IS THE CHRISTIAN FAITH SUPERIOR TO OTHER FAITHS?
There is a global tension and mutual conflict caused by the many God-views, religions, worldviews, truth claims, ideologies and value systems. Every person has his own worldview, and it is defining and controlling his behavior. Hence it is important to every person and society to determine and possess the true and healthy world view, and live in accordance with the perception of reality given by that world view.
BUT THE ISSUE IS HOW TO DETERMINE WHICH IS THE TRUE WORLDVIEW AND WHICH IS THE TRUTH. There should be the ultimate and undeniable criteria for determining the correctness of any truth claim, religion or belief system. Using the undeniable truth criteria one can easily evaluate and measure the truth value of any truth claim.
Only the Christian faith can give, the best court level, objective legal proof, for its basic truth claims. The science of jurisprudence, and the law of evidence, can prove the truth of the Christian faith, in the death and resurrection of Jesus. Faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus, has the highest evidence level, and is the most logical truth claim. The double standards, in applying proof, is the reason why critics reject the Christian faith. The Christian faith has the evidential superiority, and the undeniability.
Denying the death and resurrection of Jesus, is the most dangerous denial of history. Faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus, is based on verifiable objective historical events, not mere ideas. Historical objectivity proof, is highest for the event of death and resurrection, of Jesus Christ. Only Christianity has, the progressive revelation of doctrines, based upon a progressive line, of historical events. In the Bible, there is the objective, concrete and collective God experience, by a community of people as witnesses. The death and resurrection of Jesus, has more eyewitness evidence, than is required in a court, to prove a case. Only the Bible is historically and physically deep-rooted with references to actual time and place. The God of the Bible, is the only God with historical and genealogical address. Only the Bible gives the meta history- a superstructure of the history of mankind. Those who deny the death and resurrection of Jesus, do not have a superior historico-thelogical footage and credibility.
The enormous number and the fulfilment consistency of the biblical prophecies constitute the undeniable evidence for the deity, death and resurrection of Jesus. All the prophecies of the bible converge on the death and resurrection of Jesus. Prophetic typology of the bible wonderfully proves the deity death and resurrection of Jesus. Typology proves the undeniable triune dimension in the biblical truth and doctrines. Typological truth of the key events, temple, ceremonies, sacrifices and feasts prove the death and resurrection of Jesus. Typological truth of Jesus’ deity death and resurrection is the essence of the Bible. Prophecies of the Bible pose the single biggest standing challenge to the false gods and false religions.
There are court level legal proofs and arguments proving the historicity of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. There are authentic philosophical and theological arguments and reasons proving the historicity of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. There are the most enlightening and important prophetic typological arguments proving the historicity of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The arguments against the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ cannot stand in the face of these undeniable and irrefutable proofs.
The basic Christian values found in the bible, and summarized in the 10 commandments, is the undeniable value system meant for the whole mankind. These values are the basis for the jurisprudence of the legal systems of the world. These basic values or laws of morality of the Bible, are written also in the heart or conscience of every human being. These are the only good values, which can be openly practiced and preached.
Christian values are undeniable. The bible is the only scripture in the world whose value system is also written in the heart of every human being of all times, proved from the fact that no man can deny these values saying it is wrong. Thus, no human being can say killing, telling lies, adultery etc are good. The values of the Christian faith are undeniable that no legal system can deny these values, and evils which prohibits, which no legal system can approve. Killing a human being, stealing, telling lies, committing adultery are evils or sins, prohibited in Christian faith and hence nobody can approve them, because their conscience will witness against these evils. No truth claim and god, which deny these undeniable values of mankind, can be right. All the worldviews and gods can be evaluated on the basis of these values. And those truth claims and gods which go against these basic values of mankind should be out-rightly rejected as antihuman, anti-god and invalid. The values of other belief systems which contravene or violate Christian values are indefensible. Indefensibility is the proof of untruth. A nation or society will be at its best for itself and for others, with the help of the Christian values and faith.
