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believer
Helloo friend.. R u a jew??
atheist
no. i am not.
believer
Ohkk....wht r u doin??
atheist
what do you mean?
believer
means ur proffesion ..
u lives in israel right...so r u a christian or what??
atheist
no. i'm an atheist.
and i work at a book store.
believer
hmmm.........nyway nice to see u
in facebuk
atheist
you too.
believer
yor name is a hebrew name na??
u born in a jewish fly..or ???
y u ar an atheist ???
atheist
Yes. My name is a hebrew name. My family was never religious. I am an atheist because i have no reason to believe in any god or gods.
believer
hmm..one of the evidenenc that god exists is the existence of the nation israel u live......
atheist
how is that an evidence for a god?
believer
more than that..the existence of JEWS and the birth of a jewish state of israel..
atheist
What are you talking about?
believer
Hmm...lets lev that topic..well hws atmsphere ther?? Gaza terrorists still disturbng you by sndng rockets and all??:D
atheist
yes, but i try not to read the news.
believer
Hmm...enemies allaround right.so u need god for protection..hehe .wht abt yor chldrn..wht they doin?
atheist
i'd rather count on soldiers for protection. so far they are doing a good job. no children.
believer
Hiiii
Even IDF soldiers keep faith in god and they still keep their shabbath...
atheist
some do, some don't. people believe in all kinds of strang thigs, i don't really care what other people believe...
believer
hmmmm.....u were in israel or migrated frm somewher???
atheist
i was born and raised here.
believer
hmm ..thts k yor parents???
atheist
are you asking if my lack of believe is ok with my parents? if so the answer is i don't know. it's not something we ever talked about and it's not their buisness anyway.
believer
hmm... u r an israelite right
but nt a jew..but a nonbeliever..
atheist
yes, i am israeli.
believer
confusion confusion..
atheist
why is it confusing to you? there are atheists all over the world.
believer
let me ask.you said yor an israeli ..only bcoz you r staying in israel?????
atheist
i'm an israeli because i have israeli citizenship.
if i was born in china i would be chineese....
believer
thts fyn..okok
hmm...most jews migrated frm different parts since israel indipendence..thts y i asked u..
for me israel is a point of interest
atheist
that is true. there are a lot of jewish people in israel. just like there are a lot of christians in america.
believer
hmm..israel is a jewish country
atheist
it is defined that way. yes.
believer
hmm...
so u have jewish friends??
atheist
sure, in some way anyway. i have friends that believe in a god. and i have friends that define themselves as jewish.
believer
hehe...
jews they are the descentence of abraham isaac jacob and all...
u know theasa guys???
atheist
that is what they claim. i've heard of them. i've learned a bit about the bible at high school.
believer
hmmm.... now u live in a place where yahweh(god) frees the israelites frm the slavery at egypt through moses...
hmm..and place where son of god walked,preached ,crusified,and raised again...
still u an unbeliever..hoof...difficult to digestt..
atheist
actually, i live in israel. i don't really care about fairy tales...
believer
angry ????
atheist
not at all. i am enjoying our conversation. feel free to ask me whatever is on your mind.
believer
hehe okk..
see im achristian..and we hav bible
everywher....old testment..israel..
atheist
yes i know. you call it the new testament.
believer
god of israel,,mighty one of israel,holy one of israel..and all
no..new testment is another one..
atheist
that's the one about jesus.
isn't it?
believer
ya..abt jesus..then after his death..wrk of the apostles..and finaly to the end
evagelical christians prays fr the peace of israel..bcoz scriptures tells us to do so
atheist
well, have fun, i guess
believer
funny fr you right...remember..lebanon,egypt,russia,syria,iran
all...seeking to destroy yor country..
atheist
yes, and what is your point?
believer
still you all in peace only becoz of the GOD of israel..
his covenent to the israelites...
atheist
i doubt that.
believer
here i have a buk called historical prophecies rlted to israel and bible then rest in malayalam( our language)
atheist
i guess that's your take on it. i think that it would be easier to achive peace without a god telling people to hate each other.
believer
hmmmm....
aftr readng tht i got confused regrdng smthng and understood that the holy bible is true and pure..
still many prophecies in it goin to take place..
atheist
really? what convinced you of the existance of a god?
believer
hmm...il tell
thers a buk called daniel.in the bible.
dabuk ws written in 550 bc...at tht tym nebukadhnezar ws the kng of babylon
babylonian kingdom all ovr..
slept???
atheist
i'm waiting for you to finish your story.
