1 Corinthians 1:18 "The message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction! But we who are being saved know it is the very power of God."
I don't question why Atheists don't believe. I know why, because the message of the cross is foolish to them. they think they are so smart. They have all the answers. thousands of years of human growth, and here they are, some 20, some 30, some 50 years old saying, forget the history of beliefs. I have the true answer, there is no God
@Jjboricua18 So basically your argument is: The vast majority of people in the past believed it therefore it is true. There are many problems with that. Firstly, not everyone agrees on which God to believe in. Christianity may be the largest religion, but Christians do not form the majority of the population. There are other religions such as Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Zorarastrianism that have equally as little credibility as Christainity. Secondly, the number of people that believe it...
@Jjboricua18 ... has no bearing on the accuracy of the belief anyway. Hundreds of yeas ago most people thought the Earth was flat. And thirdly there is no evidence to suggest that the bible is reliable and a huge amount of evidence to the contrary.
You may ridicule us with baseless assertions and religiously contrived stereotypes on what atheists are, but we are just being open-minded which is the very reason why science works so well at explaining the world around us, while you are not.
This man is nothing more than a (admittiedly) charismatic charlaton, trying to defend a religion that endorses a hopelessly outdated and corrupt moral law. WAKE UP people! The character of God in the bible endorses slavery, genocide, rape, child abuse, canabalism, human and animal sacrifices and much much more! Why can't you people snap out of your dogma? I tell you, religion will most probably be the death of the human race.
@FrankieSayRelaxxx1 Frankie ... apparently you neeeeeed to relax and know your claims before espousing them. Can you document your position of "endorsement" by YAHWEH, the God of the Bible? To recognize the fact of evil is not to endorse it. Men are severely limited in their understanding of the Bible; and often make unsubstantiated claims about it. I can offer some great resources to help you in your understanding if you would like to study it further.
@Jeremiah25601 Look at 1 Samuel 15:2-3, the "Lord Almighty" himself "says" to kill the Amalekites. Even the children and who DEFINETELY weren't in any way responsible for what the Amalekites "did to Isreal." That is extreme barbarism. In Deuteronomy 28:45-57, punishments for not obeying Yahweh include being driven to canabalism by war and poverty which is also extremely barbaric. And ofcourse, I'm sure you are aware of the human sacrifce of Jesus and Isaac (by Abraham).
@viviansmitha How is believing whatever a religious authority (eg a priest giving sermons) says on the subject, even when there is a lack of evidence to support his assertions and sometimes evidence to the contrary, open minded in ANY sense of the word? Please tell me that.
i think that atheists will NEVER be satisfied with ANY answer. their minds are futile in thinking like paul says. only the power of God can change their hearts. it seems like nothing u say is good enough for a person who is determined to dismiss everything that doesnt wanna fit in with their belief. ravi has his work cut out for him
@realhomo (sorry i couldn't resist) we all are talking about things we don't know. u don't know that nothing happens after u die bro. i have faith and hope there's is, you don't .dont push hypocritical nonsense. to me ravi is on point.you think he is not.like i dont think most atheist like dawkins make any sense.u do.u see darkness ,i see light.
Unfortunatelly, the academia is full of those, they pretend to know what they acually don´t know, and that´s foolishness...and their attemp pretending they know they just make an utter fool of themselves....
no one can use half there brain. i would like to see people go against ravi cause he does this for a living he would destroy u then he would apoligize for it and ask for forgivness...LOL...
Yes i do have comfort and security in christ thats what he offers.lol.but i could not have changed if he didn't set the standard in morals. a how to on "how to live with morals" by J.christ.... ;v)
Wow, really u missed my point. u don't know what u got till its gone. i will never feel that way again. May god bless u strumstickjoe. if you let him?.
To athiest, at my weakest ever i cried out god show yourself,know what he did? he left me. then i felt alone, i mean ALOOONE! time, people, things, didn't matter. just waiting for death to win. then GOD came back. you know when people say god is love i now think he is just that feeling of feeling something different and being like WOW ,I FELT THAT. i really don't like religion. i got my beliefs. but,GOD IS THERE!!!
@wearedeleons So you had one experience where he wasn’t there, and one where he was. You chose to believe the latter, because it gave you more comfort and security.
If you have improved your life, then take the credit for it, share it with people who need it, don’t shed blame and credit and worship on a non-existent, and wrathful “creator” who was made up by primitive people who had no other explanation for the world. The Bible sanctions genocide, celebrates infanticide and tolerates slavery.
@StrumstickJoe Could you reference those passages that sanction genocide, celebrate infanticide, and tolerates slavery? If you could do that perhaps I could elaborate on the context of the passage.
What I often find is that those who misrepresent the message of the Bible are not Biblically literate enough to be in a debate regarding scripture.
By the way, how can a non-existent creator be wrathful? If you call God wrathful than you are acknowledging His being, and disagreeing with His methods.
@MrScoutOmatic Me ref:? No. I can’t be that bothered – it’s your rubbish, you find it!
OK, here's some to start you: There’s a deal of child murder round about christmas. Then read this: Exodus 12:43:
“The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "These are the regulations for the Passover: No foreigner is to eat of it. Any slave you have bought may eat of it after you have circumcised him, but a temporary resident and a hired worker may not eat of it.”
@MrScoutOmatic A non-existent creator can't be wrathful; it is your silly bible that says "he" is wrathful. I was being ironic, which you deliberately missed.
If you read the texts, (including the other nonsense of the torah and koran) you will find that they are plagiarisms of each other, and they contain Iron Age "understandings" and morality (or rather lack of it)
I can’t believe that we are still discussing as serious this trash after all this time.
@StrumstickJoe Hey idiot, the Torah is part of the Bible and the Koran was written by a man practicing biblical teaching who carried with him a Bible. your definition of plagiarism is ridiculous.
I suppose you don't read Homer either, since it is too old to be taken seriously?
And you have rejected philosophy as a serious science since it originates with the Greeks?
Plato and Aristotle to your superior mind must be morons?
@StrumstickJoe Negative. Plagarism assumes SEPARATE authors writing and claiming works as their own, not ideas or philosophical/theological beliefs. There is no one in history who wrote anything that wouldn't be plagiarized assuming your definition.
Of course you claim superiority, re-read your post. And I simply reply to you in the style of your own language.
Homer is fiction= it is not great literature from an intelligent mind?
@jncarlos007 - I would not waste your time w/this guy. I have run into him on other vids; his MO is to offer partial scripture, most out of context, hurl insults, THEN when shown the error of his posts, quits. Wont respond. He is just an angry person who has been told this NUMEROUS times by NUMEROUS people trying to love on him. He doesnt want to know the Truth but to instigate. Bottom line is no one can prove or disprove God. I would shake the the dust off your feet. Blessings to you!
@gkasa4 Thanks for that. But it just ticks me off when a guy like that sprays what they think is intelligence all over the place and then crawls back into a hole to congratulate themselves. I am so tired of the type who argues a point that defeats their own propositions
@jncarlos007 I encounter all kinds of argument. I don't have a hole into which I crawl back - you assumed that all on your own.
It's not my aim to argue moot points. (If that were the case I would correct your spelling)
All I want to do is marginalise those who believe in magical creations, resurrections, miracles etc. and get their moral direction from an unoriginal book of myths written by many different authors who were superstitious and primitive.
@StrumstickJoe Please do correct spelling. Because that is what arguments like yours generally devolve into. 1. refusal to answer question. 2. trivialization of the opposing point due to inability to debate, ie "It's not my aim to argue moot points." 3. grammatical correction
And we are back to the point finally, why do you want to marginalize those who do not have the same beliefs that you do? Or are you saying that what you profess is not a belief? Are you proselytizing?
@jncarlos007 So I say I won't do the correction because I'm not into that kind of thing, and you say.... what you said.
What I hold is not a belief. My principles are not a faith. I do not rely solely upon science or reason, because these are necessary rather than sufficient factors, but I distrust anything that contradicts science or outrages reason. I do not respect belief in the mystical. What I respect is free inquiry, open-mindedness, and the pursuit of ideas for its own sake.
