Then isn’t he a little shortsighted by only bothering to chat about it with a handful of people in a relatively small area at a time when the only mode of transportation was walk or ride a camel? You’ve got to figure that even writing it down and mass producing copies of it (again, not an option at the time) wasn’t going to get the word out very quickly to all those people that lived somewhere else on the planet.
Was it simply a poor marketing strategy that he didn’t spread the message around to everywhere more quickly (thus allowing many of his people to cruise along believing in false religions out of ignorance) or did he just decide that the only people worth letting in on the secret were the Jews and whoever they thought to share it with?
Poor marketing strategy? It’s still the best selling book in print.
That path is true, but it not the only one.
Really? Poor marketing strategy? REALLY? …and I guess that would explain why over a third of the world is Christian? Do you know of any other product-idea that is bought/held by THRITY percent of the world?
Wrong: Pentecost, Holy Spirit, to the ends of the earth (Acts)
The Bible is the most marketed book on the planet.
I’d say he knew exactly what the heck he was doing.
Jerusalem is a key lead for you to ponder and how over 13000 miracles got the hebrew slaves from Egypt to the promised land !!! Read the book of Exodus and ponder it !!! And if that isn’t enough ponder the following – – – – http://bibleprobe.com/365messianicprophe…
Jesus claimed to be God – John 8:24; 8:56-59 (see Exodus 3:14); John 10:30-33
Jesus is called God – John 1:1,14; 20:28; Col. 2:9; Titus 2:13; Heb. 1:8
Jesus is the image of the invisible God – Heb. 1:3
Jesus abides forever – Heb. 7:24
Jesus created all things – John 1:1-3; Col. 1:15-17
Jesus is before all things – John 1:1-3; Col. 1:17;
Jesus is eternal – John 1:1,14; 8:58; Micah 5:1-2
Jesus is honored the same as the Father – John 5:23
Jesus is prayed to – Acts 7:55-60; 1 Cor. 1:2 with Psalm 116:41; (John 14:14)
Jesus is worshipped – Matt. 2:2,11; 14:33; John 9:35-38; Heb. 1:6
Jesus is omnipresent – Matt. 18:20; 28:20
Jesus is with us always – Matt. 28:20
Jesus is our only mediator between God and ourselves – 1 Tim. 2:5
Jesus is the guarantee of a better covenant – Heb. 7:22; 8:6
Jesus said, “I AM the Bread of Life” – John 6:35,41,48,51
Jesus said, “I AM the Door” – John 10:7,9
Jesus said, “I AM the Good Shepherd” – John 10:11,14
Jesus said, “I AM the Way the Truth and The Life” – John 14:6
Jesus said, “I AM the Light of the world” – John 8:12; 9:5; 12:46; Luke 2:32
Jesus said, “I AM the True Vine” – John 15:1,5
Jesus said, “I AM the Resurrection and the Life” – John 11:25
Jesus said, “I AM the First and the Last” – Rev. 1:17; 2:8; 22:13
Jesus always lives to make intercession for us – Heb. 7:25
Jesus cleanses from sin – 1 John 1:9
Jesus cleanses us from our sins by His blood – Rev. 1:5; Rom. 5:9
Jesus forgives sins – Matt. 9:1-7; Luke 5:20; 7:48
Jesus saves forever – Matt. 18:11; John 10:28; Heb. 7:25
Muslims say that Jesus never said He was God, well here is proof that He said that He was !!!
Mark 14:60-65 (New International Version)
60Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, “Are you not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against you?” 61But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer.
Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ,[a] the Son of the Blessed One?”
62″I am,” said Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
63The high priest tore his clothes. “Why do we need any more witnesses?” he asked. 64″You have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?”
They all condemned him as worthy of death. 65Then some began to spit at him; they blindfolded him, struck him with their fists, and said, “Prophesy!” And the guards took him and beat him.
There are those who as He never existed, so here is the proof that He did !!!http://www.allaboutjesuschrist.org/histo…
There are those who say there is no proof of heaven or hell, so here is proof that there is !!!http://www.spiritlessons.com/Documents/R…
Did you know that the earth was created instantly and God wrote it in stone !!!http://www.halos.com/
Heavenly Father,
I want to know You as the true and living God. I ask you to forgive me and cleanse me from everything I’ve done wrong. Change my heart, and give me a new life. I turn from false gods and submit my life to your Son Jesus Christ as my only Savior and Lord. Fill me with the power of Your Holy Spirit.
Thank You, Lord Jesus, for paying the penalty for my sins and giving me a relationship of friendship with God as my Heavenly Father !!!
