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All the atheists on this site have deduced by logic that the existence of a superior being, creation and the divine nature of christ and all of the pseudo gods don´t hold water.
Tell me: Why does logic works to calculate the spin rate of a pulsar but doesn´t to demonstrate that Jesus´ sacrifice wasn´t a sacrifice at all. (please check my Qs, I don´t want to repeat myself.)
Why do we use deductions to calculate an IQ, yet we don´t want to apply it to faith?
Can we play fair now? Or do you really want to keep on cheating, my believer friends?

2007-08-20 15:54:35 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

3 answers

A la "Breaking the Spell" by Daniel Dennett.

2007-08-20 16:43:15 · answer #1 · answered by skeptic 6 · 1 0

When you can deduct what a bridge collapse, tsunami, hurricane or some other catastrophe does to the human emotions, then let me know. In the spiritual realm you throw out your calculations. We do have Jesus Christ who walked this earth and demonstrated what we're to do. He did things that all human reasoning could not explain. Then again, God is outside the boundaries of mans puny logic. But he does allow us to use some sense of logic to see that he is God. Sometimes we are too stubborn to see it.

2 Peter 2:16
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty

2007-08-20 23:22:54 · answer #2 · answered by JohnFromNC 7 · 1 1

I think its because for now at least we can only grasp what we can experience with one or more of our five senses. We willingly allow ourselves to be trapped within the compounds of the third dimension. God is of the spirit world and therefore our fives senses can not reach that far.
Please consider that humans have imaginations. I know how much doubters LOVE to make fun of imagination, but it is a tool, just like eyes, ears, etc...
What purpose do you suppose we have for an imagination if it's useless?
Don't you think that it was the combination of logic, and imagination that allowed the scientists to figure out how to make that darn thing work!?
God will not reveal Himself to anyone who is stuffed with pride. Who thinks he has to have it all figured out before he'll be convinced of anything.
God requires, (He's God so He gets to make the rules) that all mankind must humble them selves and ask Him to come into their lives. He just doesn't show up at your door step and pushes his way in. If you want to know, you have no alternative but to ask Him. Its that simple. I hope this helps; God bless.

2007-08-20 23:13:41 · answer #3 · answered by Linda J 7 · 0 0

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