is christian logic the reason many people dont believe?

Question

because christian logic follows no rules? it only works how the user wants it to?

for example one answer i read a while ago read, "God created the sun therefore he must be brighter then the sun" and another is "Santa rearranged is Satan" (they ignore that god rearranged is dog)

is this some of the reason why those with logic minds dont believe christianity cause it lacks any sense of logic?

Answer 1

Of course. That's a huge part of it.

Answer 2

This is sad for me to read these answers. Though I am Christian I am still very young in my faith. As I read these answers I am so addened by the experience you people have had. I know exactly what you are talking about. Their are many Christians who are excited about their faith and yet don't know how to express it in ways that are not offensive. You're right sometimes the bible is quoted wrong and sometimes people get uppity when they feel their faith is being attacked. However, if a person's faith is strong the person will never feel as though they are under attack. Christians get alot of scrutiny for their beliefs. But before anyone can debate religion or politics one must first study and provide facts not opinions. Pray before you read anything in the Bible that you may understand what you are reading. Then decide what to believe.
Also, believers don't use Christianity. Hypocrits do. Be very careful of those people. If you wanna talk I'm @ [e-mail]

Answer 3

Don't know what you've been reading, but a lot of self-proclaimed "Christians" don't like the idea of having their faith attacked (by atheists, Muslims, other Christians, or any1 else 4 that matter). Problem is, many don't have a solid foundation for their faith. They believe what they've been told by their pastors, parents, television, etc. When you come at them with an argument, they go on the defensive and use everything but the Bible to try to prove you wrong and themselves right. When they do use the Bible, it is too often out of context and irrelevant. I suppose that's just human nature though; nobody likes to be wrong.

Answer 4

Read some writings by the mental giants of Christian history, and you'll find some of the most insightful, intelligent and articulate men and women in the world.

Saying a 13 year old on an internet forum lacks logical arguments hardly puts the entire Christian Faith in an intellectual bind.

Answer 5

Yes, you are very astute. To be a Christian is to be insane and still have the majority to back you up. God said it, I believe it, is such crap. Religion is what is wrong with the world, well, blind followers of religion who believe to the point of death that they know the ultimate truth and will make it and must save everyone else along the way from themselves are what's wrong with the united states, southern region specifically.

Answer 6

That's exactly what steered me in other directions...

That and the idea that creative people are sinful and trying to take the place of God... that's actually just good ol fashioned jealousy is what that is!

I find that I like Christs teachings a lot better when there are no Christians around trying to tell me about them.

Also - notice that you asked a question about nonchristians but there is someone giving us "thumbs down" as soon as we try to answer you... that's some welcome committee!

Answer 7

There is certainly a good sized "loud and dumb" evangelical sect. Their mantra is, "If it blows my pea-sized mind, if must be true." They are visible because they are loud and idiotic, but their tendency to deter should be taken with a grain of salt. There are rational, intelligent Christians, and, by their nature, they don't make the same waves.

Answer 8

Again:

"Tension between one's epistemology and one's metaphysic: Imagine that you have a colleague at work who graduated from college and fancies himself somewhat intellectual about matters of religion. According to him, there is no God and no spiritual realm (or spiritual events, spiritual forces) whatsoever. This physical world is all there is to reality. Moreover, this colleague finds it intellectually impossible to accept the Christian outlook because it contains what he deems logical contradictions within itself (say, that God is one yet three, or that God is loving and all-powerful but there is evil in the world). According to him, we cannot know anything to be true which conflicts with the laws of logic. The veiled problem in the thinking of your colleague is that his view of reality (metaphysic) does not comport whatsoever with his view of knowledge (epistemology). He cannot simultaneously and consistently be committed to the laws of logic and the view that reality is solely physical in nature. And the reason is obvious: the "laws of logic" are not physical in nature. You cannot touch or taste a law of logic; nor could you identify one with a sophisticated instrument devised by a physicist. Laws of logic are not physical, and thus given your colleague's perspective, laws of logic are not real anyway."

Answer 9

*Extreme* improbability... virtual impossibility, re *anything* supernatural at all. Plus no evidence. Christian logic's fun, but unnecessary (i.e. even if logic was used appropriately, there's nothing there to believe, and science is providing answers.)

Answer 10

Real christians don't believe in God with logic...they believe with faith

Answer 11

I guess they figure it that way... because according to all the logic I studied all the way up to studying Buddhist logic, now, their version of "logic" isn't really logic at all.

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