RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General
March 23, 2013 at 1:17 pm
(This post was last modified: March 23, 2013 at 1:22 pm by Mystic.)
On Christian forums, I can paraphrase an argument I heard from one of it's members and put into simple syllogism form.
God is of ultimate grace and love.
The greatest gift a human can be given, is accepting God's greatest possible charity/grace, which would make him love the divine in best way possible (ultimate possible thankfulness to divine).
The greatest possible charity of God that can be manifested is in sacrifice of his son/himself, in which redemption and closeness to God is offered as charity.
Christianity therefore is true (1, 2, 3).
Premise 1 doesn't need to be debated since it's going from general theism to specific theism.
Premise 2 is debatable, but for those who think our purpose is to glorify God, it arguably is possibly true.
Premise 3 is even more debatable, but seems true to Christians.
The conclusion follows from there.
Note: I don't believe in this argument myself, just thought I would make things interesting.
God is of ultimate grace and love.
The greatest gift a human can be given, is accepting God's greatest possible charity/grace, which would make him love the divine in best way possible (ultimate possible thankfulness to divine).
The greatest possible charity of God that can be manifested is in sacrifice of his son/himself, in which redemption and closeness to God is offered as charity.
Christianity therefore is true (1, 2, 3).
Premise 1 doesn't need to be debated since it's going from general theism to specific theism.
Premise 2 is debatable, but for those who think our purpose is to glorify God, it arguably is possibly true.
Premise 3 is even more debatable, but seems true to Christians.
The conclusion follows from there.
Note: I don't believe in this argument myself, just thought I would make things interesting.