@StrumstickJoe But you DID point it out. It's like saying "It goes without saying that..." and then saying what goes without saying
What you hold is NOT a belief? And how do you come by ultimate truth all by yourself? Are you a god, who knows all the knowledge of space/time and therefore is 100% sure that nothing exists to contradict your knowledge?
You distrust things that contradict science? So which do you distrust more classical physics or quantum, because they sure do contradict each other?
@StrumstickJoe Galileo "outraged reason" when he discovered the moons of Jupiter, do you distrust him? You do not rely solely on science or reason, but your parameters for disbelief are science and reason? You respect free inquiry but are absolutely certain that there is no God? You respect open mindedness but want to "marginalise" those who have different beliefs than you? You respect the pursuit of ideas yet discard out of hand any that don't fit your pre-formed belief of reality?
I don't know a lot about the "higher" scientific theorems and I distrust some of what I've heard. I think my position is healthy.
Two of the major things to overcome, (scientists AND religios fall into this trap) are the desperate need to find a meaning to life; and a destination for it.
You say an awful lot without disclosing where you're coming from.
@StrumstickJoe Well at least you are admitting you "think" your position is healthy rather than you "know" your position is healthy. That was my argument all along. That all worldviews, including those based on science and scientific method are faith assumptions at some point. So the debate then becomes between faith-based paradigms, as it should be. And we must then choose between them based on the propositions of each, according to how they answer the 4 questions all worldviews must answer...
@StrumstickJoe ...those 4 being origin, morality, purpose, and destination. A worldview that does not at least attempt to answer them is not a worldview. Science, as a system cannot answer the question of morality, and only hints at purpose beyond procreation. I love science. I teach science, but I do not use it as my worldview (not that I am accusing you of this). And I didn't say you were reeling from Kuhn, but that the idea that science can answer all questions is.
@jncarlos007 origin? I don't know - and neither do you
morality? Am I to be told I have no claim to integrity and moral thought without belief in a celestial dictator? Morality and human decency are not derived from religion. They precede it.
purpose? no purpose.
and destination? Take your pick: the evolution of the sun into a red giant or something - the fiery arrival of the Andromeda galaxy. Who knows?
Ultimately, with all your precision argument, you believe in magic. Disappointing.
@StrumstickJoe Oh my gosh, seriously? We are back to this? You don't know origin? So it is a FAITH assumption, just like mine
Morality? How can it precede "religion" without a belief in an absolute (ie God) If you do not accept an absolute, then you cannot argue morality even exists, much less before the source of it is said to exist.
purpose- no purpose? Is your FAITH assumption
destination- the same
I am not arguing your BELIEF, just your thinking it is FACT and not a belief
@jncarlos007 I don't make any assumptions about "the origin" because, unlike you, I don't presume to know. I wasn't there, neither were you or anyone you know.
You have no right or basis to question my integrity, you don't know me. And you insult me to say that I can't have any without your celestial zombie.
(There's no morality in the bible at all - let alone "absolute morality" - you're dreaming)
I wish the world could be free of this irrational rubbish.
@StrumstickJoe What is integrity without an absolute morality other than your opinion? I can say anything directly opposite from you and you can have no credible claim to be more "right" than me. Decency and morality? What do those words even mean from one person or society to another if there is no baseline assumption for their existence?
Ultimately, with all your incoherent argument, you believe in nothing...
@StrumstickJoe And what is magic anyway, other than a thing we do not or cannot understand yet? And if my belief in a thing which cannot be known or understood yet is"magic", what word do you ascribe to your belief in things which cannot be known or understood yet?
@jncarlos007 I credited you with precision argument - and all you can do, after spending a lot of time considering and answering my points, is call me incoherent! That sounds sour.
It is insulting to millions of people thru history who struggle to help others for altruistic reasons that you should question their morality.
I gave money to a hospice last night, and I did that without any reference to, or need of, your bizarre and fanatical jc - and despite the fact that it's faith based.
@StrumstickJoe I question no one's morality, save those who claim meaninglessness and morality can coexist in the same philosophy. By what standard can you claim you have done "good" giving to a hospice if you have no external absolute basis for your version of morality? Perhaps the better thing would be to "take care" of the people at the hospice once and for all? It would ease suffering and save money and space. Why waste time on the dying unless you have some reason to believe life has value?
@jncarlos007 Your posts: 1 Probably fictional; but even if true, a bizarre, deluded superstitious preacher. 2. No, let us not define it so. We have no exhaustive knowledge, but you think you do – and prejudice against a fantasy? Really? 3. I am prejudiced against belief in the tooth fairy – that’s a better analogy. 4. I judge it beneficial. Not rich, it is the only charity I support. 5. If you can’t do good without your invigilator, then I question your moral standards.
@StrumstickJoe Why did you give the money? Surely not from some sense of morality in a meaningless world? Was it to make yourself feel better in some way?
@StrumstickJoe And perhaps this is not the most opportune time to ask this question, but I must know.
What is your assessment of Jesus? Obviously you would not agree to the divine son of God, and equally obviously not a fictional character, so what ? Do you say that he was a liar or insane?
@StrumstickJoe You find it astounding and revealing because of your prejudice towards religion and do not see it as the philosophical statement that it is.
faith n. 1. Confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing
As example, if I have "faith" in the president of Uzbekistan it does not mean that I irrationally believe that such a person exists, but that I believe that person will act in a certain way.
@StrumstickJoe For that matter, let us define Knowledge as a BELIEF that is true, justified, and actionable (Gettier notwithstanding). You argue that I should not believe in God because I cannot present you with certain justifiable conditions you demand while you do not admit that since you do not have exhaustive knowledge of the universe your proposition that God does not exist is also a BELIEF. Philosophy I can debate, but not a personal prejudice against God, that is between you and him
@StrumstickJoe The search for meaning is not a trap, it is instead the basis for all our knowledge. Someone somewhere wanted to know more than they already knew. And finally, I will tell you where I am coming from. I am not a slippery genius, I am just using regression to not fall into the trap of arguing an unfair point. The premises used are too often weighted and conceived to have no answer and to make someone look foolish no matter the answer. And I learned it from Jesus
@StrumstickJoe You, my friend, such good sport. I am enjoying our sparring. Although I must admit your position in some cases is untenable. the question of how to argue absolutes from the standpoint of relativity has not been successfully addressed, and science's dominance of areas outside it's realm is still reeling from Kuhn. If you would but admit your position is based on belief, you would find your argument instantly stronger
I do not understand why atheists, agnostics, or whatever they want to call themselves even take the time out of their lives to watch these videos & comment. It seems to me that they are unfulfilled & are looking for truth. When found they cannot handle it, so they lash out trying to cause distraction & chaos. If you understand English & are listening to what this man is saying it is very clear. If you still do not believe do the research. You've come this far already. What is it going to hurt?
@Keryha 2) Strange how “unfulfilled & are looking for truth” so perfectly describes the religious.
Zachaliar is not very bright at all, except in that he knows how to make lots of money.
I’ve done enough research, more than some Christians, I sometimes think, and the bible is full of awful vindictiveness, racism, sacrifice and contradictions. Most of it is copied from previous texts. (try YT ZOMGitsCriss atheist umbrella if you want to do some research.)
@Keryha 1) Hi Keryha. It’s a bit like the word “analogue” in analogue watch - we didn’t need to use it until digital watches were invented. So with “atheist” (which means “without god”) - it wasn’t necessary to use it before the invention of god. We are all born atheist.
But now it is necessary, I feel, to be an anti-theist, and dismantle the terrible, hypocritical and immoral structures of religion before they bring about the apocalypse they so badly desire.
to be human is to be intelligent and aware..that is the only thing that separates us from the rest of the animal world..with that intelligence and awareness comes passion, love, creativity, technology, etc...
@teofilo787 Christian preachers are, at best, just annoying, ridiculous and money-making charlatans; at worst they are the pervaders of ancient mythology which believes there is another life (and therefore this one doesn't matter much.)
