Does this quote ring true for you?

Question

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

Answer 1

This man, on this quote, must really not know too many people who were not christian. It has no scope.

Answer 2

You are a Chesterton fan, aren't you?
I like the quote. Off-base perceptions of Christianity put people off. They miss the ideas that make the Christian life worth living.

Answer 3

I don't know the meaning, but would seem to mean to me that once you've been born into God's family of believers=Christianity, you never have that longing for anything else that really matters as you are fulfilled in Christ. Christ fulfills us, you feel the joy that surpasses human understanding. Whereas if an unsaved person finds christianity difficult, out of their reach, they don't try. Even if this isn't what this means, believe me when I say, christianity is not difficult and Christ is definitely not out of reach. He's only a conversation away and when the Holy Spirit resides in you, you can't get any closer than that!!

Answer 4

This quote rings blank for me.
On one hand, Christianity has, indeed, been tried and found wanting. This has happened to hundreds of thousands of people. It happened to me. I used to believe the way that I see fundamentalist Xtians believing today. It was a miserable life. I lived in constant fear, dread and shame. I left the church in my mid 20s and have been on a path that has been much more fulfilling, much more life-giving, much more spiritual, and - dare I say - much more in line with a sense of 'Thy will be done' than it ever was while under the strictures of the fear-based church I used to attend.

On the other hand, perhaps this fellow is saying that Christianity, as would be represented by those who actually follow Jesus, has rarely been seen on this earth.

I would agree with the latter of these interpretations. What I see being practiced as 'Christianity' today as having zero relation to the life and words of Jesus. (if we are to believe that Jesus existed, and that the words that have trickled down through thousands of years and translations represent anything like the words he may have actually uttered)

Odd. Very odd.

Answer 5

the certainty is that no remember how lots or little philosophy you have, you are able to neither coach nor disprove a god. via the comparable token, technology will additionally not do the pastime. and ultimately, faith is what proves god yet isn't able to settle for that it could be incorrect. If the huge Bang got here approximately, then it replaced into the two a completely inconceivable journey or it replaced into brought about via some thing/physique. If this certainty of mine isn't a results of the huge Bang, then each and every little thing is a delusion and that i'm my own god.

Answer 6

I think G. K. observed the truth. Many people are convinced that they need a savior, find that they are incapable of living the lifestyle, and give up before they have really tried it.

What they don't know is: You do not have to conquer your old nature, you just have to give in to the Holy Spirit that is waiting to help you live your life.

Once you give up on being able to change yourself, the Holy Spirit will step in and change you into the image of God's Son.

Sometimes we try to take on more than we are capable of handling and attempt to do it without the Holy Spirit.

grace2u

Answer 7

Christianity has been tried by almost every atheist and many women and found wanting. I don't think there's anyone that's true for. I honestly tried to be Christian. It just doesn't work.

Answer 8

There are a lot of ways in which Christianity is found wanting.

Answer 9

Interesting quote.

Answer 10

Nope. It needs a lot before it would be worthwhile. How bout this one?

"'In God We Trust.' I don't believe it would sound any better if it were true."
-- Mark Twain