Christians, use this question to post an argument against Christianity, and then, using logic and evidence refute that claim. It seems that Christians here only respond to loaded questions, so use this as a neutral forum to respectfully state the case against you and then your rebuttal.
Non-Christians, feel free to do the same. I feel like I would be making a loaded question myself by limiting this to Christian answerers. Remember: stay respectful.
2007-06-11 08:49:07 · 10 answers · asked by tdubya86 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't think you are all understanding the point of this. As a Christian myself, I get upset to see other Christians pulled into unfair, loaded questions by atheists. I'm just tying to get you to state you argument against a specific misconception of your choosing in order to possibly convince a non-believer of the truth.
2007-06-11 08:59:35 · update #1
cool topic. righttt urm..."There can't be a God, because where did God come from"? Fundamental problem people have with Christianity, before you even get onto the more dubious Jesus dying/living/exisiting stuff.
How must a God exist? Well, i can't say for definite. And i'm not going to tell you to go look at the pretty flowers. But something must have come first, right? something must have caused the Big Bang, or whatever it was. And does it not make more sense, or at least sound more appealing, that something all powerful, rather than random chance, caused that? Where did God come from? impossible to answer. But, for me, it is easier to conceive that a powerful entitiy came to be, miraculously, than anything else. There is no way some gases could have spontaneously jumped out of nowhere. It needs something bigger than that.
Most of all, just being you can't rationalise something, does not mean it can't happen. And no, that's not just an excuse for everything. It's just that we think within the terms of what we know, which are limited.
I don't think that came out so welll...sorry for wasting your time if you fel i did.
2007-06-11 08:58:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess I am really out of it. I don't understand the question! Why would a Christian even need to 'argue' the point of Christianity to someone who does not believe? Jesus did not tell us to do that. His words were 'go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit....to observe all things, whatsoever I have commanded you. His commandment? (Not the 10 commandments- those were for the Isarelites to live by and some (Jews) still do.) His commandment was for us to love one another as HE has loved us - how did he love us - through is suffering and death on the cross is how much he loved us - and his resurrection (also his promise to us that when we lay our earthly bodies down the final enemy which has to be destroyed - death ; we will live again - just as he did. So - I don't get involved in arguments and dissertations and diatribes about being a Christian - I just love everyone and see them through the mirror that Jesus is -not anyone else. Confrontations are unnecessary to a Christian - get busy showing Jesus' love and telling others about this great gospel.
2007-06-11 16:27:38 · answer #2 · answered by THE SINGER 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I only recently became a Christian, so I'm very happy to have found such a positive influence after nearly 40 years. My argument "against" Christianity is to look back over my last 20 years and see how I could have really used some guidance, a moral compass, and a healthier thought-process.
2007-06-11 15:56:29 · answer #3 · answered by Sabine É 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't want to use this question to post an argument against Christianity - I'm a Christian and have no argument. The rest of your question doesn't make any sense, either. Why are you doing this anyway?
If you have an argument with Christianity, why not just spit it out and I'll be more than happy to tell you why you are wrong, fair enough?
2007-06-11 15:54:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Ok, I'm not going to judge the motive of this question, or use up energy to argue. I'm only going to tell you what the Bible says....
The apostle Paul addressed and answered this question fully when he wrote the book of Romans (in the Bible). Read that and you will have your answer.
If you are sincerely interested, you can find more information in the book of Acts and all throughout the New testament. I'd be happy to answer more specific questions more specifically, but for the purpose of this question, Romans is more than enough.
Many blessings to you.
2007-06-11 15:53:05 · answer #5 · answered by Consuming Fire 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The case 'against' Atheists seems to be that we simply don't want to have to answer to a higher power. Like we can do whatever we want because we deny god and hell.
That is so far from the truth it's insane. in order to deny god and do whatever we want, we would first have to believe that there is a god to deny. We don't.
We simply do not believe that your god exists. We don't deny that god so that we can be immoral and not have to 'answer' to anyone. I have to answer to myself, my family, my friends and society at large. That, to me, is a far more persuasive reason to be a good person than someone else's god.
It would seem to a non believer that christians are the ones who have it easy. They can do anything, anything at all, and then simply be really sorry and their god forgives all and gives them some eternal happiness. Maybe that's why they like to believe. They think they are forgiven for anything at all, so there's really no reason for them to be good or moral. They don't really have to 'answer to' anyone. They have salvation all locked up.
2007-06-11 16:01:23 · answer #6 · answered by t_rex_is_mad 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe the tadpoles are our future, let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty they possess inside...No, wait, that's Whitney Houston...
Did my great to the 1X10 to the 312th power grandchildren really plague ancient Egypt?
If so, does that mean it is unsafe for me to travel to the Middle East? Do they eat frogs over there?
2007-06-11 15:55:55 · answer #7 · answered by TD Euwaite? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Claim: God is an imaginary dude up in the sky.
Rebuttle: God is absolute supremacy and perfection itself, this is a concept of the mind, not a product of imagination. A product of imagination is imagining what it is like to fly, or imagining what it is like to have a conversation with God, but that doesn't mean that God Himself is imaginary. Therefore God is not imaginary.
2007-06-11 15:53:54 · answer #8 · answered by Julian 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
you have too many restrictions to be honest about what you're asking. it's like telling a mud wrestler not to mess up their hair. I'll pass, I'll get my turn on my dime thanks.
2007-06-11 15:56:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
see matt 16:4
this is discussion here Not debate
you must walt salvation yourself and pray for it
2007-06-11 15:54:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