(July 29, 2016 at 12:42 am)Minimalist Wrote: I'm genuinely curious because you seem like a reasonably intelligent person. How can you believe such utter shit?Truly it was a long road. It started with the typical questions about life, death.
In my college studies the origin of the universe and the best explanation of its design and that it has a beginning point to "a" God.
From there I examined most all of the major religions: Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and a few others. At its core Christianity is unique in what is required so to speak. The bar is set very low, where as in other religions there is a requirement of works and accomplishments to be met.
I share nearly all of the objections and hard truths that everyone here has with religion, the Old Testament, science, the list is long. However, when taken as a whole, even the really brutal stuff, I honesty find truth in the bible and in Christ's words.
From there it was a matter of now I believe, do I choose to accept it, the good, the bad, the really hard stuff that I don't agree with, or reject it and go about life. It is very difficult to ignore something that holds such eternal ramifications without giving it serious consideration.
If I had answered no I do think life would have been easier, but not better. More gratification but less satisfaction and sense of worth.
