Do you have to be a fossil to understand fossilization? Why must I be Christian to understand Christianity?

Answer 1

Good question. I have been studying world religions my whole life....and NO other religion tells me I do not understand them...only christians. I have yet to meet a christian who has even read the bible cover to cover....much less the 40+ times I have read it. I want to know why their religion breeds such hostility and fear towards others. My father is a Baptist minister...trust me I understand christianity.

Mechanics are not cars, but they understand them.
Cardiac surgeons are not hearts, but they understand them.
Veterinarians are not dogs, but they understand them.
Architects are not buildings but they understand them.

Christianity's fears create and maintain hostile, arrogant and ignorant beliefs about everything...not just God.

Answer 2

Well, I'm not a dog but I do have some understanding of dogs. Most of the dogs I know do, however, lean toward Christianity. Although there may some Jewish dogs and Muslim dogs. But they can be easily converted to Christianity.

Of course one does not have to be something to understand something. But one must realize that Christianity runs a long course from Roman Catholic to Tele-evangelists. So even a Christian like me has some trouble understanding it myself.

And, so a fossilization may not needed to understand fossils but I suppose that fossils are the best Judge of other fossils.
By the way, most fossils are Christian, I do believe. Or can be easily converted.

Answer 3

You don't. People are quite capable of extrapolating understading by mere observation. If you see a person burn their hand on the burner, it's a safe bet you're going to avoid putting your hand on a burner...(just because you never got burned, doesn't mean you don't know a burner will burn you). If you observe the death penalty being given to a murderer, it's a safe bet you're not going to go out and murder someone...(you don't have to be a murderer to know that it's socially unacceptable).
I don't know where people get of thinking you have to be active in a given field to have any opinion or say in it. People are smart enough; they should also be smart enough to realize that anyone can know about anything without having to actually participate in it. The mere act of observing and understanding (learning) should be enough to equip anyone with enough knowledge in the subjuect to have a valid opinion.
Think on this...if our elected officials thought like that, there would be no democracy. All of those politicians would be telling their people, you're not a politician, so you have no say in what the government does. What would those people who say you have to be a Christian to understand Christianity say then? I bet they'd say, I don't have to be a politician to understand what happens in politics.
From my observations over the years, I've come to conclude that Christians place themselves on a pedestal, they judge way more than the average person, they're self righteous thinking that since they follow God nothing they do is wrong or bad and by God's good graces they are the ultimate authority on "The word of God", which; apparently, was interpreted and transcribed by man...so really it's the word of man, and it's the most inconsistent piece of supposed non-fiction I've ever read. To me it's nothing more than a tragic romance novel.

Answer 4

I'm afraid that doesn't work. I used to be a christian and I didn't understand it either. Some may say I wasn't a true christian but I usually counter that with the argument that as I no longer believe then god must have withdrawn his grace. The circular logic is a double-edged sword.

Answer 5

Sorry Sho...that avatar skinks...you can steal mine if you want, lol...you did not have to be at Woodstock to understand what it meant. Sorry, I am just an old lady.

You do not have to be a Christian to understand Christianity...but you have to understand faith and belief. Not necessarily in a religious context, but in some form or context.

I think you do Sho. Though at times your questions drive me half nuts...reading between the line I see a very good person and a very good heart.

The Skeptical Christian
Grace and Peace
Peg

Answer 6

you're only rollin' this night, are not you? i think of that non-Christians think of that they comprehend Christianity greater advantageous than they actually do. in maximum situations, yet no longer all. and to no longer attack them in any respect -- that is in basic terms a rely of actively being remote from some thing. In 1991-1996, i ought to recite the completed Atlanta Braves commencing lineup, their 5 starters, and the closer. Now, i'm nevertheless what i might call a no longer hassle-free center fan, yet i'm no longer able to do this anymore. With an entire-time interest, a spouse, and this blinkin' Yahoo concern, i do no longer supply as lots time to baseball as I did. Ex-Christians (or non-Christians), same concern. i think of that our ideals are misrepresented very many times on right here. yet, in lots of situations, it incredibly is being carried out by ability of youthful (faithwise) Christians and/or trolls. And, we ourselves do no longer constantly comprehend each little thing completely. that is a less than excellent international -- we see by a glass darkly. to no longer make an excuse for our errors, hassle-free errors, although that's what it incredibly is. i ought to stand to learn lots greater, yet I answer as ultimate i will with what i comprehend to be genuine and what i think to be genuine. If I learn in yet differently, from the Scriptures or a different interpretation that follows the Scriptures, i might of course adjust my place. Have a super night!

Answer 7

hell no....that is a good question, though, if it means what I think it means. Are you asking the deeper question of, "Must I have faith first before I can understand god and if it exists?" or the more simpler version you stated above? actually, you seem to answer it yourself with the fossil thing....of course not, that doesn't make sense for understanding god or the Christian religion...anyone can understand something from a 3rd person point of view if they are observant enough...I have struggled with this question and I assure you that my god wouldn't care that I haven't plunged into faith before making ANY sign of his existence. I dont know...

Answer 8

Well, they're basing it on the fact that after you heard and read all the things told to you, you didn't believe in it. Because you don't believe, then you must not have "truly" understood it. I hear that one all the time too. I am told that I really didn't understand the bible when I read it if I didn't take it as the word of their god, taking is as completely accurate and true. Oh well, what can you do?

Answer 9

One thing a non believer would never understand is blind faith.

I don't have it mind you, and no, I am not a Christian.

I also understand the principals behind fossilization, but I will never understand what it feels like to be a fossil.

Answer 10

you don't have to be a Christian to understand Christianity. i myself am not christian but i do understand the religion,the myths etc..... I'm into Islam but i have been studying other religions for over twenty years. in order to truly understand something you must first look at it mentally, then with your physical eye. break it down then take what you understand about it and study the other part to come up with a better understanding to what you are seeking to be answered