I’ve seen a lot of wild stuff on tv, I don’t believe that either.
My first thought when David Copperfield made the Statue of Liberty disappear was how the illusion worked, not how he made it happen in reality. And certainly not that he was a god.
Given that anyone who gives a damn about how I approach God has been telling me I’ve been doing it wrong for the past forty-odd years, I will not be surprised if someone with higher authority confirms that I am destined for Hell.
If form of worship is 90% of our final grade, then we are all screwed for not banging the proper drums when Mars is retrograde (or whatever capricious thing pleases the deity).
I’d hire a Muslim to kill him and make a post on a hypothetical third coming.
What about you, Marmite Lover? How would you react to prophet Jesus crashing the World Cup? How do you think the media would react?
I would despair and my heart would be completely broken, and I would scream and cry in terror and fear. Everything, everything humans made or did or accomplished, down the drain of a vengeful, vindictive, and above all cruel and heartless God. So we were nothing, ever. Just pawns. Just toys.
Happy?
Well then, we can do it again. Back then we only had a mob- poorly armed and unorganized. Today, we have the IDF and Mossad.
WhyNot Sekhmet doesn’t worry me. Nor do any of the Egyptian pantheon. Our G-d went toe to toe with Ra, Horus and the rest. They lost. I’ve always wanted to write a mummy story in which the monster is stopped by a devout Jew.
On A Serious Note
Look, either my life of various good deeds is enough to earn my way into heaven, or the Lord is a hideous, vain monster I’d want nothing to do with. Any G-d who’d cast me into hell just because I failed to pray to the right Name can kiss my tuchas.
Knowing soccer fans they’d likely be booing Jesus for delaying the game.
It has all the sophistication of those bumper stickers that say “Don’t believe in God? You’d better be right!” with flames across the bottom.
That sounds exactly like what I went through when Janet Jackson showed her tit at the superbowl.
Sorry, can’t hear you over the vuvuzelas.
Now who’s fighting the hypothetical? 
I’ve not read any of the responses, but assuming that I actually believed what I saw (and I’d probably doubt it) I’d probably think “wow, I knew god was an asshole but that Jesus guy is a lot more of a dick than I thought.”.
As for what I’d do in the next few minutes, I dunno. From your scenario, it doesn’t appear there’s much I could do anyway. So I might try ignoring it until it goes away. In my experience, that works well on god(s).
Hmmmmmmmm…
that’s a good one.
Well I suppose I’d probably think it was some kind of test. Could it be the devil playing tricks?
Testing your faith.
I think in that situation I’d probably think that was the case.
I suppose though that the next few minutes or hours would prove to me one way or the other what was beyond this life.
No one knows for sure do they.
great point
a distorted message
That is what the Quran says happened and will happen.
but that’s the point
you don’t have to follow a religion
it’s all about believing in a creator
I suppose I’d wonder why he’s such a git as to give the Roman Empire a pass for being the actual judge and executioner, and if it was all part of the plan as it were, allowing people to whine about this for centuries.
I agree and that is why we if we are interested that is question what is real. What was really said, what happened and what was distorted by man.
How much of the bible is fake?
How much of the stories about the prophets are fake.
How much is true?
That’s why the Quran makes much more sense to Muslims than the Old and New testaments.
Problem is the Muslims have the hadith as fakery I believe.
I have to correct something.
The Jews did not kill Jesus.
Christians believe the Jews condemned him to death I think is the right words. They chose Barrabas over Jesus?
It was the Romans who carried out the execution. Romans killed him technically.
Muslims don’t believe Jesus was crucified.
In many ways Jews and Muslims are more alike in their beliefs than they are with Christians.
What I like about this thread - aside from the Opening Post -is the way Marmite Lover is actually considering the counterexamples - what if it were Quetzalcoatl, what if Jesus said ‘y’all got it wrong’.
Good for you, ML.
(Weirdly, he also seems to be converting to Islam over the course of the thread, but that’s another selling point.)