P.S. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzqTFNfeD
If you want proof He wrote in the sky at the time of creation !!!
The proof of God’s true existence is His willingness to tell us what He will do centuries before He does it !!! As a case in point He put the dates of messianic events written in the skies at creation !!! Those events include His conception, His birth and death !!! You have to have a little information about astronomy, Feasts of Israel, the stars and their positions in the sky, and your willingness to go and discover information that may change your thinking and maybe your life !!! http://www.bethlehemstar.net/http://www.bethlehemstar.net/dance/dance…http://www.bethlehemstar.net/day/day.htm
I would say that the marketing has had some very bad issues to deal with (Crusades, for instance), but overall it’s performing fabulously! Sure, it’s slow to gain momentum, but look at it now! Christianity has enjoyed the best marketing I’ve ever seen!
no it was not short sighted at all
it had to have human testimony with the word of its truth
no the word spread faster than you are assuming it did
no it was not a poor marketing strategy at all
god does not operate on how you believe he should
it is only your opinion it was shortsighted and inadequate
it wasn’t god knows what he is doing
Everyone Is Missing The Point, God Could Have Told Everyone At The Same Time And Made It Easier For Everyone…
As A Catholic I Can Its A Mystery/Difficult To Guess What Someone Else’s Plan Is. If That’s Not Good Enough Then It Could Be A Matter Of Choice, That Is Not Forced. It That Still Isn’t Enough Then I Can Still Say That There Is No Hell, If Jesus Was A Jew Then He Could Have Not Believed In Hell Thus All Path Ways Are Towards The Same Way… Just Some Stay A Shorter Amount Of Time In Purgatory.
God did not create humans, God created spirits called man.
LORD God the Christ made man a human flesh body in which to live on the earth. and the spirit created by God was joined to the flesh body made by LORD God and the very first flesh body ever made by LORD Gos was the flesh body of a female and into this flesh body put the spirit called man and he him, the spirit called man was then made male and female according to the flesh that was prepared for him by the female.
Through this single female were all other spirit born to the flesh brought into the world, they were not conceived by the blood, flesh, will, or the sperm of men, the True Children of God were all conceived by the word (seed) of God.
And they left Father and Mother, and the spirits clang to their wives, the flesh bodies they where given. and they clang to their flesh and not until death will they part again, what God has joined together let no man put asunder .
Learn the truth read Genesis 2:4-15 and John 1:2-15 and understand the words.
The true path to heaven is the words Jesus alone spoke (And JESUS SAID)
that would be why Jesus gathered the hordes of people for His many sermons (Sermon on the Mount being the biggest example). doing as many “Live Shows” as Jesus did, and travelling around with his entourage of disciples, it’s a wonder MORE people don’t believe in Him…
that being said, China is a pretty suppressed society right now, so people can’t exactly come out and express their belief in Christianity (or ANY other religion for that matter) like we in America can. nonetheless, Christianity is STILL the most chosen religion, despite the ENORMOUS population gap between the US and China (US: 300 million, China: 1.33 BILLION, or roughly 4.5x as many as the US). meanwhile, Hinduism and Buddhism fall into 3rd and 4th places (respectively) with less than half as many people, while Chinese Folk Religions (such as Taoism and Confusianism, among others) are 6th on the list.
…that doesn’t mean that Christianity is RIGHT or “the Truth” (in fact, it might just mean there are a bunch of stupid people out there, which is something i’ve believed for a LONG time), but it DOES help the case along that Christianity has spread more than you probably would have guessed.
but it was MAN’s falling from God when He SHOWED Himself that prompted His COMPLETE disappearance. it wasn’t until people stopped following Him that He stopped following them, which of course, did NOT help people maintain their faith in Him for too long (how can you believe in something you have no proof of?
and you’d be surprised about the toilet thing, by the way…
HE obviously felt no need to rush it to every part of the world at once. HIS plan was for it to take longer apparently. HE is a righteous judge so everyone who did not hear the word in their lifetime will not be condemned because of it.
If Allah created all humans, and the one true path is the one printed in the Quran?
Then isn’t he a little shortsighted by only bothering to chat about it with a handful of people in a relatively small area at a time when the only mode of transportation was walk or ride a camel? You’ve got to figure that even writing it down and mass producing copies of it (again, not an option at the time) wasn’t going to get the word out very quickly to all those people that lived somewhere else on the planet.
Was it simply a poor marketing strategy that he didn’t spread the message around to everywhere more quickly (thus allowing many of his people to cruise along believing in false religions out of ignorance) or did he just decide that the only people worth letting in on the secret were the Arabs and whoever they thought to share it with?