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  • How is rock n roll satanic? EXPLAIN YOUR STANDING!!!!!

  • If God is the type of God who would send babies to hell, do you think he is a MORAL God?

    YOU BETTER hope the Bible is true, if you find out the Muslims were right, or the Budist or the Hindus,etc you are gonna be in TROUBLE!

  • You're saying BABIES will go to hell! YOU ARE A FUCK WIT!!!!!!!!

  • You are a tool. Such a shame there isn't a hell for you to burn in.

  • @malcolmmcmartin - You'd be amazed how often I hear that.

    You might want to re-evaluate your own value system, I suspect.

  • @GlorifiedTruth My value system? Bro, I'm not the one threatening children with eternal hell fire if they mess up. I get the awful feeling that you've never read the bible thoroughly. Can I suggest Numbers or Deuteronomy? I like the part where God condones slavery, or the bit where God prescribes the punishment for working on a Sunday as death by stoning... My value system?

  • @malcolmmcmartin - Yes, my point exactly. You are so mortified with my value system that you allow yourself to say horrible things without giving it second thought. Just because Ted Bundy wasn't as bad as John Wayne Gacy doesn't mean he OK the way he was.

  • Ok I rarely rant on any post but WTF DRUGS are you on???? you say that someone mentally retarded so badly that they cant "commit to jesus" that "there is no way they can be saved". Ok as anti religious as I am (and you have just made that a more predominant trait in my life).... Regardsless of wether they commit to jesus or not isnt it their life choices and actions that grant them (or deny them) the blessing to enter heaven? You pretty much just said retarded people cant be saved. U FUKN TOOL

  • Your an idiot.

  • You got owned by the comment box, ooh and the bible... beautiful book, you should read it.

  • @MegaPrawny - Why read it? I'll just take your word for it. Why don't you start by showing me the verse that you take your own theology from, the one that says, "Jesus just wants to give you a big hug." Oh, that's right.. it doesn't exist.

  • loooool this is hilarious

  • HAHAHHAhahHAHHhahHAhHahahHHAHA­hahHAHahHahHaHaHahHhhahah these videos are the best comedy on YouTube!!!! ... wait these are serious? LOL

  • 1, the bible also says love every one. 2. its not our place to judge 3. when christ died he saved us all its up to us to stay saved by living our life for god. 4, we are just a blink in gods eyes so why wouldnt 1billion or 10 billion of our years be a day to god. 5 only a few chosen will go to heaven. many many times in the bible god and jesus speak of a new heaven and a new earth so its safe to say that we will go to the new earth not heaven. i believe those who havent herd will be taught

  • What church are you a pastor at? Where did you receive your ordination? How can you share "The Gospel" with your "unsaved" friend if you stop being their friend?

  • This is like a primary school teacher with limited knowledge trying to answer questions about quantum physics. He probably believes in the geocentric world view too, because the bible - if you read it literally - says so.

  • Please confirm that this is a joke video - right? Are you being so ignorant and abnoxious in order to promote atheism? 

  • OK i know who is going to HELL... Pastor Ronald Cody

  • this is a joke right hes not serious is he

  • why are you so sarcastic ,your saying the most illogical shit then you seem surprised that not every ones buying that load of shit your selling

  • fuck me sexy jesus

  • i've actually heard some of these answers from bonafide xtian preachers. especially the anti-rock rant, that one has been going on for decades. funny take on how stupid the bible sounds if one seriously questions the dogma.

  • Best ... satire ... EVAR

  • PPPOOOOOOOOOOOOEEEEEEEEEE?

  • so if the earth was created 6,000 years ago whats up with dinosaurs?....lol. you sir must be one of the most ill informed people on earth. how can good hearted man living on an undiscovered island somewhere in the 1400's go to hell just because the word of jesus hasnt reached his ears? wow, this is stupididy at its finest!

  • Jesus fucking christ. This is just fucking stupid.

  • Wow! What a hateful and ignorant man... Sad.

  • This is good for a few lulz.

    For the first few videos I thought that this was a really good tongue-in-cheek satire of the absurdity of Christianity and general religious Zeal.

    But I'm becoming concerned that you actually are a pastor and are polluting impressionable minds with this nonsense.

  • the whole if you didnt know jesus or the gospel thing is wrong many religons today believe that if you believe in a higher being and follow in good faith and good will to others then you are inadvertnatly following god

  • we're not perfect....judge others and you will be judged by God!!!!instead of creating conflicts with our religions, let's help each other to do what is right and let peace and love reign in each our hearts. Because our religion is not the key for us to enter heaven but the faith and the efforts we made for our god.