Religious history is stained with the blood of fanatics and innocents.
There will be no afterlife or apocalypse.
Our race might survive until the impact of the Andromeda galaxy, but only if we shed this dangerous divinity nonsense.
@StrumstickJoe well then i have three qestions for you..
1st If God isnt real then what god is your god. ....because the truth of Nature is that we all have gods
2nd If there is no afterlife, then were does your hope lie........an eternall state of mind of ?
3rd If there is no apocalypse then were will evil end.
Truthfully you cannot say there is no afterlife or apacalypse because you have nothing to back up anything you are saying, so overall you are bringing a state of ignorance upon yourslf
@tmacbballplaya B) 3rd.. This, in a way, is the most telling question: it shows the religious need for evil. Teaching evil is immoral. End bad stuff in your own head. Also it shows the danger that you spread - that this life is not important because there is another; that is why you can kill and die for your faith. (That’s bad!)
“Truthfully you cannot say there is no afterlife or apocalypse” .. I can. It is all Iron-age superstition. ‘Tis YOU that needs back-up. I have no myths to prove.
@tmacbballplaya A) 1st.. Neither I, nor you, nor anyone, has a god. What would a god be for? What is your “truth of nature”? Your question is presumptive and bizarre.
2nd.. The body dies; the mind closes down. There is no such thing as a soul. With regard to any one organism, there is no eternity (fortunately!) You believe in ghosts. I don’t.
6 We know that wour old self1 xwas crucified with him in order that ythe body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. 7 For zone who has died ahas been set free from sin.
The holy spirit allows us to be free from sin. That doesn't mean though that we never sin again, it jsut means that the sinful nature does not have as much power over us as it did before.
4 We were qburied therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as rChrist was raised from the dead by sthe glory of the Father, we too might walk in tnewness of life.
5 For uif we have been united with him in va death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.
Jesus even commands us not do that. Mathew 6: 1-7So do you think we should continue sinning so that God will give us even more grace? 2 No! We died to our old sinful lives, so how can we continue living with sin? 3 Did you forget that all of us became part of Christ when we were baptized? We shared his death in our baptism
God is immoral? How could God be immoral if he set the moral standard? The only person who ever lived a perfect life was Jesus. When one accepts Christ as their savior one doesn't become suddenly perfect. But with the holy spirit within us we have the strength to overcome sin. And any Christian who says, "thanks God for your forgiveness" and then keeps on sining just like before they became a Christian is probably not really a Christian.
People always have, and always will reject God because they love their sin too much to humble themsleves and obey God. Christians aren't perfect, nobody is perfect. But we as Christians (followers of Christ) have accepted Jesus' payment for our sin debt and so because he did this for us we strive to obey him and not to sin. It is only by God's amazing grace and love that we are saved.
With all due respect sir, but 9.47 minutes of nonsense, 10 seconds of a hint of an answer, by reference to "the Image of G_d" definition, only to finish with the question I started with, is by no means an answer. This video is a waist of time for the seekers.
@merneptah2 You just asked and answered your own question. You hear only what you already agree with. Strange how by asking me that you confirm what I just said, yet at the same time you're watching the video.
No, actually I didn't hear anything original or interesting. Only the rehashing of argument that every apologist from Ray comfort to William lane Craig uses.
"You hear only what you already agree with."
"You just asked and answered your own question"
No, no christian has very answered a question I've posed to them with anything other and a can, fallacious and predictable response.
Why would God cast satan down to earth to mingle with us weak minded humans who where made in his image to be betrayed and led astray by this fallen angel? That is something I have never understood.
@SOOJ1NSOU Which translation is the perfect one? Because, by definition, you can't have multiple 'perfect' versions of the Bible. Compare the King James Bible with the New International version for example. There are significant differences - perhaps the most important being 'thou shalt not kill' being rendered as 'do not murder' in the NIV. The original Hebrew word referred to murder rather than all killing which suggests the KJV is not perfect.
@Steve7508 It's not the current English translations that have promised inerrancy. They are only inerrant insofar as they accurately convey the Original meaning of the Original text. Verbal Plenary Inspiration is the technical term: it refers to the fact that the originally written texts were inerrant. Everything subsequent is inerrant insofar as it accurately renders what was originally written. They do this incredibly well. If there's a problem, you refer to the original. :) Hope this helps.
@Steve7508 The difference from KJV to NIV is KJV full of thee and thou's and can be a little difficult to translate/ understand. Where as the NIV it is the and you easier terms to understand. They are the same translation of the Holy Bible just one is in a higher level of reading level and the other is at a lower reading level and for most eaier to understand but both translations have the same meaning just used with a simpler word for understanding. I was raised using the KJV but I use NIV now
It is so encouraging to see the fruitful ministry of Ravi Zacharias and to know that he was trained by Norman Geisler. They are truly two of the best apologists of the time.
It's been 1000s of years, and 1000s of gods have been invented or believed in. Never has anyone managed to provide decent evidence or reasoning for there being a god. Can anyone? This is the challenge. Do you have the faith to take it up? I certainly don't.
@hitmanrebel I've met him before... and he really does spend hours after his speeches with people. He's spoken at Harvard, Princeton, and Oxford in front of thousands.... so he seems to have a good report in the academic community. Check your DNA compare it to somebody else....and you'll quickly realize there is something more than your experiences that make you unique.
But legit, I respect your disagreement man. Just know that this "God" loves you... whether you asked for his love or not.
wow!!!! Whose Image is on you??!!!! WOWWWW!!!!! Been a long time i have wondered what Jesus was really saying when He made that statement......Ravi is brilliant; but not nearly as Brilliant as Jesus..in the way He placed such deep messages and truths in such simple statements!!!
@cromptonator if you watch videos of William Lane Craig, i specifically remember one where he was debating scientists and in the audience was Ravi taking notes. i find it amusing! Ravi Zacharias is extremely brilliant!!! :D :D :D
@iamzbacku - And I understand him perfectly, I just think he's full of shit, you would too, but that would require that you actually think about what he is saying.
@iamzbacku - You may laugh if you wish, but it isn't me that is wasting my life believing the absurd. Perhaps if I pointed out the fallacies in every one of Ravi's arguments again as I did previously in many threads on Ravi. Can you find the assumptions yourself or do you want me to point them out?
@stevenweir76 I don't need your feeble attempts to disregard my faith. All I know is that those that are to weak to accept the fact that Christ is indeed who He says He is, always lash out with hate to those that do.
@iamzbacku - You are correct that my attempts are probably feeble, because changing a person's mind when they are wrong is a difficult thing, pride gets in the way. I don't hate you, I wouldn't even talk if I hated you, I want you to learn the other arguments that you haven't heard because you are within a bubble of like-minded people. Just realize that at least 2/3rds of the Earth does not believe as you, that means Jesus is batting about .333, not bad for baseball, pretty crappy for a messiah.
Look at it this way. If you don't believe in evolution, nothing really bad is going to happen to you in any case. But if you don't believe in God.....
Therefore, having said this, when arguing a hugely sensitive subject like Christianity verses other religions, you CANNOT resort to name calling because it doesn't work. Christians consider this "persecution for their faith".
Unbelievers, like myself, are arguing against Christianity on the basis of some unresolved questions. However, no matter what questions we pose, Christians will respond with an answer like "it takes faith to believe". As for me, I can't accept that. So the debate is over..
you do not need christianity. you need to obey your creator. study hebrew and then read the original scriptures. you will find your answers then. i too was raised as a christian. it did not help me.
To say you do not need Christianity is to say you do need Christ. To say that is to deny the only salvation available to you! The Original Hebrew Scriptures, which is to say the Tanach have an abundance of information concerning Messiah. From Bereshis to II Chronicles there are many Prophecies concerning Messiah or the Christ.
@davarim78 You won't ever be saved by the jewish Law!Only by the grace of God,which has his fullness in Christ Jesus ,His only begotten Son,by whom we, the christians were adopted,becoming co-heirs with Christ and will inherit the kingdom of Heaven ,according to God promises!Christ is the is the Path ,the truth and the Life!And yes:YOU DO NEED CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY for your salvation !Without Christ there is no salvation!Lord bless!Read the book of Hebrew of the New Testament!
