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Prove Christianity, not Theism in General
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RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General
(March 22, 2013 at 1:38 am)Lion IRC Wrote: I dont rely on the teleological or cosmological or ontological arguments.
I dont base my relationship with God on debates between Bart Ehrman and William Lane Craig or the carbon dating of dead sea scrolls.

The God of the Bible is manifest to Christians as a personal reality whether atheists believe or not.

Obviously it's a "personal reality" because you fervently believe that. Whether this personal reality is genuine or you fooling yourself is the question.


Quote:Christians have personal direct evidence that is corroborated by millions of others. And they are ''anchored'' to it (as Christian author Max Lucado would say) in three ways..

Anchor point #1 – My life is not futile... there IS something which you can grip when facing the surging tides of futility and relativism. Someone is in control and you have a purpose. Atheists have only themselves and the mirror they look into when seeking a ''purpose''.

Sounds like someone is afraid of not having purpose in life. The truth can be blunt and bitter sometimes, but that's too bad. Your wishful thinking about wanting purpose doesn't prove that Jesus rose from the dead. All it does is that it hints at your motives for being a Christian: you need the reassurance that death isn't the end.

Quote:Anchor point #2 – My failures are not fatal. There is always hope. Yes, we all sin - do stuff which we morally regret - but sin is not a terminal illness anymore than atheism is a life-sentence. It’s not that He loves what the sinners did, but He loves who you are. You are His. The one who has the right to condemn you provided the way to acquit you. You make mistakes. God doesn’t. And he made you.

White noise. You need to PROVE that your theology is even relevant to reality. You can start by showing credible evidence that the Jesus of the Bible is real.

Quote:Anchor point #3 – Your death is not final. You can anchor to the same stone that was rolled in front of Jesus' tomb. It’s large. It’s round. And it’s heavy. It blocked the door of a grave. It wasn’t big enough, though. The tomb that it sealed was the tomb of a transient. He only went in to prove he could come out. And on the way out He took the stone with him and turned it into an anchor point.

White noise. PROVE all these assumptions of yours. That's the whole point of the thread! All you're doing is rambling on about your religion's theology.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
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RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by Drich - March 21, 2013 at 11:54 pm
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by ThomM - March 24, 2013 at 5:34 pm
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by smax - March 25, 2013 at 7:48 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by smax - March 22, 2013 at 2:58 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by Silver - March 22, 2013 at 12:59 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by smax - March 22, 2013 at 3:20 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by FallentoReason - March 22, 2013 at 1:49 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by Silver - March 23, 2013 at 12:36 pm
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by smax - March 23, 2013 at 5:53 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by Silver - March 23, 2013 at 1:40 pm
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by Tonus - March 23, 2013 at 3:18 pm
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by radorth - March 24, 2013 at 10:35 pm
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by catfish - March 24, 2013 at 10:29 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by catfish - March 24, 2013 at 10:38 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by catfish - March 24, 2013 at 10:52 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by catfish - March 24, 2013 at 11:34 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by catfish - March 24, 2013 at 11:57 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by catfish - March 25, 2013 at 10:03 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by catfish - March 25, 2013 at 10:11 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by Joel - March 25, 2013 at 10:15 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by catfish - March 25, 2013 at 10:28 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by catfish - March 25, 2013 at 10:42 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by catfish - March 25, 2013 at 11:02 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by catfish - March 25, 2013 at 11:18 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by smax - March 25, 2013 at 2:30 pm
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by catfish - March 25, 2013 at 11:53 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by Joel - March 25, 2013 at 11:55 am
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by Tonus - March 25, 2013 at 12:00 pm
RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General - by catfish - March 25, 2013 at 12:03 pm

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