(May 14, 2015 at 7:24 am)Rhythm Wrote: You're probably biased, I imagine that most christians -of every stripe- feel that they can adequately explain their beliefs better than the other christians (othey'd be those -other christians-) eh? Perhaps those you speak with cannot explain their beliefs by reference to the bible -to your satisfaction-....but that's to be expected, as you are/were one of those "other christians"......their explanations would not be expected to satisfy you...in the same way that yours are not satisfying to them.
Maybe you're right, but I can say from personal experience with engaging other christians about their beliefs is that most don't. Jw's are pretty much the only religion that goes out to preach in public and door to door. We go with a scriptural message. I know that I have met a few people that knew the bible very well but that was the exception. The rule is that most people I have talked can't scripturally explain their beliefs. Think about it, a lot of research has shown that atheist know the bible better than most christians. Its not like its a high bar in the first place. But I would stake a million dollars that if you took 1000 everyday JW's, 1000 everyday Catholics, and a 1000 everyday Mormons that the JW's could use more scriptures to explain their beliefs.