@lauradreamerprincess You are a very confused person. You are telling me that if a person is born in an isolated part of the world were he has no contact with Christians therefore he does not know about Jesus, he will go to hell!! Don't say! thats the kind of thinking that gets people killed in the name of G-d. I know I am not going to change anything or the way of thinking but what the heck might as well use the freedom of speech we have. Be well.
@doctorazo3 People don't go to hell because they don't know Jesus, or because they never heard of the Bible........people go to hell because of theyr own sin!
@doctorazo3 Judment will not come till everyone has heard the good news or about the salvation through Jesus.Those who died in the law shall be judged by it.
now i have my answers. christianity is not in the original Bible. obedience to your creator is. God did not tell us to go to church and worship preachers who beg for money.
I agree, we should not worship Preachers who beg for money, but God does call preachers to preach a message of Faith, hope and love. Yes, there are many so-called preachers who make money their emphasis, shame on them! they will have to answer to God Himself one day, the Bible is very clear on that point.
However, do not forget that there are many sincere Preachers and Teachers out there who always get a bad rap because of the irresponsible ones, throwing out the baby with the bath water. As the Bible states, "Faith comes by hearing and hearing, by the Word of God". You choose to listen to whom you listen, even when you have your own answers!
You are right! Though it does take faith to believe, faith is not the only tool God has given us to understand Him or Christianity. Faith is critical to beileve God (Heb. 11:6), but there is Candid Science, not the Atheistic Science that is so prevalent in or world today. There is Prophetic Fulfillment that has come in the way of Archaeology and Historical Evidence. There is Nature and the Human Body which irrefutably teaches us the power of Intelligent Design.......so, the debate goes on!
1 Corinthians 1:18 "The message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction! But we who are being saved know it is the very power of God."
I don't question why Atheists don't believe. I know why, because the message of the cross is foolish to them. they think they are so smart. They have all the answers. thousands of years of human growth, and here they are, some 20, some 30, some 50 years old saying, forget the history of beliefs. I have the true answer, there is no God
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@Jjboricua18 So basically your argument is: The vast majority of people in the past believed it therefore it is true. There are many problems with that. Firstly, not everyone agrees on which God to believe in. Christianity may be the largest religion, but Christians do not form the majority of the population. There are other religions such as Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Zorarastrianism that have equally as little credibility as Christainity. Secondly, the number of people that believe it...
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@Jjboricua18 ... has no bearing on the accuracy of the belief anyway. Hundreds of yeas ago most people thought the Earth was flat. And thirdly there is no evidence to suggest that the bible is reliable and a huge amount of evidence to the contrary.
You may ridicule us with baseless assertions and religiously contrived stereotypes on what atheists are, but we are just being open-minded which is the very reason why science works so well at explaining the world around us, while you are not.
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Ravi is intellectually dishonest.
ObjectiveBob 1 month ago
This man is nothing more than a (admittiedly) charismatic charlaton, trying to defend a religion that endorses a hopelessly outdated and corrupt moral law. WAKE UP people! The character of God in the bible endorses slavery, genocide, rape, child abuse, canabalism, human and animal sacrifices and much much more! Why can't you people snap out of your dogma? I tell you, religion will most probably be the death of the human race.
FrankieSayRelaxxx1 1 month ago
@FrankieSayRelaxxx1 Frankie ... apparently you neeeeeed to relax and know your claims before espousing them. Can you document your position of "endorsement" by YAHWEH, the God of the Bible? To recognize the fact of evil is not to endorse it. Men are severely limited in their understanding of the Bible; and often make unsubstantiated claims about it. I can offer some great resources to help you in your understanding if you would like to study it further.
Jeremiah25601 3 weeks ago
@Jeremiah25601 Look at 1 Samuel 15:2-3, the "Lord Almighty" himself "says" to kill the Amalekites. Even the children and who DEFINETELY weren't in any way responsible for what the Amalekites "did to Isreal." That is extreme barbarism. In Deuteronomy 28:45-57, punishments for not obeying Yahweh include being driven to canabalism by war and poverty which is also extremely barbaric. And ofcourse, I'm sure you are aware of the human sacrifce of Jesus and Isaac (by Abraham).
FrankieSayRelaxxx1 3 weeks ago
@Jeremiah25601 Shall we keep to those first and then move onto other verses later?
FrankieSayRelaxxx1 3 weeks ago
sermons are preached for open minded people .It is for people to accept it or not .Dont criticise but let people get changed in their mindset .
viviansmitha 1 week ago
@viviansmitha How is believing whatever a religious authority (eg a priest giving sermons) says on the subject, even when there is a lack of evidence to support his assertions and sometimes evidence to the contrary, open minded in ANY sense of the word? Please tell me that.
FrankieSayRelaxxx1 1 week ago
Ravi is so Smart!
BrianChillz 2 months ago
i think that atheists will NEVER be satisfied with ANY answer. their minds are futile in thinking like paul says. only the power of God can change their hearts. it seems like nothing u say is good enough for a person who is determined to dismiss everything that doesnt wanna fit in with their belief. ravi has his work cut out for him
patriciacarrasco 3 months ago 12
@patriciacarrasco Guess that makes your god evil then.
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Ravi Zachaliar. Is he a deluded, stupid rich charlatan, or a cynical, lying charlatan?
StrumstickJoe 4 months ago
Ravi Zachaliar. A man of no principle. A charlatan who cons millions.
A rich man who cannot possibly enter his own kingdom of heaven.
A hypocrite.
StrumstickJoe 5 months ago
Ravi is such a brilliant speaker.
tomdenman 5 months ago
@realhomo (sorry i couldn't resist) we all are talking about things we don't know. u don't know that nothing happens after u die bro. i have faith and hope there's is, you don't .dont push hypocritical nonsense. to me ravi is on point.you think he is not.like i dont think most atheist like dawkins make any sense.u do.u see darkness ,i see light.
wearedeleons 6 months ago
Unfortunatelly, the academia is full of those, they pretend to know what they acually don´t know, and that´s foolishness...and their attemp pretending they know they just make an utter fool of themselves....
realhomosapiens 6 months ago
just prefect GOLDEN WORDS WATCH 3.00-4.00..... "dogs don't gather and discuss about doginess............."
MESSAGE HERE IS: "REALIZATION OF SELF IS ULTIMATE GOAL OF LIFE"
comments welcome
hellobal100 6 months ago
no one can use half there brain. i would like to see people go against ravi cause he does this for a living he would destroy u then he would apoligize for it and ask for forgivness...LOL...
wearedeleons 6 months ago
JESUS IS PERFECT!!
Thuva44 7 months ago 7
@Thuva44 Thanks!!!
zcjxxx 2 weeks ago
i dont fully agree with him but he really makes me think as a human being
CHRIS1974100 7 months ago
what god did was what david said psalm 39:1-7 "remind me my days are numbered".
wearedeleons 7 months ago
Yes i do have comfort and security in christ thats what he offers.lol.but i could not have changed if he didn't set the standard in morals. a how to on "how to live with morals" by J.christ.... ;v)
wearedeleons 7 months ago
Wow, really u missed my point. u don't know what u got till its gone. i will never feel that way again. May god bless u strumstickjoe. if you let him?.
wearedeleons 7 months ago
To athiest, at my weakest ever i cried out god show yourself,know what he did? he left me. then i felt alone, i mean ALOOONE! time, people, things, didn't matter. just waiting for death to win. then GOD came back. you know when people say god is love i now think he is just that feeling of feeling something different and being like WOW ,I FELT THAT. i really don't like religion. i got my beliefs. but,GOD IS THERE!!!
wearedeleons 7 months ago
@wearedeleons So you had one experience where he wasn’t there, and one where he was. You chose to believe the latter, because it gave you more comfort and security.
