(March 8, 2012 at 6:52 pm)Undeceived Wrote: Christians use reason too, just the Holy Spirit's reason instead of mankind's.
If that is the case, why does the Holy Spirits reason come out of the mouth of mankind in so many various forms. Is it inconsistent or badly susceptible to inaccurate interpretation.
Quote:The more you know Jesus, the more logical the Bible becomes. We never fully understand it, so we have to take it on faith with the Holy Spirit's help. If Christianity had no reason at all it would be called wishful thinking.
Maybe its rude to point out... but it already was wishful thinking. Nothing here displays reason, just faith and personal conviction.
Quote:It's not that you simply throw out contrary evidence. It's that, once you believe and put on spiritual goggles, you see the contrary evidence is nothing but lies.
If that was true, then it would not be evidence. I don't see how you relate "not throwing out contrary evidence" and dismissing it in the same sentence as lies.
Maybe your definition of lies and evidence differs on some magnitude to mine perhaps.
Quote:Apologetics is about eliminating hindrances that prevent people from finding faith--say, they read about God's love but want to ensure the verses about it were never altered.
So apologetics is about attempting to make the the inconsistencies just bearable enough and for long enough, for someone to delude themselves enough for personal conviction to take over and not worry about them any more.
Damn, that's the most sinister thing I've read all day.
I apologise if I clearly must have read that wrong.......... but damn.
Self-authenticating private evidence is useless, because it is indistinguishable from the illusion of it. ― Kel, Kelosophy Blog
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
