(April 26, 2010 at 3:59 pm)True Christian Wrote: Alright i guess i did not explain myself well enough. What i meant by saying atheists are disillusioned is that they have simply given up altogether on religion because they dont see evidence for it. However there is evidence in the form of the Gospels, the teachings of Jesus.
Accepting the Gospels is a choice, but i find that many atheists only base their hatred of religion on what its excesses have done, and refuse to see the good that has come out of it because it their minds, no matter what, they start with the presumption that religion is bad. So no matter what anyone say they will always read with this presumption.
Finally i am NOT cherry picking. Christianity is based on the Christ, hence the name. I reject the Old Testament altogether and accept the Gospels altogether. This is not cherry picking.
And to clarify on me being a "true christian". By that i mean that i base my faith on the Christ, hence the Gospels, and not the Old Testament.
OK I got this far and now need to say a few things to you. By disregarding the OT,tell me about sin and why it's nessesary for Christs death on a cross. If christian moral values do not exist because the OT is just a fairytale then where did they come from. Tell the other christians who do not believe as you do why Christ quoted from the OT as much as HE did. Christ is the creator this is a statement made in the NT yet you cherry picked past that one by saying you are an evolutionist. By rejecting the OT you must reject the NT and Christ they go hand in hand. The OT is a foretelling of Christ so how is it you can dismiss that. I do not remember who asked you the question about dismissing the miracles of the OT and excepting the miracles of NT the same God performed them all. You said you had not explained yourself well enough with this I agree IMO you are a follower of what you see as the good in the NT and not a believer in who Christ really is. Have you ever studied the OT? Have you ever taken and broken it down and searched for real truth in it? Have you ever used the old Hebrew and the Greek to seach out connections between the OT and NT? Have you ever referrenced verse that seem to make no sense with other verses to try and make sense of those passages if not then if you are the christian you claim to be you need to get busy before you dismiss any of Gods Bible.
I am guessing that part or all of these questions have already been put forward I just needed to put in my two cents worth at this time.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.