god, part 2 Options

[*CEP*]

So yeah...the debate continues.. have fun.

- Chinkieeyedpnoi

[queen]

it wasn't a question whether the book was true or false, just as the bible may have been true or false. i said "christian history", which i should have quoted in the first place, simply because the da vinci code provides a different view of history as the one provided in the bible. it may be fiction vs. fiction, but that's the point. the book was supposed to be "based on research", just as the bible was based on "true accounts" - although most of the things said in the conversations were, shall i say "exaggerated"? lol. again, the reason i brought it up is because i kept on seeing posts about jesus and divinity. the specific segment i showed talks about how jesus's "divinity" may have come into being, just as in the bible he may have performed miracles. there are people out there who actually believe in this book, just as there are people who believe in aliens & ghosts. the existence or non existence of god is just one of those things. i simply wanted a reaction.

i have not read cracking da vinci's code, but i've read a few chapters from the da vinci hoax, which my friend owns haha. i have not finished it, so my thoughts on it might still be blurred. anyway, here is a passage (specifically in response to the excerpt from the da vinci code:

The Council of Nicaea did not define that Jesus, the Son of God, was divine (since that was accepted by all Christians) but addressed the issue of the exact relationship between the Son and the Father: Are they equal? One in substance? Two Persons? The Council specifically addressed and condemned the popular heresy of that time, called Arianism, which insisted that the Son was a lesser god, created by the Father at some point in time and not eternally existent.

...basically leading to the holy trinity, in which the son, the father, and the holy spirit are one god. it established one god. i'm just trying to make others see it from a different standpoint: how do you just 'accept' christ's divinity without question? i guess the question i should have asked in the first place is "what made you believe in god" rather than "why do you believe in god". yes, it's two different questions. i'm looking for how you started believing in him in the first place. if you were raised in a different city/country by different parents, would it have affected your faith?

and to princess2113: i read the post, sorry for the misunderstandin' ;]