Ya think? The days of labeling something Christian and having people think that is good, honest and

[ancianita]

65. Not true. You make this claim without knowing the faith you're talking about.

believe despite never having seen a shred of evidence of any kind of God. It's mostly that so many other people believe, and it was the same going back to the Sumerians. That's all they've got, ever had or ever will have.

Of the thousands of religions on the planet, Christianity exists EXACTLY because of evidence.

TEN non-Christian writers -- who range from neutral to decidedly anti-Christian — wrote about Jesus within 150 years of his life, death and resurrection. They were witnesses of Jesus showing himself as God; they were among the over 500 witnesses of what Jesus said about his mission, who he said he was before his death and after his witnessed resurrection which before and after, he said what humans should do to live "on Earth as it is in heaven."

While archaeology has been catastrophic in verifying claims of other religions, over 20,000 archaeological digs continue to corroborate the evidence presented by the writers of the New Testament and the OT.

"Good" science is disproven all the time. That doesn't mean science is a hoax or a "religion" that people believe in. Along with bad laws, even good laws (like Roe v Wade) have been overturned. One of the great points MLK made in his Letter (to fellow pastors) from the Birmingham Jail is that laws can be unjust.

"Good" knowledge, older than science, that established Laws, judges, statutes, eyewitness testimony, rules of evidence -- drawn from a thousand years prior -- are still used as the basis of Common Law and International Law to this day. Instead of being disproven as a hoax or a religion, the ancient biblical record and as a history of their practice, has some to benefit all of the West, from "we the people" rule of law and democracy to international courts.

Biblical principles listed above were recorded over 2 millennia by some 40+ writers (most of whom didn't live at the same time or know each other) across 3 continents.
Atheists and agnostics should know that these ancient texts stand as foundational to Western modern law and order, the same law and order that today’s systems of science, politics, and business -- and all non-believers -- benefit from.

50+% of Democrats, including presidents Carter, Obama and Biden, know that over 5,000 documents -- parchments, scrolls, Qumran scrolls, epistles, archaeological records etc. -- ground the veracity and historicity of the Christian Bible (e.g., Biden swore his oath of office on this family's 100 yr old Bible ) more than any other ancient text on Earth -- dating from the 2nd Century BCE.

Even our modern technologists and scientists hold to these fact based beliefs, including the inventor and project head of the Voyager I, the farthest satellite humans have ever sent into the cosmos.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christians_in_science_and_technology


The reasons 41% of scientists give are that their studies further deepen their spiritual beliefs. Awe in research of the micro/macro universes is only a human reaction to the beyond-all-universes kind of consciousness that, for the always-was/always-will be eternity of the universes, and for lack of other words, and/or for shorthand, they still call God.
The God of the Bible and humankind's sciences are entirely compatible.

Quotes from two (of many) scientists:
Francis S. Collins, PhD Yale; MD, UNC, Chapel Hill:
"The God of the Bible is also the God of the genome. He can be worshipped in the cathedral or in the laboratory. His creation is majestic, awesome, intricate...and it [creation] cannot be at war with itself. Only we imperfect humans can start such battles. And only we can end them."

Ian Hutchinson, PhD, Engineering Physics, Nuclear Engineer and Physicist at MIT:
I take the Bible very seriously... and would affirm the notion that it is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, reproof and correction....But that doesn't mean that when we come to it, our particular interpretations are always affirmed by God."

Quotes from our presidents:

Teddy Roosevelt: "A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education."

Harry Truman: "The fundamental basis of this nation's laws was given to Moses on the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill of rights comes from the teachings we get from Exodus and St. Matthew, from Isaiah and St. Paul...If we don't have a proper fundamental moral background, we will finally end up with a totalitarian government which does not believe in rights for anybody but the State!"

Jimmy Carter: "Homosexuality was well known in the ancient world, well before Christ was born, and Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things, he never said that gay people should be condemned."

Joe Biden: "“Faith sees best in the dark ...Like so many people, my faith has been the bedrock foundation of my life: it’s provided me comfort in moments of loss and tragedy, it’s kept me grounded and humbled in times of triumph and joy...
And in this moment of darkness for our country — of pain, of division, and of sickness for so many Americans — my faith has been a guiding light for me and a constant reminder of the fundamental dignity and humanity that God has bestowed upon all of us.”

Donald Trump: "I don't bring God into that picture. I don't."