Confession Bear

That's actually easier to fix than you think.

Is it racist if i think that all people who believe things without proof are gullible?

I don't think it's racist, since that could apply to a lot of people, I just think it would be a bit judgemental.

Woohoo, I'm free to dislike almost every religion all I want. And also people that believe in unicorns and ones which fall for the gullible on the ceiling trick.

Yep

Well, I wish you luck.

Ah, that's fine. Would you mind if I tell you a bit about how you could escape from going "straight to hell"? It's fine if you don't, I understand.

Well, it's actually pretty easy. I'm sure you've heard of Jesus Christ. Might I ask what the Islamic beliefs are about him?

I see. Well, according to the way my viewpoint is, Jesus and God are the same.

Anyway, onto the point. Have you ever heard of "the crucifixion of Jesus Christ"?

I shall tell you.

Back, way before Jesus was born, there was a prophecy that a baby would be born in Nazareth to a virgin, that would save us and defeat the grave. It was also prophecies that the baby would be God's only Son, sent from God as a gift. It was also prophecied that he would die, so that we wouldn't be bound to hell by our sins, and be risen three days later.

Hundreds of years later, a vision came to a virgin named Mary, saying that she would have a son, and she was to name him Immanuel (God with us). It came to pass, and as he grew older, he seemed to grow wiser and much, MUCH more in touch with God. When he grew up, he would teach marvelous things, such as to show love and kindness to people, and the great things that God has in store for them. He even healed the blind and the sick, cast out demons, and even fed 112,000 people with just 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish. He even had twelve, normal people that would follow him around, would listen to him, and were even his friends.

Jesus had also prophecied to them that there would come a day when he wouldn't be on the earth anymore, and that he would be taken away, when they least expected it, to be executed. Nobody believed him, however.

Well, one day he was just hanging out with his 12 friends, it was just a normal day, like any other day. He was having supper with everyone, and suddenly, the laughter stopped. He told everyone that one of them was going to betray him to the Pharisees, a group of religious teachers that manipulated God's word to meet their liking. They hated Jesus, and thought he was just a blasphemous scumbag, and wanted him dead. When Jesus described the person that would betray him, Judas ran out, and everyone else was, as most friends would do when they hear that someone was going to hurt their friend, told them that he would protect them.

However, they had no idea that Judas, one of the friends of Jesus, was going out to the Pharisees. He gave them ten shekels to go and take Jesus to the Romans to crucify, or execute him. They did so, and, despite Jesus' friends being so willing to defend him, they fled, afraid for their own lives. They wept, knowing that they could've done something to help him, but they ran away.

Jesus was then brought to the Roman governor, Pilate, who's family had also been touched by Jesus' healing, however Pilate wasn't convinced that he was truly the Son of God (continued)

Pilate found no fault in Jesus, so he brought him to a jury of the people that would determine who would be executed: Jesus, a man that hadn't done anything to deserve death, or Barabas, a murderer, theif, and a man that had done so much wrong that he deserved far worse than death. But, most of these people hated Jesus and his teaching, much like the Pharisees. Pilate asked, "Who do you want released unto you? Jesus, or Barabas?" The crowd answered for Barabas to be released. Pilate tried to convince the crowd that Jesus had done nothing wrong, but every time the tried, they would just yell, "Crucify him!" Because Pilate cared so much more for the people's opinion about him, he ordered for Jesus to die.

The Romans then stripped him of his clothes, took a special type of whip with multiple whips, that had sharp, broken glass on the tip, and they beat Jesus with it until you could hardly tell he was human. They would beat him, spit in his face, and hurt him, and Jesus stayed as silent as a lamb. They took a crown made of thorns, and forced it deep onto his head. They then forced him to carry a wooden cross all the way to Golgotha, a tall hill where he would be nailed to it, and he would die there. He had to have help carrying it halfway there.

When they finally got there, there were three other prisoners also about to be executed. One would be on his left, one would be on his right. They were both being crucified for their thievery.

He then was laid on the cross, both arms were put on the horizontal plank of the cross. Two Romans then took a nail and a hammer each, and then nailed both of his arms to the protruding part of the cross. They also put a sign on the top of the cross above his head, with the mocking words, "THIS IS JESUS, KING OF THE JEWS" written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek. The cross was then risen and put in the peg hole, where Jesus hung there in pain and blood. He was high on the cross, for the crowd to see, where a mix of mocking and crying occurred. The Romans would mock him, saying, "If you are truly the Son of God, why don't you come down from the cross?"

About the ninth hour, Jesus suddenly cried out with a loud voice, in a strange language, "My God, My God, Why have you forsaken me?" However, nobody understood, and some thought he was calling out to Isaiah the Prophet. Immediately, soldiers gave him vinegar to drink.

Before he died, one of the robbers asked him, "Lord, when you get to heaven, would you remember me?"(cont.

The other robber then scolded him. "You fool, this man is no lord, if was truly the Son of God, he would've gotten down from this cross." Jesus then answered the first robber, "As you call me Lord, so shall I see you in paradise." A few minutes later, Jesus yelled out, "Lord, to you I commend my spirit." He then died. Suddenly, a large earthquake tore the ground, and rent the veil of the church. The sky was darkened suddenly for a period of time, and then many of the Romans knew, they had just crucified the Son.

They then took his body to a tomb, set some guards, and rolled the stone over the tomb. Jesus had told his twelve friends, and Mary Magdalene, and her friend, that he would be risen after three days. The only one that believed, however, was Mary.

After three days, Mary went to the tomb. She asked the guards to roll the tomb open, who were also curious, Indeed, Jesus was gone, and the ceremonial wrappings lay folded on the bed to this day. The tomb is actually a much visited tourist attraction today.

At first, when she told the now 11 friends (Judas had killed himself), they thought it was a grave robber. Jesus then met them in person, as clean as a baby, and with holes in his wrists. He stayed with them for awhile, and then he rose up in a cloud to be with his father.

Jesus died on that cross because he loved us. Originally, we were supposed to be the ones dying, but, as John 3:16 says "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, so that whosever believe th in him may have everlasting life."

We were supposed to be the ones to die because of the sin that we had chosen at the dawn of creation. Ever since then, no man is without sin. Jesus was and is the only exception. He loves us so much, that he chose to die such a horrible death that we were supposed to die. In a way, we were the Barabas that was released into the crowd. He died for our sins so that we might be forgiven, if we accept it. All we have to do is ask for that forgiveness given at the cross, and accept Jesus into our hearts, and we will be the ones that arise up into heaven with him.

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Are you trying to convert him to christainanity

Only he can convert, I'm just trying to help.