  • Are you seriously a pastor? Because all your answers make me think you're a troll...

    If you're really a pastor then I think I made the right decision when I stopped believing in religions.

  • that is shallow. Not being friends with someone due to religious beliefs. I thought Jesus taught forgiveness and to "love thy neighbour".

  • i just want you to show US how the bible says its true and no one couldve fabricated it from anything else prior or later...and please try to use the bible so i may look upon whichever scripture u find. i am using a KJV COMPACT WIDE MARGIN BIBLE/NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO.1978

  • so is it possible for the bible to be NOT accurate? CORRUPTED by men who wrote it. who conspired to write the gospels and old testemant from prior religions. what can you bring to the table to show its accurate and cannot be wrong at all? and i mean big things like jesus' words, gods acts, etc... do not bother to answer the petty things like the different versions from aramic to hebrew to greek etc.

  • @inkzaddict Moron much?

  • @glorifiedtruth

    as a pastor, as a christian, u know the bible has been copied over and over again and most likely the most original scriptures are probably lost in time,destroyed or whatever....with this, you also know man can be wicked,we are born with sin,under your christian belief,...

  • @glorifiedtruth

    u say rock and roll is evil so christian rock is bad....ok i can see why, cuz its an evil thing that would be mixing with the goodness of christianity and god...well, i hope that nothing in your family ever happens to the point they are horribly sick and the hospital doesn't have a treatment or cure, then on their death bed they come up with a solution but the person who could save ur loved ones life rejected god...so now u would keep praying, or let the god-rejecting DR help?

  • @glorifiedtruth

    we are to understand as nonchristians that god is merciful and all loving, yet when a baby or young child dies not knowing of jessus christ that baby doesnt go to heaven? well thats exactly what we needed to hear, if there's only two places, heaven and hell in which our spirit will go, if its not heaven, its going straight to hell. Merciful? do u wana say we are all born in sin for the sin of ADAM? ok,fine,we're born in sin, but didnt jesus die for everyones sin? sorry lil baby.

  • I think I'll subscribe for the lulz.

  • Also I viewed your Q&A part 1, that was indeed funny. Were you meaning it to be? Because I saw Part 1 and your answers made me LOL. Also I seem to see you are bending the bibles verses to fit how you believe it to be. Why is this so?

  • Pineapplejellyfish, it is deemed offensive due to the fact that it is/was used to describe people who were less able. Once used as a derogatory term it is offensive to so called "Retards"

  • So if retarded means "less advanced or held back" why is it such an offensive word?

    Disabled is much less offensive. I myself have physical disabilities, I would be much less offended to be called physically disabled than physically retarded. For example, i cant ride a bike.

    You sir seem to show no compassion for other human life.

  • I don't think retarded is an offensive word. If you prefer to be called disabled, so be it. If someone called me disabled, I would have a fit. Let's face it; the "right" words to call various people change over time. What matters isn't knowing the politically correct words but what is in your heart.

  • Jesus Christ established one church, and the only one that's been there since the beginning is the Catholic Church. You're expecting me to believe you, Ronald Cody, more than the Church that has been here since the beginning? No thanks. Where does the Bible teach sola scriptura? Oh wait, that was invented by men.

  • What the hell?

    This shit made me laugh muchly at your stupidness.

    And calling mentally disabled people retards? So much for not sounding offensive. I'll see you in hell sir. I'll save you a seat next to mine XD

  • I don't call anyone "retards," but nice try. With regards to terminology, "mentally retarded" is less offensive than "mentally disabled." Retarded simply means less advanced or held back. Disabled means incapable. Mentally retarded people are NOT incapable; they simply have to work harder. What is wrong with you? Was your comment a joke?

  • What this pastor is missing, is LOVE. God gives us LOVE, not rules. Yes, naturally there are rules we should knowningly follow, But GOD already knew we could not fulfill them. The pain in this mans eyes show he has been through some hell "- hell - that man created not god", and I hope god has mercy on him.

  • If this whole thing is sarcastic, way to go, but its a bit too convincing. If this is not satire, your beliefs are infantile and barbaric.

  • Excellent satire.

  • wait wait wait mate. He is not doing a satire routine. At least I don't think he is. Ahm... Is he ?

  • hahahahah satanic ROCK AND ROLL!

