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First off, who is C.S Lewis? I've never heard of him or read any of his text.
C.S. Lewis is one of the best-known authors of Christian literature that ever lived. He's rather famous even among atheists. Chronicles of Narnia, The Great Divorce, Mere Christianity, The Abolition of Man - any of those ring a bell?
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And also can you prove to me that what Jesus says in the Bible is false? There is more proof that he is true. On what grounds do you make this claim?
There is plenty of evidence that the texts we have about Jesus were written well after his death, not necessarily by the claimed authors, that they borrow quite a bit of text from one another without acknowledgement, and that they have changed over time. The truth about Jesus' life is very much in question.
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We have to look at this in plain clear perspective. What does anyone in the Bible have to gain by lying and making things up?
Shall we start with religious leaders who had plenty to gain from controlling their people? These are pretty obvious possibilities. Your lack of perspectie is showing.
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The author of the Bible is the Holy Spirit of God. How else could the Bible flow together so perfectly? The Bible was written over a span of 1800 years, and over 40 people had a hand in writing it.
It doesn't flow together perfectly. People have argued and killed each other, almost since the very beginning, over their inability to agree on what the Bible says. For example: does the Law still apply today? I ask because Jesus himself said he did not come to abolish it. Yet there is a huge number of supposed literalists today who don't follow even a small portion of the Law.
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Over 200,000 people around the world are being saved every single day. That is just unheard of. God is making a great move in the world today through missionaries around the world.
Where do you get your figures? Last I checked, the fastest-growing religion in the world was Islam!
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And it is very apparent that He is alive and well. No other religous figure has ever done anything like this and never will.
Ahem. Christians are still a minority in the world and Mohammed's followers are growing faster.
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Because Christianity is not a religion of good works but rather a relationship with God himself. Good works are just the fruit of the nature of Christ. And any Christian can tell you that once you are saved, you know the truth and see the lies of the enemy clearer.
I could just as easily tell you that I can more easily see the hypocrisy, deceit, cruelty, and delusion of (some) Christians now that I'm an atheist. I spent the vast majority of my life as a totally sincere Christian and now, with the rose-colored stained glass windows lifted, I look back on all that time with regret. The same is true of MANY people on this forum. It doesn't just go one way, my friend. The world is not divided the way you were taught. There are good people on all sides of all fences (yes, there is more than one) and it's not easy to tell who is who. For example, I'm not your enemy, though I've used strong words in my response. I'm just telling it like it is.
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