Read the full stories. The parallels are loose in each religion’s hero vs. Jesus. Really and truly. And the implications of the other religions simply mean that the god came into the world and did stuff and was killed or put back together or performed miracles. But the implications don’t really mean much. They are simply myth. The implications of Christ mean that YOU can and are called to inherit His Spirit through the physical sign of Baptism and the spiritual transformation through the real outpouring of the Holy Spirit(the Spirit of Truth - Literally, not a power claim but literally The Truth). Jesus told Pontius Pilot, “I’ve come into the world for this one purpose, to testify to the Truth.” Who else said that? And also, if you have read the Gospels and into Acts, you would happen upon the persecution of the early Church, and Gamaliel, a Jewish elder, tells the angry Jewish leaders to send out the Apostles, who they wanted to punish and shut down by force, and he told the Jewish leaders that many had risen and claimed to be somebody, and people followed them, and they fell away once their leader died. So he advised them, if it is the work of men, leave them alone, it will end, but if it is the work of God, they may find themselves battling against God! This is a bold statement which is why I greatly promote everyone learning as much as they can about the Catholic Church so as to destroy it, really and truly. I guarantee that you will be converted if you give it true lasting effort. It is ‘t Something you can just arrive at an answer or rationalization for not following, you must truly refute it at its central points. Is Jesus who He says He is? In this case you have to read Scripture, refer to Church doctrine(which greatly differs from MOST Christian churches...I.e. Catholics don’t believe in a purely literal Adam and Eve but mainly a paradigmatic Adam and Eve with logical lessons and consequences in reference to their relationship with Truth(God)—look up Bishop Barron’s various YouTube talks on Adam and Eve as a unique creation story depicting God not as in competition with creation or evil as compared to the common creation stories of the time such as the Epic of Gilgamesh).
No other place will you find such an edifying and rich intellectual tradition as the Catholic Church. I highly recommend reading A.G. Sertillanges The Intellectual life, and not only will you see a deeply religious man but someone who has a poetically romantic love for Truth and pure knowledge. “All truth is redemptive.” That is a quote from a Catholic priest. Not all things claiming to be truth are true! But all truths are redemptive! Because they all point back to the Ultimate Truth, in and through which all things are interrelated! Peace and blessings, brothers. Keep seeking and don’t trust until you find these redemptive truths!
" Is Jesus who He says He is? In this case you have to read Scripture, " To suggest that "scripture" is some kind of objective source of facts, evidence and truth is hilarious. It's been edited, redacted, censored, revised over the centuries to reflect the biases and political correctness of the various eras.
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Read the full stories. The parallels are loose in each religion’s hero vs. Jesus. Really and truly. And the implications of the other religions simply mean that the god came into the world and did stuff and was killed or put back together or performed miracles. But the implications don’t really mean much. They are simply myth. The implications of Christ mean that YOU can and are called to inherit His Spirit through the physical sign of Baptism and the spiritual transformation through the real outpouring of the Holy Spirit(the Spirit of Truth - Literally, not a power claim but literally The Truth). Jesus told Pontius Pilot, “I’ve come into the world for this one purpose, to testify to the Truth.” Who else said that? And also, if you have read the Gospels and into Acts, you would happen upon the persecution of the early Church, and Gamaliel, a Jewish elder, tells the angry Jewish leaders to send out the Apostles, who they wanted to punish and shut down by force, and he told the Jewish leaders that many had risen and claimed to be somebody, and people followed them, and they fell away once their leader died. So he advised them, if it is the work of men, leave them alone, it will end, but if it is the work of God, they may find themselves battling against God! This is a bold statement which is why I greatly promote everyone learning as much as they can about the Catholic Church so as to destroy it, really and truly. I guarantee that you will be converted if you give it true lasting effort. It is ‘t Something you can just arrive at an answer or rationalization for not following, you must truly refute it at its central points. Is Jesus who He says He is? In this case you have to read Scripture, refer to Church doctrine(which greatly differs from MOST Christian churches...I.e. Catholics don’t believe in a purely literal Adam and Eve but mainly a paradigmatic Adam and Eve with logical lessons and consequences in reference to their relationship with Truth(God)—look up Bishop Barron’s various YouTube talks on Adam and Eve as a unique creation story depicting God not as in competition with creation or evil as compared to the common creation stories of the time such as the Epic of Gilgamesh).
No other place will you find such an edifying and rich intellectual tradition as the Catholic Church. I highly recommend reading A.G. Sertillanges The Intellectual life, and not only will you see a deeply religious man but someone who has a poetically romantic love for Truth and pure knowledge. “All truth is redemptive.” That is a quote from a Catholic priest. Not all things claiming to be truth are true! But all truths are redemptive! Because they all point back to the Ultimate Truth, in and through which all things are interrelated! Peace and blessings, brothers. Keep seeking and don’t trust until you find these redemptive truths!
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" Is Jesus who He says He is? In this case you have to read Scripture, " To suggest that "scripture" is some kind of objective source of facts, evidence and truth is hilarious. It's been edited, redacted, censored, revised over the centuries to reflect the biases and political correctness of the various eras.