Q&A with Carmen

​A Skeptics Opinion
(YouTube comment in response to Travel Vlog E6: Mathematical Certainty)​

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QUESTION: Do you mean the Lee Strobel who "investigated" Christianity by speaking only with biblical scholars? What skeptics did he speak with? He operated within a Christian echo chamber to confirm his own biased beliefs. Speak to any Jewish rabbi and they will disabuse you of the notion of "messianic prophecies." The devastated followers of Jesus of Nazareth went back to the Hebrew scriptures to make sense of why their beloved leader had died.while cherry-picking passages and taking them out of context. The "odds" are irrelevant if none of the passages were prophecies to begin with. There are plenty of "prophecies" Jesus didn't fulfill, and the Jews will be glad to tell you why Jesus could not have been the Messiah. Threats of Hell (separation from God) and judgment are scare tactics found only in books (Bible, Qur'an) and nowhere else. All you can do is appeal to your "holy" book . I would encourage you to read scholars who disagree with your position, If Lee had done that, I doubt he'd be a Christian today although I'm convinced he became a Christian because his wife was and he didn't want to lose her. Most people who embrace any religion do so for emotional and psychological reasons and not mathematical certainty.

- Cindy Christman

​ANSWER: Welcome to our channel Cindy and thank you for taking the time to write out your thoughts. It sounds like you’ve listened to a lot of opinions about Jesus and you’ve settled on your own truth about the matter – that is, what you personally believe to be true via your own experiences and finite understandings. While I sincerely urge you to re-reconsider going down this path, I know that I cannot change your mind. Even still, I will leave you with a few points to ponder and consider moving forward.....

First. God is not “a religion” and God was not created by man’s imagination. God created us in HIS image (not the other way around). And while it is true that Satan has corrupted the Body of Christ and distorted the Truth of His Word in religious churches in an impressive effort to confuse the masses, that doesn’t mean God isn’t real and it certainly doesn’t mean that His nature, commands, and judgements written down in His Word are not the Truth and will not come to pass just as they are written.

Second. I’m not sure if you’ve noticed this, but humans have a way of distorting the truth to fit their own wants and desires. It’s commonly known in psychology as “cognitive dissonance”. For example, this is why people continue to smoke cigarettes when they know it is killing them – they find a way to distort the facts in order to convince themselves that their behavior isn’t “that bad” so they don’t have to stop smoking.

Humans do the same thing with respect to sin and God’s commands.

This is ultimately why I encourage you to not look for the truth “inside of you”. Because the Truth is not in you.  The Truth can only come from God. Jesus said, “I am the way, the Truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.” (John 14:6).

While I appreciate your sentiments Cindy and the effort you made to present your case, I must tell you with absolute clarity – that you are wrong. I tell you this not to upset you or start a fight, but because it wasn’t too long ago that I also walked in darkness believing it was “light”.

The Truth, is that everything good in this world comes from God and God alone (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control, TRUTH) and Jesus Christ (Yeshua Hamashiach in Hebrew) is the Creator God in the flesh. If you disagree with what I just said – then you are without Truth because Truth is not subjective. It is absolute and it comes from God. There is no such thing as “your truth” and “my truth” – there is just The Truth and everything else is called a lie. Plain and simple.
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Finally (and this one is really important to understand) I do not exist because in “my reality I am real”. I exist because God created me. God is the One that dictates how the world operates – not you and not me - and there is only One Creator of the heavens and the earth. Only One “Great I Am”.

Furthermore, God doesn’t change His character based on who you or I want Him to be. He is constant. It would be pretty egotistical to think that God bends His morals and character so you will find Him pleasing – that He is somehow “different things to different people”. God doesn’t need to impress you and He certainly doesn’t need to change who He is to be accepted by you.

​God created you for His own Glory – and if you remain in rebellion and hatred towards Him, He will cast you away. Why would He keep something around for eternity if it ignores Him, spits in His face, lies about Him, and refuses to submit to His authority? Would YOU keep someone like that in your life? An entitled, selfish, self-serving, ungrateful, liar?

​I certainly wouldn’t.

I do hope you will ponder the points I made and search for the answers for yourself, and in the same way you have encouraged me to listen to people who disagree with what is written in the Holy Bible, I hope you will take your own advice and listen to some of the teachers I have listed on my recommendations page so you can have a true understanding of what the Holy Bible actually says: 
http://www.christbasedhealing.com/recommended-teachings.html

Thank you again for visiting our channel Cindy. Feel free to watch our other videos and visit our website www.christbasedhealing.com to get a better understanding of who Jesus is and what it means to follow Him.

God bless❤️​
Carmen