    This guy is halarious. I'd love to have a sit down with this fellow and ask him a few questions of my own. Poor, poor ignorant man

  • troll detected

  • I have questions Pastor Ron. What qualifies you from amongst the 26,000 or so various protestant sects as having cornered the 'truth'?

    Why should I believe YOUR version of the bible is more valid than the all the other thousands?

    What makes you think you have correctly intrepretted the scriptures more accurately than all the Christians that lived for the 1500 years before yer belief system came into existence?

    Finally, you have no way of proving the earth is young. Clearly wrong.

  • Are you insane? Seriously, are you a nutter?

  • BTW Anyone else think he looks like Ze Frank? :D

  • I just looked him up on Wikipedia. He and I share the same birthday.

  • Omg this guy has got to be sarcastic? Or Im scared... lol.

  • "Not to be unequally yoked with nonbelievers". Haha, what a load of shit. Moron Christians...

  • "Moron Christians..." APPROVED

  • Sorry second comment in five minutes. You say "all rock and roll is satanic", prehaps you could expand on your comment and explain why, because that is a very sweeping statement. Do you not think that Christian rock and roll is one of the few ways that the church can connect with the modern youth.

  • You may be right. I have been giving the issue considerable thought but have not as yet revised my conclusion. As for the mentally impaired, I suppose it's possible they could be saved by faith, but for many it would not be... I don't see where the Bible contradicts that.

  • So your saying that if someone is mentally impared to the point that they cannot understand 'the gospel message' then they are going to hell?

    I think thats a pretty messed up interpretation of the bible.

  • wow,, what a train wreck.. you sir, are a prime example of what is wrong with christianity. every statement you made is wrong. some are even disproven biblically,,, romans 2:14 specifically says that a man who has never heard the laws of god, yet follows the laws of god in his heart, will go to heaven. your user name couldnt be more misleading. you lack a characteristic that makes humans, human, sympathy,, have you ever put yourself in the shoes of another?

  • You, my friend... MADE my day ;) There is reason in what that says.

  • lol glorified truth?

  • I hope this guy gets more exposure. He is so dumb, I think that people could benefit from his... dumbness... The dummy.

  • How do you know your religion and/or denomination is the right one? Please do not give me anecdotal evidence, because muslims gave me that with Allah.

  • Sorry, but you are crazy :))

  • Im sorry I worded the question wrong. To ask another way, which do you believe in, backsliding or false conversion? If you believe in both can you give a definition of a backslider vs. a false convert.

  • And I'm sorry; I read your question too hastily. I believe in false conversion. A Christian can "backslide" to an extent--I believe I myself am an example of that--but if a Christian falls away completely--let's say into a life of drunkenness or crime--then the conversion is certainly suspect.

  • Does Pastor Cody believe in the concept of backsliding or true and false conversion?

  • Yes.

  • Oh and by the way Cody, you've favorited a Johnny Cash song - and this is from wikipedia: "..sound spanned many other genres including rockabilly and rock and roll"

    Ooops look like you've commited murder again...

  • Pastor Cody:

    I would very much like to apologize for my comment that was deleted. I accidently posted a second with spelling corrections before I noticed its deletion. If you were to see this and think I was trying to spam your channel, I simply want you to know that this not the case.

    I apologize for any offensive content.

  • Not a problem!

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  • You say that Rock music is like abortion or murder... however in your video "NEW Q&A Part II" at 5:19 you actually sing part of a rock song "Hey Nineteen" is a song by American jazz rock band Steely Dan

  • You are correct. I showed poor judgment in doing that.

  • ...so you just accidentally commit something equivalent to murder - essentially that is what you are saying...

  • What "denomination" are you the "pastor" of again?

    I particularly enjoyed your unequally yoked answer. I certainly put a time-limit on all my non-christian friends relationships, because obviously evangelism is all about beating people over the head until they hate us, and then moving on. And the power of Jesus' blood to forgive simply isn't powerful enough, and my faith too weak to be "in the world".

    Oh, and check your history on Christian hymns...just saying.

  • wow... um... that was awesome... haha...

  • LOVE the comments!

    LMAO

    Reverend Cody you are the best!

  • Thank you, AuShawster! Unfortunately, your opinion seems to be in the extreme minority. : 0

  • Pastor Cody, you are a wanker ! god does not exist, you are a Charlatan !

  • And also, i believe God created the world with age and he created it in 6 days because he is God and so he can. Also the flood would have played a part in the aging of the world and would explain some carbon dating results. Oh and by the way.. I LOVE ROCK. Your notion that it is satanic is ridiculous. Do you realize how many people have been SAVED by rock. This is where you FAiL again. Learn to accept that God loves all forms of Worship and learn the difference between black metal and rock.

