Logical Christians?

Question

Has anyone found Christ through reason?
I know several Christians who are logical people yet cannot explain their faith in this way...
Is there a logical path to Jesus?

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Answer 1

The very essence of faith is a surrendering of logic.

Answer 2

No there is no Logical path to God. Jesus Himself says that God is a Spirit and those who worship Him, or try to find Him must do it in Spirit, through Faith and the LOGOS, not Logic or Logismos.
Satan always try to tempt us by depending upon our logic. He was successful in causing the fall of Eve and billions of other people throughout the ages.

He tried that tactic also with Jesus, but He failed because Jesus insisted on "LOGOS" instead of "LOGISMOS". He always replied with IT IS WRITTEN.

I have been and I am going to continue following the footsteps and example given by my Lord.

If God can be solved with Logic, just like any mathematical problem, than He is no longer Supernatural but just an ordinary subject matter.

There are a lot of things in the world that is beyond logical explanation, for instance, how can a brown cow, eating green grass, have red meat and white milk?

Is it logical to say that you need intelligent being to design and make a shuttle space that can go on an orbit around the earth, but you don't need an intelligent being to create a giant space craft or satellite the size or our earth, with a diameter of 8.000 miles, weighing 6 septillion (6,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg) hurtling in space as it orbits around the sun at the speed of 66,0000 km per hour?

What about Arcturus, a star with a diameter around 225 million miles, with unimaginable weight, hurtling in outer space at the speed of almost a million km an hour? Could it come about just by chance. How frightening, if there is no Super Powerful God who created and controls it.

Answer 3

I am a logical person, and a christian. in many ways, faith is unorthodox thats why its seems to surrender to reason. everyone is going to be skeptical in one way or another, it is logical to think that way. but remember faith is a spectrum that has opposite poles. it takes faith to disbelieve the essence of god just like it takes faith to believe the essence of god as well. initially we all begin in an area with no faith. my parents were christians, so my perception of faith was shifted to believe in god, i often wonder if i would be a christian had my parents not been believers. once that notion is instilled within you it is an uphill battle to thwart all you know or what you don't know to an opposing position. in essence, an non-believer can look out the front door and see no evidence of god, a believer can look at the same scene and find every reason to believe in god.

so back to your question. what exactly is your meaning of logical? My reasons to believe in jesus are perfectly logical to me, but will probably not seem logical to you. we are two seperate people, with two seperate environments, and probably seperate sets of ideals.

Here is my logic. what happens if im wrong and god doesn't exist? i've tried to govern my life by a set of ideals that i think is comendable, and believe in a salvation through jesus. Does that make me less of a person? my faith has been tested through what i feel and percieve, and has come through strong. If im wrong and god doesn't exist, thats a chance i can afford to live with. can you afford not to take that chance?

Answer 4

If you are a believer, this will make perfect sense to you. If you are not, then as the Bible states, it will be lost on you.

Hebrews 11:1 give a definition of Faith.
Faith is apparently not logical, yet very real.
I cannot explain my faith to someone;
Why do I believe? How do I know?
These are inexplicable questions.

But something in my heart relates to what the Bible tells me,
therefore, I believe.

Hebrews 11:1
"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."

Answer 5

Well, I don't want to start an argument or be harassed, but I can tell you a few things on this topic. First of all, a very famous Jewish person tried to prove Christianity wrong, and in doing so became Christian. That was C.S. Lewis, and he is now a renowned author of Christian literature (most famous for "The Chronicles of Narnia" and also "mere Christianity"). The other thing I would recommend, is there is a book called "The Case for Christ" and there are many very logical and historical arguments in that book, and I think that is one of the best books on the topic. However, the bottom line is that you can never prove beyond any possible doubt that Jesus was the son of God and he came to save us and all of that, it will eventually boil down to faith in the end.

Answer 6

I know a few people. 3 come to mind immediately, 2 of which set out to disprove Christ through logic and science. They were very intelligent men who were very smart in the sciences, physics and all that... They found the proof for the opposite of what they sought.

I also think of Lee Strobel who put his journey into books. The Case for Christ is the one I've read. He was an athiest who went out to prove God wasn't real by scientific and legal style methods.

the 3rd guy I know just set out to study religions and in that process decided that Christianity seemed to be the logical choice. He wasn't planning on choosing one for himself, but when he saw that Christianity made sense, he knew that meant he had to turn his life over.

But.... logic isn't what saves us. Logic only gets us to the place where we choose faith. I believe that God is totally logical, but that is not my salvation. Faith is trusting God for that next step. What is in the past is not faith, but belief. There is a difference. God helped me last time, but did that build my faith enuf to do the next thing He asks me to do? Faith is built by stepping out and trusting when you don't know what will happen.

Answer 7

Josh McDowell wrote a book titled "Evidence that Demands a Verdict."
When he began the book he did not believe and set out to write the book as a proof of the fraud of Christianity. The book is more a study of facts than faith.
For me personally. The logical behavior modifications Christ suggested made a difference in my life. Logically I chose to learn more about Him.

Answer 8

No - and I doubt there ever will be. One of the central pillars of Orthodox Christian practice is the concept of Mystery. Meaning, that there are no scientific, logical or reasonable explanations for some of the things. One of the mysteries, of course is the grace of the Lord Jesus. Eventually, no matter how scholarly learned or logically stepped out one's path to conversion is, eventually one will have to surrender to the unanswerable question(s) and take a leap of faith. Being a Christian is not about having all the answers, it's about living the questions.

+Pax Christi

Answer 9

Wow, difficult question. I would have to say no. "Logical" means "explains a reason". We cannot explain Jesus's miracles, birth, and everything about him. To believe in Jesus, you have to have faith, which comes from God above. He gives it to you, and you know not how you got it. So no, there is no logical reason to Jesus or the Bible except through faith.

Answer 10

I reasoned through looking at my life as a young adult that everything I was trying was not working. I reasoned that the men I was associating with did not love me, I reasoned that the people that I hung around with were using me for various things. I reasoned that life really at 23 years old wasn't worth living. then a close friend(not one of the one I was talking about) asked me to join her at church. I thought about it for a couple of days and then I reasoned that going to her church could leave me no less empty and hopeless than I was, so I went. I listened to the pastor and to the people. I reasoned that maybe they were on to something that I hadn't looked into so I bought a bible and I read it. It was interesting and made sense to me. I reasoned from that book and the actions of the people in that church that I wanted a new life and if I could have that sort of life then I would certainly not wish to die. So, I reasoned that I wanted to ask Jesus into my heart and thereby found Christ through much reasoning and searching.

Answer 11

This guy is in some approaches top, and a few approaches incorrect. No, i don't have each and every of the solutions, yet while technology tricks in the direction of creationism, i want to work out which one is closest. The Bible: And God reported 'permit there be easy" technology: The universe grew to become into created in a flash of sunshine...