RE: Rational defense of Christianity?
January 1, 2015 at 2:25 pm
(This post was last modified: January 1, 2015 at 2:41 pm by watchamadoodle.)
(January 1, 2015 at 11:54 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: There was a forum member on here who made a valiant stab at a reasonable defence of Christianity, Arcanus I think.
He was obviously a fearsomely intelligent man who used his brains to justify his beliefs to himself.
Even he was less than convincing, but no one since has come closer to a proper justification for their delusions.
That's interesting. Most Christians seem to rely on willful ignorance - even if they know the facts intellectually. They compartmentalize. I've seen a few that seem to have ways of reconciling reality with their beliefs, but I haven't been able to understand their ideas.
(January 1, 2015 at 1:01 pm)Sillysheep Wrote: I was shocked by His love, when He whispered in my heart one stormy night. I felt things that I first tried to stop. I misunderstood when it says that God is Holy. I thought that it was sitting pretty in church, with a tie and shoes. Suddenly I realized what a miracle God did when he created me, and loved me so indescribably. It was an amazing experience when I felt God's spirit whisper to me, so that I even felt it physically.
This brings-up psychology. Many Christians have an experience like this and think it is strong subjective evidence, because they do not know enough about psychology.
I agree that these types of experiences can be enlightening and transforming, but they cannot justify believing in the nonsense of Christian theology IMO.
You shouldn't necessarily dismiss these experiences as worthless. Maybe your higher aspirations in your psyche are trying to transform your life. Or maybe there is some higher power that communicates through religious concepts.
