This sounds peaceful: "I have come to cast fire upon the Earth; and how I wish it were already kindled! But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished! Do you suppose that I came to grant peace on earth? I tell you, no, but rather division; for from now on five members in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law." (Luke 12:49–53)
That first line...says it all.
Oh and it IS IN CONTEXT.

devout christian,

Not one person in the history of humanity has ever believed in the Yeshua/Jesus character since he was first imagined. The Bible gives a simple test to prove that you have faith in Yeshua. Not one person out of billions over 2,000 years has ever been able to do it. So the conclusion must be that no one has ever believed in the character or that the character is imaginary.

You go by the moniker "devout christian". You can prove that God exists simply by doing what he supposedly said anyone who has faith can do. So do it or admit that you don't have any faith. The clock is ticking.

BTW, "Christ" is not the character's last name but merely a title.

@Algebe: Really? That is very sad.

I think my issue is that s/he doesn't seem to want a debate or a discussion, but seems rather to be simply needling the group. Perhaps I'm granting too much credit here, but the wooden, artless way in which DC transitioned from an open-ended question to ill-considered appeals to authority seemed too asinine to be sincere.

Surely an honestly debating christian would at least be honest enough to state that she WAS debating in the first place, rather than performing a clumsy bait and switch? I could be wrong. I have no experience debating with christians, having only recently hopped that particular fence myself.