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  • "again, i would stress - don't worry about who else is going to heaven or to hell - worry about where you are going" .. what kind of christian answer is that.. answer this, what is the purpose of your life. why are you hear. If you are a true born again christian - you would know that answer. This also relates to your first answer about not having non christian friends. We can show God through out everyday actions and interactions as well as words and so if we are not showing/doing this, who is?

  • Your an idiot. You have no intelligence, no morals, no common sense.

    You are no different from islamic preachers of hate.

    You know nothing, you dont know the answers to these question because your not God and thats the biggest question is there a god. So what qualifies you to give answers to these questions, to which your answers contradict chrisitanity.

    "Dont worry about where other people are going worry about yourself" haha yeah thats very chrisitan

  • See you in hell ^^

  • This is clearly parody. Most Christian preachers aren't this respectful.

  • You are a terrible Christian leader. You are probably doing way more harm then the good you think you're doing. I would feel very uncomfortable attending anything with you talking in it.

    You judge.

  • if christain rock is premoting god then whats the problem, just cos its in a style of how you do it, how does it make it a back thing?? if anything its reaching more people..

    p.s gods a dickhead :)

  • Wow if a person is so mentally retarded that they can't understand Gods message... then they are going to hell...

    that's not really fair.

    God gives them an awful life, with no escape from being damned for eternity...

    ... And we are supposed to worship this God?

    I think I would rather go to hell than to condone a god like that!

  • if a christian hitman, chrisitan rock, and a chrisitan abortionist are incompatible then why come up with the notion if it doesnt exist. double standards are present here beyond belief

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  • I love how you point out the inherent injustice of the christian concept that those who have never heard of jesus will still burn. Someone gets go to hell for all eternity because they lost the roll of the die in gods great game of life so they were born in places where word of jesus had never reached! Perhaps if god wanted those people to be saved then he should have put more effort into making sure his message was recieved everywhere. Those people now burn in hell for your gods negligience

  • im really sorry but i think you (paster ronald cody) are if and its totally impossible would be going to hell.

  • Wow... this makes the already horrid view of Christianity even worse. I serious hope that there isn't an actual pastor that is THIS ignorant to the world, his surrounding, and well, pretty much everything. Its quite amazing. Oh, and the fact that he even makes these videos basically goes against his own religion it makes me question his knowledge on even his own religion.

  • this dude is trolling, don't pay any attention to him

  • Is this satire or is he really this stupid?

  • Prove to me that god exists.

  • You say "comment RESPECTFULLY if you disagree--remember, most children have free access to YouTube!"

    And your telling them the world is 6000 years old, not to make friends with non-religious people or people of other faiths and that they need "saving" from the sinner they are......

    As far as warping their fragile little minds goes I think reading the word "bollocks" is the least of thier worries!

    Listening to rock and roll music is satanic??

    With all due respect - You are deluded.

  • Oh dear, ditching an old friend because you're born again christian? Your friends don't need to be exclusively christian, this is what happened to one of my best friends. I'm an athiest myself, but he became a Christian and i never questioned it or poked fun, but his new priest told him to reject his non-christian friends like you did at the start of your vid. It's pathetic, it really is.

  • This kind of thinking is exactly what is satanic, because it puts God and Creation at the level of the most simplistic level of human thought. You can use this kind of mind to go shopping, but certainly not to think about God. This is the kind of idiot that atheists love, because the atheists also interpret religion in the same literal and low-minded way. Blasphemy. This guy thinks he's going to heaven, when he's just tied up in his own lies and self-delusion...

  • That guy can't be serious... At one point roman Catholicism was the only form of christianity, and he's trying to tell you that they got it wrong all those 1500 years, until this form of Protestantism pops up and now every single christian before then went to hell including the disciples...

  • Actually, the disciples probably just considered themselves Jews whose messiah had come. The term "Catholic" to describe the Church didn't exist until the 2nd century AD, and it wasn't widely used for a few hundred years later. Whereas the papacy does have a documented lineage, there were numerous other Christian sects that continued for centuries after Christ's death. The Reformation reformed what had become a church gone astray.

  • OMG, this video is sooo funny...I watched it because of somegreybloke....wait, is this guy serious?

  • This is sooo sad. To think that someone who is so brainwashed and so uninformed feels compelled to tell everyone else how to live. :o(

  • I don't often say this...but Jesus! You are insane.