CHRISTIANITY IS AN OBJECTIVE FAITH WHICH HAS OBJECTIVE HISTORICAL VERIFIABLE EVENT CONTENT. Christianity is a faith in an historical "object": Jesus of Nazareth. The central event in the world history is that, God became man in Jesus Christ. Christianity is the only God-made, historical event-based, philosophical system. The Christian faith is built on the immovable rock of the divinely planned, supernaturally designed, interrelated event-based doctrines. It is a network of events which are cohesive, consistent and comprehensive in character, and their cumulative meaning must perfectly define the doctrines. This divinely planned, inbuilt event-doctrine relationship, is unique to Christian faith. The death and resurrection of Jesus, has a prophetical background in sacrifices, offerings etc of the Old Testament for 3000 years. They were all collectively and most meaningfully intended to be fulfilled in Jesus. They were fulfilled in Jesus, God in human form, commanding to love the enemy, forgive all, no hatred, no revenge, and no anger. Denial of this truth is the failure to understand the Bible and its method of presenting the truth.
We may say that the whole religious setup of the Old Testament, as reflected in the Bible, emerged not from a school of philosophy, but from a nation struggling for its life, with the help of God. Israel becomes a sign of the intervention of God in this world.
Christian faith is not based on single event, and sudden verbal revelation theory. But is a revelation based on multiple events of God experience in history. The Bible is the most comprehensive framework of history, with unbroken purposeful thematic progression of events, with systematic continuity. It is clearly prophesied in the Bible that, God will become man, and suffer for the sins of man. It is written in the Bible that, Jesus died on the cross, and rose from the dead on the third day. To those who have the ability to believe these plain facts, it becomes clear that, Jesus is in fact the true God in human form, and will worship Him alone.
The believer in Jesus will have eternal bliss, if he is right, and lose nothing, even if he is wrong. Because, no belief system in the world claims that, simply because one believes in Jesus, one will go to hell. But on other hand, those who reject Jesus have the infinitely dangerous alternative of eternal damnation in hell, because the Bible which is the most authentic source of spiritual information on Earth categorically warns that those who reject Jesus shall be punished with eternal hell. The Christian faith is the historically verifiable, intelligent and objective faith. Those who reject Christian faith can never stand on a more logical faith.
THE GOD OF THE BIBLE, IS THE ONLY HISTORICAL GOD, WITH ACTS, WHICH ARE LEGALLY VERIFIABLE. There is substantial difference, between the mere statements made about God, and the statements claiming that God acted, at a certain point of time, in history, as that of the Bible. Anyone can make, statements about God. But God’s actions, as we see in the Bible, are unique and not possible for man or demons to make, but possible only for God. The events of the New Testament like the death and resurrection of Jesus, are so real and of global ramifications, that the Christian claims become, the claims of secular world history.
Unlike other religions, the claims of Christianity are based on the historical evidence that can be verified and proved, to be true or false. The difference between accepting and rejecting Jesus, is the difference is between heaven and hell.
THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST IS THE BEST PHILOSOPHY. The greatest minds of all times, in all fields of knowledge, have accepted it with owe and reverence. The gospel of Jesus, is extremely challenging and rewarding, both intellectually and spiritually, as nothing else.
This Christian faith, is not an old-fashioned mythological story, but is the most systematic, comprehensive and logical belief system, with the most substantial historical evidences available to mankind. It is the only faith, which could independently and authoritatively claim that, SALVATION IS POSSIBLE ONLY THROUGH, ONE DIVINE HISTORICAL PERSON.
THE MOST LOGICAL AND SAFEST POSITION, FOR ANY PERSON, IS ACCEPTING JESUS AS HIS SAVIOR AND GOD. Because, the believer in Jesus, will have eternal bliss, if he is right, and lose nothing, even if he is wrong. Because, no belief system in the world claims that, simply because one believes in Jesus, one will go to hell. But on other hand, those who reject Jesus, have the infinitely dangerous alternative of eternal damnation in hell. Because, the Bible which is the most authentic source of spiritual information on earth, categorically warns that, those who reject Jesus shall be punished with eternal hell.
THUS, THE TRUTH OF THE CHRISTIAN CLAIM CAN BE PROVED IN A COURT OF LAW. Hence any public rejection of the Christian claim, in the death and resurrection of Jesus, is a defamation and is worthy to be challenged in a court of law. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CHRSTIAN FAITH IS SUCH THAT, IF THE STATES AND THE LEGAL SYSTEMS EVERYWHERE, FAIL TO PROTECT THE CHRISTIAN TRUTH AND THE CHRISTIAN VALUES, THE VERY SURVIVAL AND PEACEFUL EXISTENCE OF THE HUMAN SOCIETY IS IN DANGER.