People who accuse Christians of not thinking...?

Question

I have had some conversations with people who are not Christians, and thier reaction is normally "You are not thinking" or "Your not reasoning". Do these people ever think that maybe the specific Christian they are talking to hasn't ALWAYS been a Christian, and USED to reject God and His ways, but then realized that it WAS the truth? Why must we be accused of not thinking logically?

In response to Eva- since you do not accept IM or email, I have given up my old friends, and thier ways, and have made new friends, who actually express care, and love, in a way I've neverhad any friend that I grew up with show.

In response to Keith- God cannot do anything and everything...He cannot lie, he cannot break a promise, and He cannot create something that he himself, cannot take control of.

Answer 1

Because the unbeliever suppresses the truth in unrighteousness, and in order to have some sort of justification for not believing in the God who is, they must tell you you are not thinking (or thinking logically) for it places them in the category of "those who think." The must, out of necessity, deny the God of the Bible at all costs, for it is this God who stands in judgment over them on account of their unbelief.

Answer 2

Umm. well, how about this? Many (not all) Christians believe nonsense such as God being able to make 2+2=5, God being perfectly 'good' regardless of His actual behavior (such as roasting non-believers in Hell no matter how kind and loving they were in life), God being only one God yet somehow three Persons(!), etc, etc. Now I'll be the first to agree that plenty of non-Christians are illogical, too, but that doesn't excuse the Christians, who after all worship a God who claims to be the Truth - and NOTHING can be both true and illogical at the same time!

Answer 3

Is it logical to believe in something you cannot see, hear, taste, feel, smell, or in any other way sense - even by means of any measuring device such as a thermometer, barometer, radar, telescope, microscope, spectrometer, giger-counter, seismometer, or any other device you can think of?

That is usually what they mean by 'you are not thinking'.

Just exactly how did you "realize that it was the truth" if not by any of the means mentioned above? Do you mean the thought just "popped" into your head?

Thats what is meant by 'not thinking'.

When you can demonstrate the existance of GOD by means of some evidence or detection device then you might have a case. And the same would be true for believing in Unicorns, Mermaids, Leprauchans, Dragons, Goblins, Ghosts, and Santa.

Answer 4

Because belief in the supernatural implies an inherent lack of trust in your own thought process.

Example: Can God create a rock so big that not even God can move it? Whether you answer yes or no, it is clear that there is something God cannot do; therefore, God is not omnipotent. Logic tells you that it is impossible for an omnipotent being to exist. Yet you believe in an omnipotent being anyway. THAT is why you're accused of not thinking logically.

Answer 5

I guess it depends on what was said.
Some people accuse Christians of all stripes of being unthinking because the Christians work from different assumptions. If it is basic logic, then you need to take into account the different assumptions. Different assumptions do lead to different conclusions. However, if they that oppose you disagree with your assumptions, then they should work that way with logic.
The down side is if you have no common assumptions, then there is not much point in talking unless you can establish common ground in the logical sense.

Answer 6

Because most of the christians that I know who claim now to have been atheists were actually people who were raised in a christian church but were rebellious or delinquent,and then got "saved." That really doesn't mean that you were atheists, that's more like a bad christian.
The law abiding, intelligent atheists that I know either have always been atheists or were "good" christians who, at some point in their lives, realized the folly of it all.

Answer 7

Any logical reading of the bible leads to atheism, not to Christianity. If one reads the Book and actively chooses Christianity as "truth", then they fail to use logic.

Its not my fault that Martin Luther said that "Logic is the enemy of Faith." and that "Logic must be trampled underfoot by Faith." You can thank him for you beleivers being viewed as illogical.

And, for the record, sure, you could have been a non-Chrisitan prior to beomcing one - but that doesnt mean that you were being logical then either....

Answer 8

Don't be surprised that you were accused that you are not thinking/or not thinking logically.Your religion requiers blind belief.Do you wonder why? Because the church knows that if you would try to think about faith you would find out that the whole religion is based on proofs of type : "I seen him flying,i swear thats true !", and you would quit to beleive and you would stop to donate to them.

Answer 9

When I first became a Christian, many people around me thought I had "lost it." Even after lengthy conversations where I answered all their questions to their satisfaction, they still thought I was foolish. It doesn't change, even if you get advanced degrees at good schools. You will always seem out of step with their convictions about the world.

Answer 10

Becuase Christians are raised on faith, not fact. I am a christian and I can logically explain everything that I believe in. I use reason to back up my beliefs. The problem is that Church's and most Christian parents raise their children to believe on faith.