AKD says hello

[Rational AKD]

You think that use "reason or logic" to justify a belief is a good thing.

it may not be appropriate here, but nonetheless i'll answer your questions so long as you don't drag it out as a huge interrogation.

Therefore I have a question. How do you define "reason and logic" ?

reason and logic are the systematic guidelines, or perhaps more accurately laws, that allow us to discern truth.

1.Are you a YEC or an OEC ? if you're a YEC or an OEC can you explain why ?

i'm mostly skeptical on those positions, but I tend to side more with OEC allowing an allegorical interpretation of the creation story.

2.Why are you a non-denominational Christian ?

I don't particularly like to be labeled under a specific set of beliefs when I may or may not particularly have them. I am Christian, in the sense that I accept the bible as truth and I study it to the best of my ability. but I don't like the idea of being a part of any specific denomination. the closest I could narrow it down is Protestant Molinism.

3.Do you believe that Exodus did happened ?

yes, but i'm not inclined to take it as literally as others are. for example, i'm open to the possibility that Moses rather than turning the river to literal blood, a red tide could have come in and made it appear as blood.

4.Do you think that Bible contain contradictions ?

I think it can appear as such, but they can be easily rectified. either by looking at the context, the original language, the historical context, the cultural context, the events in the story, etc. some also may appear due to interpolations.

5.Do you think that NT doesn't have interpolations ?

well I think I kind of just answered that lol. yes I do; and no, I don't think this taints the message. there are over 400,000 textual variants, 75% are spelling errors, and 15% synonyms/transpositions; none of which change any meaning in the text. the last 10% are mostly non-viable changes leaving less than 1% viable changes, which are an estimate of 1,000 total. out of these 1,000 variants, all of them are only important in exegesis and none of them affect theology. yes, there are interpolations, but no I don't think they're a problem.

6.What do you think about apocryphas (in the academic sense , I'm not speaking about the deuterocanonicals books contain in "Catholic Canon")

I don't think they belong in the cannon. they have several inconsistencies with the other books, they are written by lesser known prophets sometimes accredited to greater prophets even though they couldn't possibly have written them (like the wisdom of Solomon), and have several factual errors like geographical errors.

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Bear in mind that what you call truth may not be related to reality.
One does strive to have his own truth statements in tune with reality, to the best of one's abilities, but not always accomplishes the best job possible. That's when peer review comes into play.

don't worry. I always consider the possibility that i'm wrong. i'm not perfect, and I don't claim to know truth with absolute certainty. as you saw in my post, i'm actively seeking truth.