had happened on the road, and how He was known to them in the breaking of bread. Now as they said these things, Jesus Himself stood in the midst of them, and said to them, “Peace to you.” But they were terrified and frightened, and supposed they had seen a spirit. (Luke 24:33–37,

Matthew 28:16-17New International Version (NIV)

The Great Commission

¹⁶ Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. ¹⁷ When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.

Why would they doubt if they had seen Jesus, unless it looked different?

If Jesus was a physical Body, how could he simply appear and disappear at will, from large distances, without anyone traveling with him?

What? The empty tome is used time and time again by Christians as proof of the resurrection. What offshoot of Christianity doesn't believe the resurrection was in anyway physical?

yeah I just googled it actually. I haven't been there in about a year or so, but it doesn't look like much happens there anymore.

http://s4.zetaboards.com/The_Daily_Happening/index/

@br0kenrabbit: sigh. what don't you understand about 401k and the fact that you give your money to someone whom you hope will have your best interests at heart?

what don't you understand about the money i've saved over 10 years, lol? i was a healthy yo who didn't foolishly give money to some yo. i saved thousands.

ah, lol, sort of a laugh at foolish liberal idiots who think, like idiot clinton, that it takes more than my mom or dad to raise me. not only, pluck you, but, pluck you fools.

got it now? or, do you need more free instruction to the idiot lib vault?

@The-Apostle:

Yeah let me put the story of Job in slightly different terms. God gets in a pissing match with Satan to prove one guy would be faithful no matter what. All that God needed to do to Job to prove his point was destroy his way of life and kill his family. Also make his very skin hurt. Job still praises God, the end.

There is probably a little more intricacy to it, but that isn't a bad sum up.

I don't think the United States used the rack, or burning slivers under finder nails. They did use water boarding and used lack of sleep and made them listen to the Red Hot Chili Peppers( that might be torture). The last time I checked they didn't cut off anyone head or drag them through the streets. The United States used psychological torture and it was most effective without causing any permanent damage to the individual. It saved many more lives across the globe. I say well done.