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So how does John know God thinks about it that way? It's not like he met him 
1. John is one of Jesus' disciples who faithfully followed Him.
He was even mentioned that he is the closest person to Jesus.
2. When the event took place (in John 20:29), there were all Jesus' disciples.
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And about Jezus: I don't get it. He's "the son of God", so if he's the son of God, he must be atleast a half-god (like a greek heroos). But Christianity is monetheistic :confused: So, therefore, Jezus == God?
Exactly. Jesus was God who incarnated into human.
Honestly, I'm happy when you got this conclusion.
You know there are many people who cannot get this conclusion.
A good way of thinking for a 13-year old boy
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Anyway, I don't believe in God. I'm not going to worship someone who holds sons responsible for what their fathers did!
Hmm...
This would be a quite long explanation, but this is the core of Christianity.
From that passage, you see that how God
hates sinners.
And we all are sinners.
Even if you only did one little mistake, you have sinned.
Because God wants a perfect score, just like you want a straight A on your report card, or you want a non-defect video game console.
You might say, "Oh, there's no way that I am sinner. I have not ever killed an ant."
But, if you know that you could help someone, but you don't help him/her, you have sinned. For example, you know your mom needs you to wash the dishes, but you don't want to do it, you have sinned.
That's why Jesus took our punishments that we should bear on the cross, and paid it full.
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If Jezus == God, John 20:29 is contradicting John 1:18
Of course not. Jesus was in human form. You drew the conclusion before.
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And how about Job 39:13-14? All bibles have another meaning for it, so there *sure are* serious translation issues
What about it? What do you mean that they have another meaning?
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thekid, don't you think it's weird that the Christians see Sunday as the "special" day? Because it's really Saturday that is "holy"..
And God clearly says what to do on Saturdays
No, not at all.
Sabbath, if it is translated litterally from Hebrew, means Saturday. Jews and Some Christian observe Sabbath on Saturday while most of them observe it on Sunday as a commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus.
Churches usually have both services on Saturdays and Sundays.
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