Christians: In general do you assume things you are told are true and ignore evidence to the contrary...?

Question

...or do you only do this with regard to religion?

Seimyrthyr: Of course not. That would be thinking like a Christian.

Answer 1

Yes.

Answer 2

Not at all. While it's true that when I became a Christian it was a subjective decision I have done much thinking and analysis about why I believe what I choose to believe. For example, there is a Mount Everest pile of archaeological evidence that confirms that the Bible is historically and geographically accurate. Whole books have been written about the historical evidence for Jesus' literal physical resurrection. In the past ten years tons of evidence in the field of microbiology and biochemistry provide a solid rational basis for the existence of God. Read Darwin's Black Box by Dr. Michael Behe (a university biochemist) or the Case for Christ by Lee Strobel (a former atheist and senior legal editor for the Chicago Tribune). The reason why there is a perception that Christians are a backwards, non-thinking people is that we almost never get any good press coverage and the media simply will not allow any intelligent, thoughtful, and logical person any time to address specific issues/questions from the conservative christian camp. If you control who has access to the microphone the other side is rarely heard. Thanks. Hope that helps.

Answer 3

I guess to me faith and internal knowledge is enough for some things. As a mom I know there have been times when my boys are doing something and I have a feeling of foreboding. Now someone might say they are fine, but if the feeling is there, regardless of the evidence, I would pull my children out of the situation. As a mother, I cannot look at my children, or the world around me and say it came together this perfectly by chance, evolution, and natural selection.

That being said, what about evolutionist who refuse to consider young earth and creation science. There is science out there that goes against evolution, but because in the end it leads to a proof in the possibility of a creator, they won't give it the same thought and study. Why? Isn't science supposed to be impartial?

Answer 4

In general do you assume things you are told are true and ignore evidence to the contrary...?

...or do you only do this with regard to the dictionary?

Has one personally verified, tested and observed every definition in the dictionary?

Answer 5

I never just assume.

I do assume people are being honest and trustworthy.

Yet when it comes to things which I deem important then I examine the evidence to see if it is true.

I never ignore the evidence to the contrary.

Answer 6

Non-christians: In general do you assume things you are told are true and ignore evidence to the contrary...?
...or do you only do this with regard to religion?

Answer 7

Too many people will quickly disregard Evolution as a fact, and they'll say that God made all with a sleigh of hand.

These same people won't mind being prescribed stronger antibiotics thatn the ones they used to get when they were kids.

So they don't mind being given a shot of an outcome of evolution, as well as a mind-shot of bamboozle-filled religion.

Answer 8

I am not exactly sure what you are asking. But my answer is I do not just assume things to be a certain way. I am a Christian and believe in evolution, science and many things. I think that there are so many posibilities out there and I know that my God is capable of doing all of them. Who is to say that when God created mankind out of dust that we went straight to human form? He could have caused us to evolve. (Not trying to stick to evolution, but you get my point.)

Answer 9

When I was a Christian, I have to say that is exactly what I did. I ignored evolutions findings because they contradicted my gut. I ignored the behavior of God in the OT because I was told he was a God of Love.

It took a while for me to start thinking critically and on my own.

Answer 10

Are you talking about science?The bible isnt a science book buddy so wether genesis is accurate or poetic that up for grabs.As far as history goes the bible is extremely accurate in it's major claims.You can ask any true archeologist about it.So as far as history goes the bible is THE histoy book.

Answer 11

I dont ignore evidence of any kind, religion or not.

I wont ever dispute a proven fact, even if it contridicts my faith. And on the other side of that, Ive never had any one present a proven fact that contridicted my faith, so I guess thats a good thing.