(July 6, 2016 at 8:43 am)SteveII Wrote:(July 5, 2016 at 9:44 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: You initially claimed that your belief in the NT miracles was different from that of other miracle stories. You seem to be treading water here. How are you different in your belief in the miracles of Jesus than other believers in the incredible?
1) Content of the NT is internally consistent within itself and with the OT.
2) More historical support for more actual documents written by more than one person
3) Historical support of first century church
4) Person of Jesus is a compelling figure
5) Observations of personal effect of Jesus in the lives of other people
6) Personal experience.
This part of the conversation also reminded me of a quote by CS Lewis
Quote:When I was an atheist I had to try to persuade myself that most of the human race have always been
wrong about the question that mattered to them most; when I became a Christian I was able to take a
more liberal view. But, of course, being a Christian does mean thinking that where Christianity differs
from other religions, Christianity is right and they are wrong. As in arithmetic—there is only one right
answer to a sum, and all other answers are wrong: but some of the wrong answers are much nearer
being right than others.
As a Christian, I don't have to deny every miracle claim, nor do I feel the need to. I also don't feel the need to put aside my skepticism for every miracle claim made by Christians. There are those that I doubt, and those that I place in tension.
