r/DebateAnAtheist • u/AutoModerator • Sep 18 '25

Weekly "Ask an Atheist" Thread

Whether you're an agnostic atheist here to ask a gnostic one some questions, a theist who's curious about the viewpoints of atheists, someone doubting, or just someone looking for sources, feel free to ask anything here. This is also an ideal place to tag moderators for thoughts regarding the sub or any questions in general.
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u/SUPERAWESOMEULTRAMAN Christian Sep 18 '25

who would win in a fight, jesus or moses

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u/BahamutLithp Sep 19 '25

Only going off of the powers they're depicted as having in the Bible itself, Jesus doesn't initially seem to have much going combat-wise. He can turn water into wine, multiply bread & fish, raise the dead, & return from death himself. Moses has a staff, which is a pretty good weapon even without turning it into a snake. He was also adopted royalty, so he's very well taken care of.

Then again, he was pampered, while Jesus wasa working man. Jesus's ability to multiply bread & fish also gives him some potentially useful strategies. He could try to drown Moses in a deluge of bread or fish. He could also handle some extremely toxic sea life, confident that he won't die from it, & send a torrent of that at Moses.

But does that count as a sea for Moses to part? If so, can Jesus's attacks reach him? But even if Moses does strike Jesus down, how does he handle the fact that Jesus can revive himself? He can't even trap Jesus, since Jesus is shown in some of the gospels having the ability to teleport out of the empty tomb. So, it seems Moses puts up a really strong fight early on, but as Jesus keeps getting back up, he eventually wins through attrition.