If you have improved your life, then take the credit for it, share it with people who need it, don’t shed blame and credit and worship on a non-existent, and wrathful “creator” who was made up by primitive people who had no other explanation for the world. The Bible sanctions genocide, celebrates infanticide and tolerates slavery.
StrumstickJoe 7 months ago
@StrumstickJoe Could you reference those passages that sanction genocide, celebrate infanticide, and tolerates slavery? If you could do that perhaps I could elaborate on the context of the passage.
What I often find is that those who misrepresent the message of the Bible are not Biblically literate enough to be in a debate regarding scripture.
By the way, how can a non-existent creator be wrathful? If you call God wrathful than you are acknowledging His being, and disagreeing with His methods.
MrScoutOmatic 5 months ago
@MrScoutOmatic Me ref:? No. I can’t be that bothered – it’s your rubbish, you find it!
OK, here's some to start you: There’s a deal of child murder round about christmas. Then read this: Exodus 12:43:
“The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "These are the regulations for the Passover: No foreigner is to eat of it. Any slave you have bought may eat of it after you have circumcised him, but a temporary resident and a hired worker may not eat of it.”
This also sanctions genital mutilation. Great!
StrumstickJoe 5 months ago
@MrScoutOmatic A non-existent creator can't be wrathful; it is your silly bible that says "he" is wrathful. I was being ironic, which you deliberately missed.
If you read the texts, (including the other nonsense of the torah and koran) you will find that they are plagiarisms of each other, and they contain Iron Age "understandings" and morality (or rather lack of it)
I can’t believe that we are still discussing as serious this trash after all this time.
Wrath is the lowest of human emotions.
StrumstickJoe 5 months ago
@StrumstickJoe Hey idiot, the Torah is part of the Bible and the Koran was written by a man practicing biblical teaching who carried with him a Bible. your definition of plagiarism is ridiculous.
I suppose you don't read Homer either, since it is too old to be taken seriously?
And you have rejected philosophy as a serious science since it originates with the Greeks?
Plato and Aristotle to your superior mind must be morons?
jncarlos007 5 months ago
@jncarlos007 Why so insulting? You describe plagiarism.
Homer is fiction.
I haven't rejected any philosophy in your presence.
I don't claim a superior mind, of that anybody is a moron.
StrumstickJoe 5 months ago
@StrumstickJoe Negative. Plagarism assumes SEPARATE authors writing and claiming works as their own, not ideas or philosophical/theological beliefs. There is no one in history who wrote anything that wouldn't be plagiarized assuming your definition.
Of course you claim superiority, re-read your post. And I simply reply to you in the style of your own language.
Homer is fiction= it is not great literature from an intelligent mind?
jncarlos007 5 months ago
@StrumstickJoe And you DO reject philosophy in your implication that anything written before a certain "time" is "trash after all this time"
If this is not your implication you may need to be more concise in your writing.
If you do not realize your condescending tone, patronizing style, and arrogant language perhaps you need a basic composition refresher course.
jncarlos007 5 months ago
@jncarlos007 - I would not waste your time w/this guy. I have run into him on other vids; his MO is to offer partial scripture, most out of context, hurl insults, THEN when shown the error of his posts, quits. Wont respond. He is just an angry person who has been told this NUMEROUS times by NUMEROUS people trying to love on him. He doesnt want to know the Truth but to instigate. Bottom line is no one can prove or disprove God. I would shake the the dust off your feet. Blessings to you!
gkasa4 5 months ago
@gkasa4 Thanks for that. But it just ticks me off when a guy like that sprays what they think is intelligence all over the place and then crawls back into a hole to congratulate themselves. I am so tired of the type who argues a point that defeats their own propositions
jncarlos007 5 months ago
@jncarlos007 I encounter all kinds of argument. I don't have a hole into which I crawl back - you assumed that all on your own.
It's not my aim to argue moot points. (If that were the case I would correct your spelling)
All I want to do is marginalise those who believe in magical creations, resurrections, miracles etc. and get their moral direction from an unoriginal book of myths written by many different authors who were superstitious and primitive.
StrumstickJoe 5 months ago
@StrumstickJoe Please do correct spelling. Because that is what arguments like yours generally devolve into. 1. refusal to answer question. 2. trivialization of the opposing point due to inability to debate, ie "It's not my aim to argue moot points." 3. grammatical correction
And we are back to the point finally, why do you want to marginalize those who do not have the same beliefs that you do? Or are you saying that what you profess is not a belief? Are you proselytizing?
jncarlos007 5 months ago
@jncarlos007 So I say I won't do the correction because I'm not into that kind of thing, and you say.... what you said.
What I hold is not a belief. My principles are not a faith. I do not rely solely upon science or reason, because these are necessary rather than sufficient factors, but I distrust anything that contradicts science or outrages reason. I do not respect belief in the mystical. What I respect is free inquiry, open-mindedness, and the pursuit of ideas for its own sake.
StrumstickJoe 5 months ago
@StrumstickJoe But you DID point it out. It's like saying "It goes without saying that..." and then saying what goes without saying
What you hold is NOT a belief? And how do you come by ultimate truth all by yourself? Are you a god, who knows all the knowledge of space/time and therefore is 100% sure that nothing exists to contradict your knowledge?
You distrust things that contradict science? So which do you distrust more classical physics or quantum, because they sure do contradict each other?
jncarlos007 5 months ago
@StrumstickJoe Galileo "outraged reason" when he discovered the moons of Jupiter, do you distrust him? You do not rely solely on science or reason, but your parameters for disbelief are science and reason? You respect free inquiry but are absolutely certain that there is no God? You respect open mindedness but want to "marginalise" those who have different beliefs than you? You respect the pursuit of ideas yet discard out of hand any that don't fit your pre-formed belief of reality?
jncarlos007 5 months ago
@jncarlos007 I stand by what I said.
Certainly I am not "reeling from Kuhn".
I don't know a lot about the "higher" scientific theorems and I distrust some of what I've heard. I think my position is healthy.
Two of the major things to overcome, (scientists AND religios fall into this trap) are the desperate need to find a meaning to life; and a destination for it.
You say an awful lot without disclosing where you're coming from.
You're a slippery genius!
StrumstickJoe 5 months ago
@StrumstickJoe Well at least you are admitting you "think" your position is healthy rather than you "know" your position is healthy. That was my argument all along. That all worldviews, including those based on science and scientific method are faith assumptions at some point. So the debate then becomes between faith-based paradigms, as it should be. And we must then choose between them based on the propositions of each, according to how they answer the 4 questions all worldviews must answer...
jncarlos007 5 months ago
@StrumstickJoe ...those 4 being origin, morality, purpose, and destination. A worldview that does not at least attempt to answer them is not a worldview. Science, as a system cannot answer the question of morality, and only hints at purpose beyond procreation. I love science. I teach science, but I do not use it as my worldview (not that I am accusing you of this). And I didn't say you were reeling from Kuhn, but that the idea that science can answer all questions is.
jncarlos007 5 months ago
@jncarlos007 origin? I don't know - and neither do you
morality? Am I to be told I have no claim to integrity and moral thought without belief in a celestial dictator? Morality and human decency are not derived from religion. They precede it.
purpose? no purpose.
and destination? Take your pick: the evolution of the sun into a red giant or something - the fiery arrival of the Andromeda galaxy. Who knows?
Ultimately, with all your precision argument, you believe in magic. Disappointing.
StrumstickJoe 5 months ago
@StrumstickJoe Oh my gosh, seriously? We are back to this? You don't know origin? So it is a FAITH assumption, just like mine
Morality? How can it precede "religion" without a belief in an absolute (ie God) If you do not accept an absolute, then you cannot argue morality even exists, much less before the source of it is said to exist.
purpose- no purpose? Is your FAITH assumption
destination- the same
I am not arguing your BELIEF, just your thinking it is FACT and not a belief
jncarlos007 5 months ago
@jncarlos007 I don't make any assumptions about "the origin" because, unlike you, I don't presume to know. I wasn't there, neither were you or anyone you know.
You have no right or basis to question my integrity, you don't know me. And you insult me to say that I can't have any without your celestial zombie.
