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The guys over at Floatingaxhead.com have pointed out an issue that Christians are faced with:
Every [tag]Christian [/tag]needs to be aware of the rational arguments that oppose Christianity…
You believe in stories handed down and written down by men who you believe are born sinful, and the stories are without error…You believe in a man that was [tag]murder[/tag]ed but that came back to life, and he is your god.
And they offer a challenge…
These types of rationalizations by the world should push us to discover why we believe what we believe, and not let people who do not believe in [tag]Christianity [/tag]be more knowledgeable of our faith than we are and read the bible more than we do.
Read the full post here. Good job, guys. Fantastic post!
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Bzzttt !!! You already know why you believe what you believe. Additional reasons that you do not presently have are NOT reasons why you believe what you believe. What you may be discovering is additional information that tends to warrant either belief or disbelief.
What are the current reasons for believing what you believe about Christianity ?
Quoting John W. Loftus:
Uh, my God can…thank you very much. I still stand on the fact that God reaches people from every tribe and every nation. I was not “born into it” I was chosen, before time began to serve God. I’m not getting into free will vs. predestination…..again…..I’m saying that this is an old arguement, and Jesus Christ has withstood the test of time. I know He is real and my faith is stronger after such a test, not weakened.
I tell my wife that same thing all the time. It used to bother me that it was probably true of me or anyone else, too. How could god leave so much to mere geography?
Is it really likely that 99% of the middle east just happens to reject him? Or, is it that most people really have no choice (or they don’t exercise that choice) in what they believe? The latter seems to be the truth and that’s why it’s unfair to condemn people for believing the wrong thing.
I find that many Christians do not read their Bibles. Some do and it’s a pleasant surprise.
I used to read the Bible A LOT when I was a believer. I read other things, now. But, I hope I don’t forget what I’ve read: neither the good, nor the bad. I wish every Christian would read their Bibles. I don’t see how anyone could ever base their whole life on something and not care enough to find out what it’s all about. I think it’s because most people worship their own ideals, rather than worship the god of the Bible.
I think that, for whatever reason, human beings have the capacity to think, to rationalise and to question what we have been told. How could any God not want us to use the power of our own minds? That strikes me as a terrible waste.
“Since we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our minds, our one duty is to furnish it well.” - Peter Ustinov, actor, writer and director
(1921-2004)
I’ve always categorized religious believers (and those without belief) as either Strong “something” or Weak “something”. I’m sure my terminology is probably borrowed from somewhere.
- A Strong Atheist/Believer is someone who has actively investigated faith and come to some sort of conclusion/opinion/belief.
- A Weak Atheist/Believer is someone who simply accepts the majority view or (more often) how they were raised.
You can usually tell right away what “kind” of believer someone is. This usually changes the way in which I make an argument.
With a “Weak” believer my arguments are usually very simple and non-specific since they haven’t probably taken the time to understand (or even know) many of the very technical and ridiculous things they say they believe. Of course, with “Weak” believers their faith is almost never a topic that ever comes up.
With a “Strong” believer I will almost always hit on the very technical aspects of their professed religion and the contradictory or hypocritical nature of some particular belief. If they say they don’t accept that particular belief I usually feign wonder at how they can be such moral relativists.
Skeptigator, you sneak, tricking people like that.