Why I'm Still a Christian

[rexbeccarox]

[JesusHChrist]

Lek, how can you say the Bible is "totally reliable" when we know stories such as Adam and Eve, the Flood and and Exodus didn't happen *in any way* as described in the Bible.

Jesus seemed to believe all three of these stories were literal truth. How do you explain that? Plot holes galore.

Lastly, several of us have asked, but I might have missed your response: how do you reconcile evolution with original sin?

[The Reality Salesman01]

Lek, how can you say the Bible is "totally reliable" when we know stories such as Adam and Eve, the Flood and and Exodus didn't happen *in any way* as described in the Bible.

Jesus seemed to believe all three of these stories were literal truth. How do you explain that? Plot holes galore.

Lastly, several of us have asked, but I might have missed your response: how do you reconcile evolution with original sin?

She said that she's changed her mind on both of those points.

[Esquilax]

Lek, how can you say the Bible is "totally reliable" when we know stories such as Adam and Eve, the Flood and and Exodus didn't happen *in any way* as described in the Bible.

Jesus seemed to believe all three of these stories were literal truth. How do you explain that? Plot holes galore.

Lastly, several of us have asked, but I might have missed your response: how do you reconcile evolution with original sin?

She said that she's changed her mind on both of those points.

Wait... is Lek a girl?

[Thumpalumpacus]

Hiya Lek -- you're one of the few online Christians I've met that are likeable, and I appreciate the fact that you review your beliefs with an eye to making them better comport with reality. If I sometimes get testy in a discussion, don't take it personally -- I'm just an asshole.

Now, if I get testy all the time, like I do with Drich, that's because I think you're the bigger asshole. But in this case, no, that would be me.

[Anomalocaris]

Not so. My views on various christian doctrines and other issues have changed many times in the past. I have no urge to depart from my faith.

Yet.

Don't underestimate the depth of terror that the prospect of having to make do with what is actually there holds for a mind accustomed to wishthinking by faith and worship.

[Lek]

Don't underestimate the depth of terror that the prospect of having to make do with what is actually there holds for a mind accustomed to wishthinking by faith and worship.

During their lifetimes, most christians go through the process of sanctification, during which they grow in their faith and service. I started out being raised as a catholic and have gone through numerous transformations since then. These transformations are natural to a christian's growth and have brought me closer to Christ, rather than drawing me away.

[The Reality Salesman01]

She said that she's changed her mind on both of those points.

Wait... is Lek a girl?

Oops, I have no idea. Lol

[Lek]

Hiya Lek -- you're one of the few online Christians I've met that are likeable, and I appreciate the fact that you review your beliefs with an eye to making them better comport with reality. If I sometimes get testy in a discussion, don't take it personally -- I'm just an asshole.

Now, if I get testy all the time, like I do with Drich, that's because I think you're the bigger asshole. But in this case, no, that would be me.

I have a pretty thick skin and don't get my feelings hurt too easily. You do help keep things lively around here. Like I said before, if we could all meet in person we would get along much better. As for Drich and the other christians here, I'm sure we disagree on certain points of doctrine, but we're all brothers in Christ and I support them 100%.

[Anomalocaris]

Don't underestimate the depth of terror that the prospect of having to make do with what is actually there holds for a mind accustomed to wishthinking by faith and worship.

During their lifetimes, most christians go through the process of sanctification, during which they grow in their faith and service. I started out being raised as a catholic and have gone through numerous transformations since then. These transformations are natural to a christian's growth and have brought me closer to Christ, rather than drawing me away.

Your growth is to swim around in a amorphously comforting slime of wishthinking, faith and worship rather than climb out and survey the place this little putrid swamp occupies in physical reality. That's better than some who would just drift with the slow current in this swamp, but it not a substitute for getting out and seeing the swamp from the outside.