(There's no morality in the bible at all - let alone "absolute morality" - you're dreaming)
I wish the world could be free of this irrational rubbish.
StrumstickJoe 5 months ago
@StrumstickJoe What is integrity without an absolute morality other than your opinion? I can say anything directly opposite from you and you can have no credible claim to be more "right" than me. Decency and morality? What do those words even mean from one person or society to another if there is no baseline assumption for their existence?
Ultimately, with all your incoherent argument, you believe in nothing...
jncarlos007 5 months ago
@StrumstickJoe And what is magic anyway, other than a thing we do not or cannot understand yet? And if my belief in a thing which cannot be known or understood yet is"magic", what word do you ascribe to your belief in things which cannot be known or understood yet?
jncarlos007 5 months ago
@jncarlos007 I credited you with precision argument - and all you can do, after spending a lot of time considering and answering my points, is call me incoherent! That sounds sour.
It is insulting to millions of people thru history who struggle to help others for altruistic reasons that you should question their morality.
I gave money to a hospice last night, and I did that without any reference to, or need of, your bizarre and fanatical jc - and despite the fact that it's faith based.
StrumstickJoe 5 months ago
@StrumstickJoe I question no one's morality, save those who claim meaninglessness and morality can coexist in the same philosophy. By what standard can you claim you have done "good" giving to a hospice if you have no external absolute basis for your version of morality? Perhaps the better thing would be to "take care" of the people at the hospice once and for all? It would ease suffering and save money and space. Why waste time on the dying unless you have some reason to believe life has value?
jncarlos007 4 months ago
@jncarlos007 Your posts: 1 Probably fictional; but even if true, a bizarre, deluded superstitious preacher. 2. No, let us not define it so. We have no exhaustive knowledge, but you think you do – and prejudice against a fantasy? Really? 3. I am prejudiced against belief in the tooth fairy – that’s a better analogy. 4. I judge it beneficial. Not rich, it is the only charity I support. 5. If you can’t do good without your invigilator, then I question your moral standards.
Life is good and all
StrumstickJoe 4 months ago
@StrumstickJoe Why did you give the money? Surely not from some sense of morality in a meaningless world? Was it to make yourself feel better in some way?
jncarlos007 4 months ago
@StrumstickJoe And perhaps this is not the most opportune time to ask this question, but I must know.
What is your assessment of Jesus? Obviously you would not agree to the divine son of God, and equally obviously not a fictional character, so what ? Do you say that he was a liar or insane?
jncarlos007 4 months ago
@jncarlos007 What? ...... "if my belief in a thing which cannot be known or understood yet.... " What?
I find that an astounding and revealing admission.
If something is not known by your own definition, why do you believe in it?
Faith(n): the apprehension of some divine truth apart from evidence or reason. OED
StrumstickJoe 5 months ago
@StrumstickJoe You find it astounding and revealing because of your prejudice towards religion and do not see it as the philosophical statement that it is.
faith n. 1. Confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing
As example, if I have "faith" in the president of Uzbekistan it does not mean that I irrationally believe that such a person exists, but that I believe that person will act in a certain way.
jncarlos007 4 months ago
@StrumstickJoe For that matter, let us define Knowledge as a BELIEF that is true, justified, and actionable (Gettier notwithstanding). You argue that I should not believe in God because I cannot present you with certain justifiable conditions you demand while you do not admit that since you do not have exhaustive knowledge of the universe your proposition that God does not exist is also a BELIEF. Philosophy I can debate, but not a personal prejudice against God, that is between you and him
jncarlos007 4 months ago
@StrumstickJoe The search for meaning is not a trap, it is instead the basis for all our knowledge. Someone somewhere wanted to know more than they already knew. And finally, I will tell you where I am coming from. I am not a slippery genius, I am just using regression to not fall into the trap of arguing an unfair point. The premises used are too often weighted and conceived to have no answer and to make someone look foolish no matter the answer. And I learned it from Jesus
jncarlos007 5 months ago
@StrumstickJoe You, my friend, such good sport. I am enjoying our sparring. Although I must admit your position in some cases is untenable. the question of how to argue absolutes from the standpoint of relativity has not been successfully addressed, and science's dominance of areas outside it's realm is still reeling from Kuhn. If you would but admit your position is based on belief, you would find your argument instantly stronger
jncarlos007 5 months ago
@gkasa4 Hi gkasa. You know you shouldn't say nasty things about your friends behind their backs!
;-)
StrumstickJoe 5 months ago
I do not understand why atheists, agnostics, or whatever they want to call themselves even take the time out of their lives to watch these videos & comment. It seems to me that they are unfulfilled & are looking for truth. When found they cannot handle it, so they lash out trying to cause distraction & chaos. If you understand English & are listening to what this man is saying it is very clear. If you still do not believe do the research. You've come this far already. What is it going to hurt?
Keryha 7 months ago 2
@Keryha 2) Strange how “unfulfilled & are looking for truth” so perfectly describes the religious.
Zachaliar is not very bright at all, except in that he knows how to make lots of money.
I’ve done enough research, more than some Christians, I sometimes think, and the bible is full of awful vindictiveness, racism, sacrifice and contradictions. Most of it is copied from previous texts. (try YT ZOMGitsCriss atheist umbrella if you want to do some research.)
Peace and clarity.
StrumstickJoe 7 months ago
@Keryha 1) Hi Keryha. It’s a bit like the word “analogue” in analogue watch - we didn’t need to use it until digital watches were invented. So with “atheist” (which means “without god”) - it wasn’t necessary to use it before the invention of god. We are all born atheist.
But now it is necessary, I feel, to be an anti-theist, and dismantle the terrible, hypocritical and immoral structures of religion before they bring about the apocalypse they so badly desire.
StrumstickJoe 7 months ago
@Keryha Stupidity is endless fascinating.
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youneekk 7 months ago
such a blessing this
davidkeithbecket 8 months ago
to be human is to be intelligent and aware..that is the only thing that separates us from the rest of the animal world..with that intelligence and awareness comes passion, love, creativity, technology, etc...
itzahazylife 8 months ago
Ravi Zacharias is a Brilliant Christian Preacher I have ever seen. GOD will give you rewards of your Great Works.
teofilo787 9 months ago
@teofilo787 Christian preachers are, at best, just annoying, ridiculous and money-making charlatans; at worst they are the pervaders of ancient mythology which believes there is another life (and therefore this one doesn't matter much.)
Religious history is stained with the blood of fanatics and innocents.
There will be no afterlife or apocalypse.
Our race might survive until the impact of the Andromeda galaxy, but only if we shed this dangerous divinity nonsense.
Peace!
StrumstickJoe 7 months ago
@StrumstickJoe well then i have three qestions for you..
1st If God isnt real then what god is your god. ....because the truth of Nature is that we all have gods
2nd If there is no afterlife, then were does your hope lie........an eternall state of mind of ?
3rd If there is no apocalypse then were will evil end.
Truthfully you cannot say there is no afterlife or apacalypse because you have nothing to back up anything you are saying, so overall you are bringing a state of ignorance upon yourslf
tmacbballplaya 7 months ago
@tmacbballplaya B) 3rd.. This, in a way, is the most telling question: it shows the religious need for evil. Teaching evil is immoral. End bad stuff in your own head. Also it shows the danger that you spread - that this life is not important because there is another; that is why you can kill and die for your faith. (That’s bad!)
“Truthfully you cannot say there is no afterlife or apocalypse” .. I can. It is all Iron-age superstition. ‘Tis YOU that needs back-up. I have no myths to prove.
Peace.
StrumstickJoe 7 months ago
@tmacbballplaya A) 1st.. Neither I, nor you, nor anyone, has a god. What would a god be for? What is your “truth of nature”? Your question is presumptive and bizarre.
2nd.. The body dies; the mind closes down. There is no such thing as a soul. With regard to any one organism, there is no eternity (fortunately!) You believe in ghosts. I don’t.
StrumstickJoe 7 months ago
Whenever I see "Christians" like Fred Phelps and his ilk, I like to remember Mr. Zacharias.
