A Question for Theists.?

Question

To obtain a better understanding as to your beliefs, could you please educate me?
I appreciate your help in my quest to a better understanding. If there is any Literature that I can obtain offline, would you please be kind enough to inform me.

Thank you and please no bashing

Thank you all.

Vox Populi - I am on a quest to a better understanding. I value others opinions and viewpoints even if they do not agree with my own. I wish to broaden my mind in the beliefs and cultures of others. I accept all for who they choose to be.
Does this help?
Peace & Love,
Sam

Answer 1

Gosh.. I hate it when someone asks politely for a decent response to a real question and then is smart enough to politely request "no bashing" too.

I'm suffering a major bummer here.

Good luck in your research, Honey, I haven't got anything to offer you... I'm not a theist. Sorry.

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Answer 2

By offline do you mean a book or some other sort of actual source, or do you mean off the internet? If you mean a book, then I recommend C. Stephen Layman's book Letters to Doubting Thomas, and works by Alvin Plantinga, and Peter Van Inwagen and the Bible or other spiritual texts, possibly even something like Pensees by Pascal for a personal account of belief. I'm not too sure about things on the internet, but I would check for some articles by Plantinga, Van Inwagen, Nicholas Wolterstoff, or Richard Swinburne. Also, check out G.K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy.

Answer 3

As to Christianity, as someone else said Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis. Personally I prefer books by Thomas Merton. But you might find them a bit more difficult since he was a mystic. But "No Man is a Island" is a good one for spiritual reflections. It will not explain the religion, however. His book "Seven Story Mountain" explains how he went from being an Atheist to a Christian. He is a Roman Catholic.
For an understanding of Orthodox Christianity I recommend "The Orthodox Way" by Kallistos Ware. It is a classic and easy to understand. It is the basic teaching of Christianity since the beginning and much, but not all, of it is the same as the Roman Catholic and Anglican.

Answer 4

No problem. Mere Christianity by CS Lewis (the author of Narnia series) is very good apologetics. The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel is also very good as is Orthodoxy by GK Chesterton. Also, give a Gospel a try maybe Luke or Matthew. Good luck on your quest it is a worthwhile one.

Answer 5

Sure. I am a Gnostic Christian. Gnosticism is about divine knowledge gained through life experiences. It is about having a personal connection with God and humanity through the spirit within yourself. I highly recommend the book The Mystic Christ, by Ethan Walker III.

Answer 6

A Theist is simply someone who believes that there is a God. Christians are Theists, as are Jews, Muslims and any other person who believes that a God exists.

You'd have to research the literature of every Theistic religion.

Answer 7

You HAVE to be joking!

Just walk into ANY Church and ask, I am positive you will find an abundance of literature about what they believe.

Try it with several DIFFERENT churches - you will end up being massively confused.

Once you have done your "research" you might then like to consider the Atheists point-of-view which is (essentially) "none of the above".

Answer 8

If you really want to understand me/us, try this book- "Christianity on the Offense", by Dan Story. And since you've been so pleasant and adult about this, how about returning the favor? I would really like to understand your perspective, too.

Answer 9

Seriously, do you have any particular religion in mind, or do you hope to look into all of them?

There are many more than you think.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religions

Answer 10

Read anything (and everything) by Tom Robbins.