(April 4, 2017 at 1:43 pm)Harry Nevis Wrote:(April 4, 2017 at 12:07 pm)SteveII Wrote: It is apparent that you have been exposed to a very narrow version of Christianity that is not characterized by sound doctrine. Christianity has been answering the very toughest questions for two thousand years by tens of thousands of people writing hundreds of thousands of books in hundreds of languages. It is important to realize, there are no new objections to Christianity that this generation stumbled upon. Christianity is not on the decline, and certainly not because of "science" or any other such nonsense you may read in your narrow source of information. You have a caricature of Christianity in your head that is not real and the arguments you think are successful are not as successful as you think.
Every christian has a caricature of christianity in their head that is not real. The fact you think science is nonsense says a lot. And christianity has been answering the tough questions all right. But making up the answers doesn't count.
I do not think science is nonsense. I will be clearer for those that struggle: Christianity is on the rise across the world because it resonates with people. Atheists think they have a compelling message. They either suck at getting their message out, or, it is not as good of a message as they think (or both).
People like GodlessHeatheness think that Christianity has not been answering all these objections for centuries and that somehow "science" will somehow shine through and illuminate the ignorant. That has simply not been the case (or is expected to). Most Christians do not fear science or any knowledge we can attain from many disciplines.