  • hey man, ur insane

  • 6000 years??? weve found so many civilizations they would have to live for 2 years each for there to be so many civilizations or maybe there were at sometime 40billion people?

  • so they shouldn't be friends with non christians?

  • Everything, and when I say this, EVERYTHING that you've said in this video is completely opinionated. And if you say all christian rock is bad and satanic, man I feel sorry for the rest of your family and your past away friends. I'm pretty sure from what you've said 90% of everyone you know is going to hell.

  • Haha i thought this was a joke, but rom the comments it's obviously not....

    Some strange views you have. Oh dear,

  • you notice how he doesn't blink once

  • wow i didnt know christians thought that catholics needed to be "saved" but it's not a surprise because this bitch at my school told me that i need to become a christian for some dumbass reason i dont even remeber why she said it but it pissed me off

  • I really hope that this is a joke! You must be against homosexuality, as it ties with ur evangelical beliefs but when its banned in Leviticus, its banned along side clothes made out of two threads, it seems that ur wearing a polyesther top, why don't u complain about them as the same amount as u persecute homosexuals?

  • i hope this was parody.

  • Thanks to Graybloke for featuring you..

    Finally a Youtube preacher worth listening to!!

  • I lol'd. Please say you honestly hold those opinions, because so much amusement could be garnered from your brain and mental pathways if you do. I will pray to your unspecific deity for peace and goodwill throuout the world if you want, please just please make more videos like this.

  • Am I the only one here you thinks this is a parody video?

  • no, you are not alone holding that opinion...

  • "parody video"?

    This guy takes his Christianity very seriously.

  • Fucking dumbass.

  • asshole

  • I have an asshole but I'm not an asshole!

  • i wasn't talking to you!

  • How would I know?

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  • shut up

  • Go ' f' yourself

  • lead the flock my friend... cause without your direction, the sheep will fall into the deadly chasm that is christian rock

  • And what do you do with all of the testimonies from people who have been led to Christ through Christian Rock? Call them heretics? Please use Scripture to convince me that rock music with God-honoring lyrics is evil.

  • That's a fair point. I have been wondering if perhaps I have not been too heavy-handed on this. It certainly has the potential to be hugely hazardous, but that doesn't necessitate condemning every single song from the genre. I am still thinking things over.

  • Ok, I understand that we are not supposed to be of the world, but there is nothing inherently evil about rock music. I find it amazing that we can overdrive a circuit and make harmonic distortion appealing to our ears. This property of sound is beautiful and I attribute our ability to manipulate waveforms to the creative genius of God...and there's no reason Christians can't take advantage of this aspect of music.

  • ronald cody votes for the BNP

  • this man is obviously a complete moron :S his video is offensive, irritating, and total bollocks :S

    and yeah, i reckon even 'god' gets pissed off with this guy.

  • "I like your chirst, I do not like your christians, they are so unlike your Christ."

    -Ghandi.

    This video was horribly offensive. It amazes me how fast youtube will go after TAA or Coughlan for swearing, but not this nut for basically condemning anyone who doesn't agree with him to hell.

  • You are a terrible, terrible person... I have no problem with Christianity but really, there is something wrong with you.

  • Lol i bet even god finds you annoying

  • Allāhu Akbar

    Do all Muslims burn in hell even when they lead good lives?

  • ...answer: There is no hell.

  • ....answer WRONG!

     There is a hell

    Have you never been to Detroit or Afganistan?

  • or my town. Everyone here is so closed minded and they make fun of anyone with half a brain.

  • I asked a vicar that when he visited my school to do a talk in philosophy class... he said 'yes' and i publicly called him a feckless waste of natural selection :)

  • Of course. See you in hell, coz I'm not in Cody's Church!

  • I am offended by everything in this video.

  • Question: how does god instill rules towards something such as language, music, text, video, moral structure when all of these things are manmade?" God seems to be such a literal translation to the human condition and morality but at other times made into a beyond the thought of man deity.

    Why do people always think so small? The universe is MASSIVE. Christian equal big thinking in a reallllllyyyyy tiny box.

  • "most children have free access to YouTube!"

    Maybe you should not preach about hell then?

  • oh, no, Visfen....Cody has a whole video about how to teach your children about hell. It's really disturbing. YOu should check it out!

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  • ok, first of all, the retarded aren't allowed into heaven because they're too retarded? That's sick

    You claim you know the bible is true and evolution isnt? Lets see, Darwin pretty much proved evolution with fossils etc., and dinosaur bones have been discovered-and the bible doesnt mention dinosaurs. The bible is a bunch of old scriptures.

