(April 27, 2020 at 1:54 am)cleansed Wrote:(April 25, 2020 at 5:37 am)Nomad Wrote: I thought you said you were "born again". You do realise that the born again sects demand that you throw away all the evìdence without so much as glancing at it, right?
Not in my experience. I fellowship with the Assemblies of God and there is schooling in the evidences of the faith at their Universities. Personally, I didn't come to faith by that kind of evidence, but rather through personal revelation that I received through reading the bible. Before that I was apathetic about religion and had no personal interest in it.
I used to be Assemblies of God, I was even a Royal Ranger. I thought I ought to read the Bible cover to cover to better understand God, my faith, and my practice of it. Then I read it again in a modern English version hoping I misunderstood the KJV because of its antiquated English. Then I stopped being a Pentecostal. It didn't make me an atheist, but it convinced me it was just a collection of stories and poems written by a warlike ancient people.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.