I'm a debater and a skeptic but there is nothing better than someone making me think about my position on a matter. I am tired of the pathetic and poor defenses for religion and the existence of 'GOD'. Notice the quotations I placed around god; meaning that the god I speak of is the one described in the Bible, not just a name for a supernatural being.
I want a good defense for the bible with all of its variations, changes, contradictions, and lack of logic. After years of studying for an answer, I came to completely reject the bible as absolute truth. Anything else other than absolute truth would be pointless because GOD is all powerful, good, and knowing right?
Would he allow his word to be altered to the point in which someone like me would find flaws and huge problems with it? Am I suppose to question? What if I find it false? Am I not suppose to use the brain that he gave me and instead exercise 'faith' which is no better than false hope? Please give me an answer that is logical and intelligent
2006-08-26 08:58:17 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hun, that horse has gone beyone stinking...it's dust already.
I think the problem is that, deep down, most people do realize that the idea that life, the universe, and everything just "banged" into being is not logical. But, then, how did it happen?
Every culture we know of has had some form of worship...religion has been around ever since there were human beings advanced enough to understand the concept.
We can say "they were looking for ways to explain" such things as lightning, floods, volcanoes...and ultimately, death...and perhaps they were. Has science actually replaced God as the ultimate explanation, then? Or does logic demand an "Intelligent Designer"?
Religion across the ages has been mankind's way of reaching out to the God he instinctively seeks. Has Science replaced that God?
It may not seem "logical" or "intelligent" to you...but, for me, after having thought out the alternatives, I have accepted the Christian God.
Jesus Christ, in my humble opinion, is God's way of reaching down to mankind.
God bless you, and may you find what you are searching for.
2006-08-26 09:27:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-11-05 21:10:55 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
But we just don't have the TIME for that: it will take me weeks and hundreds of pages to answer your question. I can refer you to some sources, though:
1. The Case for God - Peter S Williams
2. The Case for Christ - Lee Strobel
3. Science and Evolution - Charles Colson & Nancy Pearcy
4. Until the Sun Dies - Robert Jastrow
5. Theism, Atheism, and Big Bang Cosmology - William Lane Craig and Quentin Smith.
6 Darwin's Black Box : The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution - Michel J. Behe.
7. Evolution: A Theory in Crisis - Michael Denton
There are many more, but I think these would do for now.
You have found flaws in the Bible? There are defects and /or faults? How interesting!! I don't suppose it was discrepancies, you wanted to say?
2006-08-26 09:34:31 · answer #3 · answered by flandargo 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no...i have no proof for you. i don't think i really have to defend my religion's credibility. it's a belief that has survived for a couple thousand years with people questioning away. so, question, but i can't answer these things for you. i don't think anyone else really can either. you're not asking the right person. look, i know this sounds cheesy, but ask God. you've played around with this stuff, reading the bible and stuff so you must have some shred of belief. enough to spark a curiosity, anyway. i'm not saying he's gonna come down and talk to you, or give you some kind of irrefutable proof. faith is a big part of it, i'm not gonna lie to you. take little steps with it if that's easier. but faith, itself, isn't difficult for most people. i have faith my husband isn't screwing another woman. faith in God is a little harder. just give it a try. you won't know unless you try.
2006-08-26 09:13:52 · answer #4 · answered by practicalwizard 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is impossible because your mind has already been made up. There are volumes of books on the subject matter you speak of. Even this post will be dismissed as will all other posts that are not in agreement with what you already had concluded.
2006-08-26 09:09:15 · answer #5 · answered by parepidemos_00 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I haven't found a true instance of lack of logic in the Bible. With some research, all of it makes sense and is coherent. However, if you want an answer, IM me on AIM at jonjames1986, I'll answer your questions and objections.
2006-08-26 09:03:50 · answer #6 · answered by STEPHEN J 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The existance of God is not debatable. And, NO man can prove God exists. God gives one the insight into himself when you seek HIM with all your heart, soul and mind. Anything less than that and you may never come to have a relationship with God.
2006-08-26 09:02:07 · answer #7 · answered by Lady Di-USA 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It's good to see that you are intelligent enough not to accept anything you read as undeniable fact. Don't argue with religious people, they just drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. Their only argument is to have faith, yet I follow nothing blindly.
2006-08-26 09:05:41 · answer #8 · answered by Shinkirou Hasukage 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
ever notice that when you do debate over religion, with a religious person, they can never actually give valid reasons? Thats because it is a fairytale, it has no facts. you cant argue without evidence, and religion has none. "that which can be accepted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence." faith, is simply ignorance.
2006-08-26 09:03:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
I'm glad your a good debator, when you kneel before God's throne to give an account your going to have to think quick
2006-08-26 09:05:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