RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity
January 30, 2017 at 5:32 pm
(This post was last modified: January 30, 2017 at 5:36 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
(January 30, 2017 at 4:06 pm)Redoubtable Wrote:(January 30, 2017 at 10:17 am)Drich Wrote: If you want proof learn to seek God on His terms, and hold on to something.
So the only way to come to understand the truth of your religion is by assuming it is true in the first place; then proceed to act and think accordingly? I don't see how this is persuasive in any respect. Islam makes the same exact demand, as do other religions and cults so why should I invest my faith in your Christian denomination versus any other, or Christianity versus any other religion?
Not exactly. I think the claim of atheists that there are so many different gods is simply wrong. With respect to the Divine Attributes that come from general revelation, I cannot find any substantial differences between the De Fide of the Catholic Church and the Westminster Confession of the Reformed Church. The statements of faith of most mainline churches, despite minor doctrinal differences, read the same with respect to the attributes of God
I am not an expert on Islam. I get the sense that it is almost all dependent on special revelation and from my limited exposure their list of divine attributes have notable differences. At the same time I have read some Sufi commentaries that seem to conform with the divine attributes advocated by Christians. The same is true for Hinduism. There pantheon is bound by a single Ground of Being that seems remarkably similar to the Christian God of general revelation and the God of the Philosophers known to the ancient pagans.