There still are good people out there.
AnomalyINC 9 months ago
@9:00 waw!!! I've never saw it that way before.
1EarlyRain 9 months ago
I have listened to many of these brilliant pastors but this man is just my guy!!! Love him! God bless you all! Thumbs up if you love christ! =)
xxoocobraooxx 10 months ago
6 We know that wour old self1 xwas crucified with him in order that ythe body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. 7 For zone who has died ahas been set free from sin.
The holy spirit allows us to be free from sin. That doesn't mean though that we never sin again, it jsut means that the sinful nature does not have as much power over us as it did before.
Asterixarcher 10 months ago
4 We were qburied therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as rChrist was raised from the dead by sthe glory of the Father, we too might walk in tnewness of life.
5 For uif we have been united with him in va death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.
Asterixarcher 10 months ago
Jesus even commands us not do that. Mathew 6: 1-7So do you think we should continue sinning so that God will give us even more grace? 2 No! We died to our old sinful lives, so how can we continue living with sin? 3 Did you forget that all of us became part of Christ when we were baptized? We shared his death in our baptism
Asterixarcher 10 months ago
God is immoral? How could God be immoral if he set the moral standard? The only person who ever lived a perfect life was Jesus. When one accepts Christ as their savior one doesn't become suddenly perfect. But with the holy spirit within us we have the strength to overcome sin. And any Christian who says, "thanks God for your forgiveness" and then keeps on sining just like before they became a Christian is probably not really a Christian.
Asterixarcher 10 months ago
People always have, and always will reject God because they love their sin too much to humble themsleves and obey God. Christians aren't perfect, nobody is perfect. But we as Christians (followers of Christ) have accepted Jesus' payment for our sin debt and so because he did this for us we strive to obey him and not to sin. It is only by God's amazing grace and love that we are saved.
Asterixarcher 11 months ago
@Asterixarcher and some people reject god simply because he is immoral:
/watch?v=CYaQpRZJl18
I guess its a good thing for christians that they don't have to give up their sin, they can just claim "imperfection" and beg for forgiveness, lol.
l337pwnage 10 months ago
It is my honor to listen to Ravi Zacharias. Thank you Ravi. I have learn so much
Godbtheglory1 11 months ago
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Jacory069 11 months ago
It would be nice if more Christians were as cool as this guy.
102938abel 11 months ago 2
@102938abel super lol am i cool my first name starts with ravi. lol j/k
deltaalphacharlie 11 months ago
@102938abel
Fair enough...
tjobv 11 months ago
With all due respect sir, but 9.47 minutes of nonsense, 10 seconds of a hint of an answer, by reference to "the Image of G_d" definition, only to finish with the question I started with, is by no means an answer. This video is a waist of time for the seekers.
emc2mmd2 11 months ago
Great man, he should team up with John Lennox more often
Supernegromagic 1 year ago
Ravi hits hard.
oneleggedspider 1 year ago 2
@oneleggedspider
When does he do that?
merneptah2 7 months ago
@merneptah2 You just asked and answered your own question. You hear only what you already agree with. Strange how by asking me that you confirm what I just said, yet at the same time you're watching the video.
If there's a conflict it belongs to you.
oneleggedspider 7 months ago
@oneleggedspider
No, actually I didn't hear anything original or interesting. Only the rehashing of argument that every apologist from Ray comfort to William lane Craig uses.
"You hear only what you already agree with."
"You just asked and answered your own question"
No, no christian has very answered a question I've posed to them with anything other and a can, fallacious and predictable response.
Very ironic coming from a Christian.
merneptah2 7 months ago
daaang, he killed it, my jaw dropped when he said "Whose image is on you?", where is part 2?
tmez11 1 year ago
@tmez11 I can't find part 2 but here is another vid, same name/topic, by Ravi /watch?v=AdytBEOj0M0
ChristusVlCTOR 1 year ago
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Why would God cast satan down to earth to mingle with us weak minded humans who where made in his image to be betrayed and led astray by this fallen angel? That is something I have never understood.
tanarus77 1 year ago
where is part 2 pleeeeeease??????????
DTRUTHbTOLD 1 year ago
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@DTRUTHbTOLD I can't find part 2, but here is another Vid by Ravi on the same topic/name /watch?v=AdytBEOj0M0
ChristusVlCTOR 1 year ago
The bible is perfect.
SOOJ1NSOU 1 year ago 16
@SOOJ1NSOU Which translation is the perfect one? Because, by definition, you can't have multiple 'perfect' versions of the Bible. Compare the King James Bible with the New International version for example. There are significant differences - perhaps the most important being 'thou shalt not kill' being rendered as 'do not murder' in the NIV. The original Hebrew word referred to murder rather than all killing which suggests the KJV is not perfect.
Steve7508 1 year ago
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@Steve7508
In its original language!
SOOJ1NSOU 1 year ago
@Steve7508 It's not the current English translations that have promised inerrancy. They are only inerrant insofar as they accurately convey the Original meaning of the Original text. Verbal Plenary Inspiration is the technical term: it refers to the fact that the originally written texts were inerrant. Everything subsequent is inerrant insofar as it accurately renders what was originally written. They do this incredibly well. If there's a problem, you refer to the original. :) Hope this helps.
dougmoerhoffman 1 year ago
@Steve7508 The difference from KJV to NIV is KJV full of thee and thou's and can be a little difficult to translate/ understand. Where as the NIV it is the and you easier terms to understand. They are the same translation of the Holy Bible just one is in a higher level of reading level and the other is at a lower reading level and for most eaier to understand but both translations have the same meaning just used with a simpler word for understanding. I was raised using the KJV but I use NIV now
dlaumbach1 1 year ago
Man! I can't find part II....This is a freaking nightmare 'cause I can't see part II. I wanna see part II!
ThoughtGazeCarlos 1 year ago 2
Where's part 2??
AgApE010 1 year ago
9:14 ooooo Jesus that is soooo good!!
HaShim383 1 year ago
It is so encouraging to see the fruitful ministry of Ravi Zacharias and to know that he was trained by Norman Geisler. They are truly two of the best apologists of the time.
NC4Marriage 1 year ago
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The Theist Challenge
It's been 1000s of years, and 1000s of gods have been invented or believed in. Never has anyone managed to provide decent evidence or reasoning for there being a god. Can anyone? This is the challenge. Do you have the faith to take it up? I certainly don't.
Ozzyman200 1 year ago
WHERE IS PART 2 :) ?
sergiusal 1 year ago 5
Only man can make rhetoric sound important.
polopowers1 1 year ago
life seeks not coherence but patterns.
he referred to himself as the meat between two male slices of bread :P kinky.
the likely hood that people from john Hopkins really spent 2 extra hours asking him questions about religion... not likely.
"it is a crying shame that there are academic pretending to know what they actually don't know" lol like yourself :D
How i know god isn't the reason I am me. because no one but me has gone through exactly what I have. Thus making me; ME.
hitmanrebel 1 year ago
@hitmanrebel I've met him before... and he really does spend hours after his speeches with people. He's spoken at Harvard, Princeton, and Oxford in front of thousands.... so he seems to have a good report in the academic community. Check your DNA compare it to somebody else....and you'll quickly realize there is something more than your experiences that make you unique.
But legit, I respect your disagreement man. Just know that this "God" loves you... whether you asked for his love or not.
sammen89 1 year ago 2
@sammen89 very good answer... God bless you!
ricardomaman 1 year ago
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DreamsofMajesty 1 year ago
'The image on the coin and the Image on you'..... just blew my mind...
and where is part 2 of the video
Stormchaser2000 1 year ago 11
wow!!!! Whose Image is on you??!!!! WOWWWW!!!!! Been a long time i have wondered what Jesus was really saying when He made that statement......Ravi is brilliant; but not nearly as Brilliant as Jesus..in the way He placed such deep messages and truths in such simple statements!!!
7blessings 1 year ago
Please Please!!!! where is part 2
claylon 1 year ago
In answer to Part 2, if you watch "Everything is Spiritual" by Rob Bell, he touches on that question beautifully.
