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Except for a) the fact that he is the only one who said he was the son of God. Neither Abrabam nor Bhudda nor (can't think of his name..Hindu dude) ever stated that and b) there are eyewitness accounts to the miracles that Jesus did including his appearance after his death.
Way too much speculation and conjecture to be even near factual or even relevant. Buddhists do not claim a god at all, so that's not relevant and the Son of Sam and other kooks and murderers have claimed to be the son of God.. Are they lying or are they Jesus' bothers?
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The current day Islamic whackos are gladly following their god to their deaths, and I doubt many would say that they are justified nor that their deaths are really proof that their god is any more real than the god of Jesus or god of Imperial Japan
Their just gunnin for the 30 (40? 400?) virgins
You are mocking another religion based on what? They have just as much right to kill and of course die for their gods as the other religions (including Christians) as anyone else. there is not one sliver of difference.
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So using this analogy, the Japanese military were supporting, killing and dieing for a god just as real and relevant as the god who supposedly fathered Jesus.
Not a good analogy. It was a Japanese army fighting for their country as much as for their emperor utilizing training that they had been under their entire lives (Bushido code). Not the same as an individual going forth and then giving up his/her life for a belief. The same analogy would hold for the Roman army then.
It's exactly the same belief. Bushido is not something to scoff at, we are as we speak being subjected to this behavior in the form of militant Islam. The Bushido code is the same as in when their god asks them to give up their life for their god or gods and the rewards is everlasting life (immortality).
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Fozzy....I used to be close to you in my thoughts and beliefs. I tell you, it's tough living a life where we are just the product of random chance over a long time and then we snuff out like a candle.
Why is that tough? Life is life for everything from the single sell animals to Humans to other organisms that we haven't even discovered yet. All of their life cycles are the same except for this god silliness that some humans end others humans or animals life process with. Religion is dangerous, and the various gods are no help when the other theology is banging at the door
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If that is the case then the fact that it rained last night and Hitler killed a million Jews is the same...just statements of facts. No more, no less.
Those are both facts. See the problem here is that this also points out the problem of religion in general. The rain has no will and will fall on us all and each drop will hit everything, the Jews were rounded up and killed because they were Jews. Why is this so confusing for the religiously blinded?