    And the whole ditch your unreligious friend thing? Have you ever read the good samaritan? It encouraged loving those who are different!

  • According to this pastor, a baby that dies during childbirth goes to hell, because they have never heard of Jesus.

    Live for 5 seconds and die, then burn alive for eternity as punishment for being created.

    God created man in his image, our sense of justice > misinterpreted old scraps of paper.

    This pastor is so delusional... I feel ashamed that his name is associated not only with christianity, but the human race as well.

  • "Live for 5 seconds and die, then burn alive for eternity as punishment for being created."

    Hmm, just passing trough, read this, and I realize that this is a great argument for abortion.

  • Hahahaha this guy is a joke. I can't believe this was serious...

    ROCK AND ROLL IS THE DEVIL!!!!!

    Go get your root canal you sanctimonious arrogant judgemental hypocrite.

  • didn't this guy watch south park only mormons go to heaven

  • I love you!

  • The moron in this video is living proof that religious zealots aren't very nice people. God isn't real, and jesus is dead; The end. I don't need to be saved because hell isn't real either.

  • I have sex and I listen to rock and roll. I cuss, I lust, and sometimes I lie. I also help every single person to the best of my ability. I hug, I love, and I don't judge others. And you know what, I bet this sinner has helped more people than whoever this righteous ass is. Who would ever want to believe in a Christ that would banish his own creation to hell even though he knows us inside and out. Mister, you need to get to know your savior.

  • Awesome response....Makes the whole bible and christ sound superfluous!!!

    Perfect response, wish i'd written it.

  • Thank you. :)

  • Genuinely, is this satirical or real? I thought after the disowning your friends question it was, but now I'm not sure =/

  • Is this serious or satirical?

  • I keep going back and forth on this but I'm thinking serious.  I was leaning towards satirical until he made the 'reflections' video which is standard inspirational Christian fare.

  • point 1:

    This is why it takes a while for me to trust dedicated Christians until I really get to know them. I tend to think that the 'friendship' is a façade for pulling me into their cult. Telling people to cut themselves off from people not in a group is a common characteristic of cults.

  • I totally agree with you.

    The same can be said for dedicated members of many institutionalised religions, funnily enough. The only thing that really seperates a cult from a recognised religion is numbers, otherwise they're all fundamentaly the same.

  • I hope all Christians hear your message about Christian rock. I agree that all of the mp3s and CDs need to be destroyed. If I hear Creed one more time on the radio, I may just drive off a cliff.

  • I have a legitimate question.

    Why is Christianity, and not one of the other hundreds of religions, or no religion (which is far more likely), true?

  • Have you ever wondered why Christianity survived for 2,000 years, even when it was a capital crime for its first several hundred years? The resurrection of Christ, witnessed by over 500, changed people's lives so dramatically that they gave their lives in testament. From the resurrection we look backwards at the foundation it was built upon and, piece by piece, determine the truth thereof.

  • Firstly yes I have, which is why I have read Henry Chadwick's 'the early church' and Kelly's 'early christian doctrine'. The 'witnessing' of christ was not the reason it has survived for so long - the reasons were multifarious, largely of a demographical nature, so I suggest you brush up on your knowledge of the Patristic era in Christian history.

  • If you think about the hundreds of gnostic and pagan cults which cohabited the Roman empire, all of which fanatically believing their 'key to salvation' to be true, you realize it does not take a 'resurrection' to induce faith. It takes law and punishment and societal indoctrination - which is what ensued following Constantine's conversion around 312.

  • Why do people subscribe to religion? Again there is no simple answer. We can look to sociologists or psychologists for ideas, but a key element is emotion - a deep fear of death, an assumption of the existence of a 'soul', the need for a purpose and rational cause behind every event, a primitive urge to be part of a group, and to have a clear 'meaning' in life. This culminates in an ignorant, anthropocentric worldview which has evolved and been coalesced in to our central nervous system.

  • So, perhaps we are 'wired' by evolution to believe in religion because of these human traits.

    In my opinion, it may be true there was an 'originating cause' (to think otherwise just dizzies me), however to presume the veracity of any one man-made, fantastical, dangerous, non-sensical explanation - particularly one so detailed and ridiculous as Christianity, is utter madness.

  • Actually, Constantine didn't officially convert until right before his death. Up until that time, he faithfully followed Sol Invictus (the Sun God), but turned his empire into a Christian Empire for political reasons.