Why did God forgive our sins?

ANY claim without supporting evidence is worthless, the person making it is irrelevant. I have a few problems with this.1) There is no evidence Jesus said this.
2) There is no evidence that this is true, even if he did say it.
3) There are numerous other religions that claim this, why are they wrong and this one right? As a character in the bible, not so much. My problem is that there is no evidence he said and did anything the bible claims. We are to take this on faith. Then again the problem arises, why is this one right, and the others wrong. When there is no supporting evidence for any of these claims, how are we to determine which are correct?

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You can visit me. I can show you my computer. I can show you this is indeed my account here. I can show you the message I typed. Basically, yes. Also, as I've pointed out, when we meet, you will be able to see, hear and touch me. Would you mind pointing out what evidence Jesus himself left behind? I have heard of none. Would you mind backing that up with evidence? This is mere speculation on your part. It assumes it's true, to then declare it to be true. That's not how it works. Again, you can visit me, you can touch me, you can see my computer, I can show you my account. What physical evidence did Jesus leave behind? Yes. And truth can only be determined by examining the evidence. Now, please show me this evidence. I'd say that if there is supporting evidence for things the bible claims, the statements that it made regarding those things are vindicated. If, however, there is no evidence whatsoever, there is no way for us to determine if it is true. It can be taken on faith, but it cannot be claimed to be true to any degree. Correct. However, only supporting evidence for the things the bible claims can vindicate it. Again, I have a few problems with this statement.1) There's no evidence there are any devils.
2) There's no evidence devils tremble, even if they do exist.
3) I'm pretty sure there are religions that claim devils don't tremble, why should we believe you, but not them? So, you first have to accept it to be real, then you will accept it to be real..... Right. Call it nitpicking, but there's just a little flaw in there. You see, there are other religions too. Now if we accept them to be true, then they become true. Why should we accept your religion as true, yet not all the others. This will require supporting evidence. So, if you are to win me over, please present it. Thank you.

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We keep bumping into the same problem here. Basically, you're saying:
"it's just so".
And then you end the discussion. Now, if I were to say:
"But it isn't so".
How then would we proceed? To convince someone else you are indeed correct, you need to show them your supporting evidence. Not keep repeating the same thing over and over.

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And again your evidence consists of baseless claims. There is nothing to even indicate that this EVER happened. And other religions have equally long running, if not longer, traditions. Why are yours correct and theirs not? As there is no evidence for ANY of those things, I think the choice is made very simple. More speculation. There is no evidence he has ever done this. Are you sure you chose the right one? What is your evidence for saying you did? Could you not be duped by an evil entity that wanted to hide the truth of, say, Islam from you? Why is your religion correct, yet others false?

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Not according to them. Why should I believe you, yet assume they are incorrect? What's your evidence that this is the case? Baseless assertion. More of the same. And some more asserting.Let me ask you a simple question. Why are you correct? And please, bring real evidence.

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What's your evidence for this being true? I can assert a lot of things too, that doesn't mean that without supporting evidence, that they are true. So, you agree Thor exists then, it says so in the edda. If not, why does it work for your religion, yet not for any other? No it hasn't. I've followed plenty of prophecy debates on this site and in all those debates, not once has there been a prophecy that was shown to be true. You do indeed. So, now please provide real evidence.

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And your evidence that Jesus did indeed fulfil all these prophecies, and they weren't added later to make him the messiah is? I thought so, non-existent. Now do you see what Bluescat and I are getting at? All you do is make claims, that can only be said to be true, if you accept them to be true.

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And I asked this before. What is your evidence that these weren't simply added to the story?

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Ok, this is going to get really boring, but I have to ask you why this will be so. It seems to me like we're going in circles here. I ask you why you are correct, you quote something from the bible. I point out there is no evidence for this, and you refer to this. I'm pretty sure you will now quote from the bible again, can't you see this is getting you nowhere? Unless you can provide real evidence, you might as well give up, because otherwise there's no point in me repeating time and again: "what's your evidence for this?".

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Hey Onifre.Yes, I agree with you, we basically are just asked to accept all this stuff, because they say it is true. When asked for evidence for this, they quote scripture, when asked for evidence that scripture is indeed true, they either assert it is or quote some more scripture. I'm seriously thinking of just leaving this thread alone, since there's obviously no good discussion to be had, all they do is simply plug their ears and go "I can't hear you!". Ah well, I'm giving it a bit longer I think.As for this bit: We discussed this before, and since I'm from The Netherlands, I think I can smuggle some plants in (we're allowed to grow 5 plants ourselves here). The only challenge for you is not to smoke it all before we can grow our own.

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