believer
lev tht...lets tak about jesus
atheist
ok. what about him?
believer
befor tht...u have a cute smile..kk :
atheist
thank you
believer
hmm ..so jesus..more than 600 yrs befr jesus
ISAIAH (a prophet frm israel) praceh and ws written that " a virgin will giv bith to a baby boy
"
he will be called as immanuel means god with us
atheist
yes. that is the meaning of the word.
believer
ya meaning of the wrd " immanuel"
atheist
yes.
believer
and another scripture says he will be born in bethlehem( davida town)
atheist
ok.
believer
davids town)
hmm..and also his birth will lead to death of many babiess.
atheist
that's kind of sad.
believer
happened....2013 yrs befor he ws born of a virgin MARY..agreed??
called jesus
reall name YESHUA
atheist
but he said his name was immanuel. how does this relates to jesus?
believer
jesus is an english wrd...in hebrew its yeshua..means immanuel..english ws nt popular at tht tym
atheist
no. yeshua means salvation, immanuel means god is with us. those are different names with different meanings.
believer
yes in mathew chapter 1..
angel of god appeared to joseph saying" she(mary) will bear a son and u shall call his name jesus for he will save his people frm sins
so here cms salvation
atheist
ok, but what about immanuel?
believer
ya but immanuel nt his worldy name..just gavng meaning that GOD came as a man and is with us
atheist
so whatever doesn't fit into what you already believe is just an allegory?
believer
ths is jusst a begining..ok let me ask u one thing??
atheist
sure.
go ahead.
believer
if i say jesus ws real and hw ws born 2013 yrs ago..will u reject??
atheist
i would have to ask you what makes you think he was real, and who is this jesus?
believer
me and you nw living in 2013 AD
right??
after death of jesus...ths itself says it
he ws real
atheist
that's right. that is the number we decided to use to count the years. (by the way it's a completely different year in the jewish calendar)
believer
ya i knw..thn jesus at tyms with disciples said he will be put to death by the jews..and same happend..if u have doubt go check that place..its somewhere near to u i think
and thn he said he will be put to death but i will rose again on the 3rd day
same happened
atheist
if your proof that he existed is that some people use his supposed death to count years than i can use the jewish calendar to disprove him...
that's not very convincing...
believer
nt calender..im taking about his birth place and place where he has buried..its there in isaral na..
atheist
you mean like new yourk city is proof of the existance of spiderman?
believer
u taking ths as funny
hmm..
atheist
it is kinda funny
believer
birth place ..place of death is there in israel right now...
u cant reject tht
atheist
i don't need to reject such trivial things. there is also a city called new york, it's still not a proof for spiderman.
and there are woods, that doesn't mean little red riding hood is real.
believer
dnt compare jesus with tht spider thing
atheist
why not?
spiderman is a hero.
believer
jesus is a super hero
hes the king of israel
atheist
lol. we don't mind about rank here. it doesn't matter who's the better hero.
believer
hoof...hw can i make ths little woman understand..
atheist
i don't know. try harder, i guess...
believer
problem is im nt very good in english..thts y im nt able to crush u..
atheist
why would you want to crush me? i thought we were friends...
believer
hehe....yaya..friends..just jokingggg
whts tym ther nw
?
atheist
17:25
believer
ohkkk..hmm...see religion is man made...
jesus is the only way to heaven..
just keep tht in mind
atheist
if religion is man made doesn't it make jesus man made?
believer
nops..never..
atheist
but isn't he a part of the religion?
believer
in his grave its written" hes not here"... only his...all other mighty men died and their body is in the grave
atheist
there were a lot of grave robbers at the time.
believer
haha..never
u knw at the end tyms of jesus....all his disciples left him..they ran..
only jesus
left
atheist
he left? where did he go?
believer
means he alone when jews and soilders captured him
atheist
oh, well sucks to be him.
believer
hmm....so then they put him to death..
christians were very feww..
atheist
why?
believer
they were afraid to go out becoz romans and jews were trying to punish thm all at tht tym
atheist
why? what did they do?
believer
some statement jesus said ws nt digestable to jews..so they all became against himm..
so they too hate his disciples
atheist
oh, i see. he was a threat tothem.
believer
no no no..u misunderstood..
atheist
than explain it to me.
believer
so her..jesus ws buried..and jews asked roman empires to gave them many soilders to place thm outside the grave
atheist
why? he was already dead.
believer
..bcoz they ttoo heard jesus saying on the 3rd day he will rose..but jews though "sometimes his disciples will take away his body and show the world tht he is risen "
understood?
