Lee Strobel
C. S. Lewis
Josh McDowell
2007-11-13 02:55:08 · 31 answers · asked by Theophilus 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
What an absolutely ridiculous statement. Why are so many Christians shameless liars?
2007-11-13 03:02:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Three people? That's all you've got?
I'm a smart, honest person. I investigated Christianity *while I was actually a Christian* and it inspired me to become an atheist.
Don't pat yourself on the back too much. Most members of the scientific community are atheists or at best deists, according to a recent poll. I'd say that scientists usually tend to be pretty smart.
2007-11-13 03:00:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
"You're stacking it there.
Anyone who investigated Christianity and didn't become a Christian will be, by your definition, neither smart nor honest."
I believe you should refresh yourself on the tactics of debate.
He qualified the "smart and honest people" group with "who investigate Christianity". Your error is symptomatic of many of the weaker arguments posed on this Y!A section. Typically, when intelligence or morality is brought into question the respondents become defensive and irrational.
"Anyone who investigated Christianity and didn't become a Christian will be, by your definition, neither smart nor honest." This corollary becomes null and void because your logic that helped you derive it is false.
2007-11-13 03:09:08 · answer #3 · answered by thisismattwade 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Holy Spirit leads us all to Christ- and Strobel, Lewis, and McDowell investigated it and studied and they could run from the truth- if you really investigated for yourself, the Spirit of God would open your eyes to the truth too.
2007-11-13 05:00:10 · answer #4 · answered by AdoreHim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because when they are searching their soul and looking for answers, they readily find them.
You should read "Case for Christ" by Lee Strobel.
God isn't hiding. He's just waiting for everyone to notice. Really notice.
Edit: And, there are others who have become Christians. Francis S. Collins, for instance. He was the head scientist in the Human Genome Project. A British professor named Walter J. Veith was a very well-known evolutionist. He traveled around the world and found his own physical proof of Christianity and Creationism. I love his talks about the flood.
2007-11-13 02:59:52 · answer #5 · answered by dappleddakota 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Nick Gisburne, Bertrand Russell, Ricky Gervais, Terry Pratchett, Julia Sweeney, Björk...
They're just a tiny few - the ones I was able to think of off the top of my head - of the many many people who prove you wrong.
EDIT: Oh my God, I can't believe I forgot Douglas Adams! Duh! Carl Sagan's probably in there as well, but I don't know to what extent he investigated Christianity.
2007-11-13 03:20:22 · answer #6 · answered by Scumspawn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-29 03:56:55 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
First Corinthians 2:14 states: "The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
In other words, a man can be very intelligent and intellectually honest but cannot understand the words of the Spirit. Unless he is reborn of the Spirit.
2007-11-13 03:02:13 · answer #8 · answered by x 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
That is so not true...No matter how much you would like to believe it. Are you saying that the three you listed are the only smart Christians out of millions? I might buy that =)
2007-11-13 02:58:47 · answer #9 · answered by Celtickarma 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I'm smart and honest and spent 18 years investigating christianity.
2007-11-13 02:58:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 11⤊ 1⤋