are there any with high IQs?
2006-09-11 04:58:47 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If a person thinks critically about their faith, it becomes more and more difficult to take a literalist, fundamentalist position. I am a Christian but the more I learn about Biblical scholarship and theology, the more I feel myself moving toward an agnostic/atheist position. I can no longer accept that God is perfect - there is too much suffering in the world for that to be true. If God is perfect, then God must be cruel, and I cannot accept that either. The universe is too beautiful for God (if God exists) to be a tyrant.
I also can no longer accept that the Bible is a divinely inspired book. There are too many inconsistencies and contradictions. Obviously written by people with bias, prejudice, and written out of their own historical, social, economic, etc. milieu, the Bible is just a set of writings that bear witness to the faith of particular groups of people. I think there is theological truth in there, but it is no more privileged than theological truth found in other religious texts. Evolutionary theory, big bang theory (and steady state to some extent), 21st century human rights, biologically based theories for predetermined sexual orientation makes more sense to me than antiquated dogma and science that is found in the Bible and classical theology.
I continue to be a Christian because it is important to me, although, I'm not sure why it is any more. The only acceptable conclusion I've been able to settle on is that God is not perfect, but evolves along with the rest of the cosmos.
I hold two master's degrees and am working on a PhD and read constantly. So I don't think I'm dumb - I'd like to think I'm 'pretty educated.' That's basically my story. Sorry for the long post.
2006-09-11 05:15:08 · answer #1 · answered by Tukiki 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
By holding the cross in the name of Jesus Christ baby
and we are win
dont care about fake christians or typical churches
i care about transfering the light from generation to generation
2006-09-11 05:39:04 · answer #2 · answered by Helen from Greece 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the many reasons is that we have not yet reached a level of understanding of our surroundings to convince them yet. Even if we did, they would probably remain Christian, while their children would probably become more agnostic / atheist.
2006-09-11 05:04:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How can atheist exist in the 21st century. As our culture moves further away from Biblical morality we see more perversion, corruption, and decay in our society.
2006-09-11 05:04:24 · answer #4 · answered by vbmark 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Generation after generation of brainwashing. They just get to the kids while they're young and trick them into believing in it.
2006-09-11 05:01:17 · answer #5 · answered by Toronto 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