atheist
that's kind of funny. did they really think his disciples can fool people into believing his corpse is alive again?
believer
ya jews thought lyk tht" if disciples take his corpse and buried somewher and they may say to otheres tht hws taken up to heaven or smthng
atheist
oh. i see now. and why did the romans care about all of this?
believer
here is the point..
at tht tyn romans were ruling the world..roman empire..
atheist
yes. why would they care about a dispute between some jews?
believer
see as they were ruling the authority to punish or to kill someone belongs to them
so jews tuk jesus to them
atheist
yes. and i bet they had roman rules. did jesus break the rules?
believer
crusifixion ws a roman rule
atheist
no. crusifixion was a roman punishment. not a rule.
believer
sory ya...punishment
atheist
but why would they punish him? did he break a rule?
believer
jesus didnt break any roman rule..
yaa..thts the point..
atheist
than why would the roman punish him?
believer
even pilate (ruler) said i didnt see any offence agaist ths man
atheist
so why did he punish him?
believer
because jews around were shouting crucify him crusify him.....
atheist
why would the romans care what the jews were shouting?
believer
so hepilate pronounced sentence that jews demand be granted
atheist
why?
believer
jews brought him and said " ths man making himself christ and king"
atheist
so? was it against roman law?
believer
no jews said it was against theri law..
atheist
why would the romans care about jewish law?
believer
jerusalem ws under the roman empire na..
so jews want jesus to put to death..
atheist
so, why would the romans care about jewish law?
believer
so they did their maximum bu accusing jesus in frnt of roman empire pilate
atheist
but they accused him of breaking jewish law. why would the romans care about jewish law?
believer
they have to..bcoz jewish colony was governed by pilate..
so a wide conflit should be ceased na
?
slept???
atheist
i'll help you there a bit. lets say you are a judge in a country that has it's own law. a bunch of people come to you and say that a man has committed a crime. you ask them what the crime is and it turns out that by your laws this isn't a crime. the people (that has citizenship in your country) then say that they know it's not a crime by the country's laws, but they believe it is a crime and want to punish the man anyway. would you punish an innocent man because some people believe he should be punished?
believer
no...never..
atheist
so why would a roman judge punish an innocent man?
believer
yaya..thts an awesome question ...
he came to earth to die..
innocent blood killed by romans through jews for the salvation of the world
..
atheist
that is not a reason for a judge to punish a man. i'm looking for the motive of the romans...
believer
ya..they al are a cruel motive people
atheist
so an entire country is just cruel and punishes it's citizens for no reason at all?
believer
noooo..
you making ths funny
atheist
what is the reason then?
believer
father(yahweh) wants his son to sacrifice fr the wrld
son is jesus..
it happened...
atheist
so yahweh told the romans to kill jesus?
believer
hoof..tired
jst understand ths simple thing..
atheist
ok. why don't you ask somebody else and come back to me. you can print out this conversation and talk about it with whoever you think myght have an answer.
believer
jews are the chosen people of go
d
atheist
so you say.
believer
others are gentiles..
so me you ...are gentiles
atheist
their defenition. yes.
so?
believer
if we belive in jesus the son of god..we will be called as sons and daughters of god
atheist
i don't believe in a god.
believer
ya...do u knw y u dont belive in god??
atheist
i have no reason to believe in a god.
believer
coz..u have money,home job..gud family..happy..so no need of god is ths right??
atheist
well, most of it is. yes, i have money, home, i love my siblings and i am happy.
i even enjoy my job.
believer
ad may you be happy for ever..
but one day u will die
na??
atheist
thank you. you too
all die eventually.
believer
ya...everyone..
atheist
yes.
believer
if u realised tht ther is lyf after death...will it be horrible
??
atheist
i don't know. that depedns an what will it mean to live after death.
believer
no my dear friend...ther is lyf after death..and ther is heaven and hell..
atheist
i've heard people claim that.
believer
so to save frm hell jesus came to the world..but only if u believe in him you will get tht eternal lyf..otherwise you will perish
..
atheist
i don't believe in heaven nor hell.
believer
ya....becoz no one who is died came to and said tht it is real na??
atheist
that is one reason. also because i don't see any reason for it.
believer
yaa...people search fr reasons..
i dnt wnt u to be areligious or somethng..i just want u to know what is true...
so il pray fr you frm today
hey ****...nw its 10 16 here...tym fr dinner..wel see later..okk take caree.....
atheist
take care, and have a wonderful day
believer
okkk