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Originally Posted by photon
But why choose one book with historical references that talks about god over another book like the Qur'an?
I like and choose Christianity because it makes sense to me. And from what I understand there are fundemental differences between Islam and Christianity, mainly Muslims don't believe in Jesus.
And that's fine, what someone chooses to believe is their own business. Just be honest with yourself as to why you believe, don't try to support it with inaccurate claims about history or the Bible. I chose to believe as well, but it was when I asked myself "why do I believe what I believe" that I found out that many churches are sorely lacking in education of their members beyond a devotional approach to scripture.
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In the big picture, are the inaccuracies you speak of all that important? Logic will tell you that if you have 4 different people document an event there could be some discrepancies. It's all in how you look at it I suppose. What's obvious to me when I read those gospels is the common theme and that is faith.
There was a lot of controversy back then as well and not everyone believed either. This debate you may say has been going on pretty much since then.
Just look at more recent history such as 9/11 and the JFK assissination. Those were both well documented and also recorded events but yet there is no shortage of controversy or conspiracy theories surrounding them either. Human nature it appears is constant and hasn't changed much over the last 2000 years.