Critter145 1 year ago
Don't leave me in suspense...where's part 2??
clintascott 1 year ago
which conference is this?
eightsix1414 1 year ago
hey yeah....where is part 2? i really wanted the answer to that question.......awe man, i really wanna see part 2
Law19157 1 year ago
Where IS part 2?
Bengali14 1 year ago
Hey where is Part 2?
hawklanzs 1 year ago
@hawklanzs Let me know if you find out.
Bengali14 1 year ago
Ravi Zacharias is the most brilliant Christian apologist of our time.
cromptonator 1 year ago 69
@cromptonator
swindoll and lewis are my other favorites
planes3333 1 year ago
@cromptonator
yes and i heard dawkins is after him ....
SuperPatrick777 1 year ago
@cromptonator if you watch videos of William Lane Craig, i specifically remember one where he was debating scientists and in the audience was Ravi taking notes. i find it amusing! Ravi Zacharias is extremely brilliant!!! :D :D :D
sergiusal 1 year ago
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@cromptonator Yes. A very good liar.
alianchild 1 year ago
yea he and John Lennox are my fav.
dline97 9 months ago
@cromptonator
Not really.
merneptah2 7 months ago
@cromptonator Ravi is Boss but Dr William Lane Craig is worthy of that title is well
jmanexpress 7 months ago
@cromptonator - Brilliant Apologist is an oxymoron, and Ravi's arguments are so poor that anyone with half a brain could make him dissemble.
stevenweir76 6 months ago
@stevenweir76 LOL His brilliance is beyond your comprehension
iamzbacku 6 months ago
@iamzbacku - So your idea of brilliance is basing logic upon unproved assumptions?
stevenweir76 6 months ago
@iamzbacku - And I understand him perfectly, I just think he's full of shit, you would too, but that would require that you actually think about what he is saying.
stevenweir76 6 months ago
@stevenweir76 LOL
iamzbacku 6 months ago
@iamzbacku - You may laugh if you wish, but it isn't me that is wasting my life believing the absurd. Perhaps if I pointed out the fallacies in every one of Ravi's arguments again as I did previously in many threads on Ravi. Can you find the assumptions yourself or do you want me to point them out?
stevenweir76 6 months ago
@stevenweir76 I don't need your feeble attempts to disregard my faith. All I know is that those that are to weak to accept the fact that Christ is indeed who He says He is, always lash out with hate to those that do.
So, go ahead, continue with your hate.
iamzbacku 6 months ago
@iamzbacku - You are correct that my attempts are probably feeble, because changing a person's mind when they are wrong is a difficult thing, pride gets in the way. I don't hate you, I wouldn't even talk if I hated you, I want you to learn the other arguments that you haven't heard because you are within a bubble of like-minded people. Just realize that at least 2/3rds of the Earth does not believe as you, that means Jesus is batting about .333, not bad for baseball, pretty crappy for a messiah.
stevenweir76 6 months ago
Where is part 2?
boanerges144 1 year ago
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I followed the link above to the "bookstore" and discovered where to find it!
smegatron444 1 year ago
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I followed the link above to the "bookstore" and discovered where to find it!
smegatron444 1 year ago
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I followed the link above to the "bookstore" and discovered where to find it!
smegatron444 1 year ago
I followed the link above to the "bookstore" and discovered where to find it!
smegatron444 1 year ago
Is it possible to get the entire message on DVD? This clip is "Part 1" and I can't seem to find the rest of it. A DVD would be great.
smegatron444 1 year ago
That last statement about the image on the coin and on us is simply brilliant. Ravi is the bomb diggity! God bless! =)
DandBMonk 1 year ago 46
"Dogs dont get together and discuss 'Dogginess'"
LMFAO!!
this guy is awesome.
axemurderah17 1 year ago 3
@axemurderah17 :)
Samuelthemule 1 year ago
@axemurderah17 Dogs don't worship a deity either. Hmmm...
ProLifeKevin 1 year ago
@ProLifeKevin Yeah...Nor do they get jobs...or attend schools...or use money...or get together and discuss 'dogginess'. Hmmm....
axemurderah17 1 year ago
Look at it this way. If you don't believe in evolution, nothing really bad is going to happen to you in any case. But if you don't believe in God.....
AJballer 1 year ago 3
@AJballer
Which God(s) of which religion?
BrucedatNigga 1 year ago
The God of Abraham, the one spoken of on the Tenakh and the Christian bible.
AJballer 1 year ago
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@AJballer
"But if you don't believe in God...."
Nothing will happen .
merneptah2 7 months ago
Therefore, having said this, when arguing a hugely sensitive subject like Christianity verses other religions, you CANNOT resort to name calling because it doesn't work. Christians consider this "persecution for their faith".
Unbelievers, like myself, are arguing against Christianity on the basis of some unresolved questions. However, no matter what questions we pose, Christians will respond with an answer like "it takes faith to believe". As for me, I can't accept that. So the debate is over..
haglemar 1 year ago
you do not need christianity. you need to obey your creator. study hebrew and then read the original scriptures. you will find your answers then. i too was raised as a christian. it did not help me.
davarim78 1 year ago
To say you do not need Christianity is to say you do need Christ. To say that is to deny the only salvation available to you! The Original Hebrew Scriptures, which is to say the Tanach have an abundance of information concerning Messiah. From Bereshis to II Chronicles there are many Prophecies concerning Messiah or the Christ.
rayriv7761 1 year ago 2
@davarim78 You won't ever be saved by the jewish Law!Only by the grace of God,which has his fullness in Christ Jesus ,His only begotten Son,by whom we, the christians were adopted,becoming co-heirs with Christ and will inherit the kingdom of Heaven ,according to God promises!Christ is the is the Path ,the truth and the Life!And yes:YOU DO NEED CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY for your salvation !Without Christ there is no salvation!Lord bless!Read the book of Hebrew of the New Testament!
lauradreamerprincess 1 year ago
@lauradreamerprincess You are a very confused person. You are telling me that if a person is born in an isolated part of the world were he has no contact with Christians therefore he does not know about Jesus, he will go to hell!! Don't say! thats the kind of thinking that gets people killed in the name of G-d. I know I am not going to change anything or the way of thinking but what the heck might as well use the freedom of speech we have. Be well.
doctorazo3 1 year ago
@doctorazo3 This problem is addressed in the book of romans
the1qb 1 year ago
@doctorazo3 People don't go to hell because they don't know Jesus, or because they never heard of the Bible........people go to hell because of theyr own sin!
BeautifulllColours 1 year ago 2
@BeautifulllColours So you believe in Hell, but not in Jesus or in the bible?
sammen89 1 year ago
@doctorazo3 Judment will not come till everyone has heard the good news or about the salvation through Jesus.Those who died in the law shall be judged by it.
maclaireful 1 year ago
now i have my answers. christianity is not in the original Bible. obedience to your creator is. God did not tell us to go to church and worship preachers who beg for money.
davarim78 1 year ago
I agree, we should not worship Preachers who beg for money, but God does call preachers to preach a message of Faith, hope and love. Yes, there are many so-called preachers who make money their emphasis, shame on them! they will have to answer to God Himself one day, the Bible is very clear on that point.
rayriv7761 1 year ago
However, do not forget that there are many sincere Preachers and Teachers out there who always get a bad rap because of the irresponsible ones, throwing out the baby with the bath water. As the Bible states, "Faith comes by hearing and hearing, by the Word of God". You choose to listen to whom you listen, even when you have your own answers!
rayriv7761 1 year ago
You are right! Though it does take faith to believe, faith is not the only tool God has given us to understand Him or Christianity. Faith is critical to beileve God (Heb. 11:6), but there is Candid Science, not the Atheistic Science that is so prevalent in or world today. There is Prophetic Fulfillment that has come in the way of Archaeology and Historical Evidence. There is Nature and the Human Body which irrefutably teaches us the power of Intelligent Design.......so, the debate goes on!
rayriv7761 1 year ago