Ask the Christian

[FutureAndAHope]

There always seems to be some post on a religious, or athiest forum saying this. But I will do it any way. Do you have any questions to ask the Christian?

[Darwinian]

There always seems to be some post on a religious, or athiest forum saying this. But I will do it any way. Do you have any questions to ask the Christian?

You meet an alien called Zog. Zog is a member of a very ancient race of hyper-intelligent beings who make the most intelligent human look like a gibbering idiot.

Zog, who is over 50,000 years old and has forgotten more knowledge that the entire human race has so far learned visits the Earth on his day off and pays you a visit.

Now, Zog has never met a human before as he has only just discovered the planet Earth. He has also never heard of God, Jesus, religion, theology or anything similar as these are all truly alien concepts to him.

How would you explain Christianity to him and how would you convince him that your beliefs are sensible, logical and worthy of investigation?

[FutureAndAHope]

How would you explain Christianity to him and how would you convince him that your beliefs are sensible, logical and worthy of investigation?

Well the truth is I love to try to proove God. If God does something extrodinary I like to share it. I would tell him all my experiences with God as found at my Website http://www.futureandahope.net and direct him to other Websites of people who have had encounters with God. Or show him things like the following site that documents cases of divine healing http://www.wcdn.org/wcdn_eng/main_e.htm.

As for doctrine, if he had questions I would do my best to answer. But for me religion is a living thing, although found exclusively with in the pages of the bible it's outworking in a persons life is far more important than words on a page.

[tackattack]

1-"How would you explain Christianity to him?"
Christianity is following the teachings of Christ as outlined in the Bible
2-"How would you convince him that your beliefs are sensible, logical and worthy of investigation?"
I believe there is a being that created the universe. I call him God, he's incorporeal, and as of yet there are no emperically reliable methods we know of detecting him.. In the Bible, Christ claimed to be the manifestation of God, come to teach of God's will for our lives. The people of the time documented his life in the Bible and believed his claims to be true. I currently believe his claims to be true because his teachings and predictions have been useful for me in becoming a better person. I have also tried methods counter to his methods to my own detriment. I also find them consistant and reliable as a moral compass for my life, ergo I treat them as a moral absolute standard. That enables me to better myself and become closer to the ideal of Christ, which is being a Christian.

[Napoléon]

Why are you on an Atheist forum and not some bible bashing one?

[ElDinero]

I currently believe his claims to be true because his teachings and predictions have been useful for me in becoming a better person. I have also tried methods counter to his methods to my own detriment. I also find them consistant and reliable as a moral compass for my life, ergo I treat them as a moral absolute standard. That enables me to better myself and become closer to the ideal of Christ, which is being a Christian.

Fuck me. So if something teaches you a good lesson, you believe it to be true? You ever hear of Aesop's Fables? George Orwell taught us lessons about abuse of power and totalitarian government, do you believe Animal Farm really happened? Utterly ludicrous. And what about all the other ancient religions, which teach many of the same lessons yours does? Does that make them true, also?

I also take issue with you saying they are consistent and reliable as a moral compass. That is just bollocks, I don't need to point out to you all the hideous shit in the bible, nor the contradictions. It is neither consistent nor moral. And finally, saying that what you do is 'being a Christian' is all very well and good, except loads of Christians would disagree with you, which is half the problem - all Christians have a different idea of what being a Christian is.

[frankiej]

Who would win in a fight, Jesus or The Power Rangers?

[thesummerqueen]

Who would win in a fight, Jesus or The Power Rangers?

I'd give Jesus the edge on that one - the Power Rangers were idiots. On the other hand...

[frankiej]

Yeah I have seen that before.

Jesus doesn't have the edge... He got murdered pretty bad.

[thesummerqueen]

Jesus let himself be murdered. I'm pretty sure when facing a bunch of teenage morphers he'd probably act like the the stories in the apocrypha. I'm not on Jesus' side or anything, I'm just not putting my money or life in the hands of people who ride in robots that Optimus Prime would bitch-slap.