RE: The Bible is the claim, not the evidence
February 10, 2014 at 1:45 pm
(This post was last modified: February 10, 2014 at 1:46 pm by Sword of Christ.)
(February 10, 2014 at 1:08 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: Part of being truthful is not accepting made-up answers.
No-one is deliberately making anything up though that doesn't mean there isn't a chance that they're wrong. The thing is there are good rational reasons to believe God even from scientific perspective and don't even start on the nature of morality and freewill, I feel that's the point when atheism/materialism falls apart. There certain good points atheists make here and there sure, certainly there is a case for a slightly less literal interpretation of scripture though that was always an element within the faith. You can also be open to some level of doubt if you can't be 100% factually certain though given the nature of what God is I don't think that level of certainty is possible for a regular human. You can't be certain the atheist/material view is correct either so by rights you will have to entertain some doubts over that.
Quote: If the answer to a question is unknown, the most honest thing to say is "I don't know'.
If we knew we wouldn't call it faith. Faith is what you believe to be true for what you regard as good reasons even if you don't and can't really know as a factual certainty. Bear in mind that you can't scientifically prove Gods existence so that's a non-issue.
Quote:Just because you want an answer to a question doesn't mean that there is one, or even ever will be one. Clearly your need for answers has overridden your need for truth.
You've got the question/s, you got the answer/s of some kind so you can well have the truth right there. You are going to be interested in knowing and experiencing this truth once you understand the likelihood of this truth. Atheism isn't true, or it's only true to a certain extent within the limits of what it covers which is the scientific knowledge we have.
Come all ye faithful joyful and triumphant.
