TO MY CHRISTIAN BUDDIES:, wooo! Options

[dowhead]

Hey everyone,

In this forum, there is a lot of talk about weather God is real or fake, and which religion is the right one. Some are just discussions, and I completely understand. For the record, I am a Christian myself.

I am somewhat frustrated by the fact that that some of my fellow Christians are not able to defend their faith. I am seeing many posts like, "I am a Christian, and God is real." The end.
I would like to remind you that with this answer coming up over and over again, we are not proving anything. I feel that if I were not a Christian, I would be frustrated because no one was proving to me why God is real and the only way. I would feel like "the Christian" asked for a fight, but cannot finish it.

Here is what I propose:
I feel that if you are a Christian and would like to get into a debate about religion, go right ahead. But you need to know every question, answer and reaction that will occur from both sides. It is hard to debate with a non-Christian and personally, I believe that if the non-Christian is stubborn about his beliefs, he or she will not change their ways no matter what anyone says. I would like to advise my Christian friends that we need to be prepared to finish a fight if you would like to get into one.

I am a senior in a Christian high school and we have Bible class. This year we are studying Apologetics as well as world religions and cults. I have learned so much from Apologetics class. Our textbook was a book called: "Defending Your Faith" by Dan Story. I would recommend every Christian to read this book. It helps you not be wavered from Christ by worldly views and things you hear. I learned how to defend my faith for my good. It is an amazing book.

I am sorry if I offended any of you. I am not telling you what you should do, I am advising you though my opinions. You may choose what you like.

Thank you very much. I appreciate you all.

Michelle

[monster]

Hey everyone,

In this forum, there is a lot of talk about weather God is real or fake, and which religion is the right one. Some are just discussions, and I completely understand. For the record, I am a Christian myself.

I am somewhat frustrated by the fact that that some of my fellow Christians are not able to defend their faith. I am seeing many posts like, "I am a Christian, and God is real." The end.
I would like to remind you that with this answer coming up over and over again, we are not proving anything. I feel that if I were not a Christian, I would be frustrated because no one was proving to me why God is real and the only way. I would feel like "the Christian" asked for a fight, but cannot finish it.

Here is what I propose:
I feel that if you are a Christian and would like to get into a debate about religion, go right ahead. But you need to know every question, answer and reaction that will occur from both sides. It is hard to debate with a non-Christian and personally, I believe that if the non-Christian is stubborn about his beliefs, he or she will not change their ways no matter what anyone says. I would like to advise my Christian friends that we need to be prepared to finish a fight if you would like to get into one.

I am a senior in a Christian high school and we have Bible class. This year we are studying Apologetics as well as world religions and cults. I have learned so much from Apologetics class. Our textbook was a book called: "Defending Your Faith" by Dan Story. I would recommend every Christian to read this book. It helps you not be wavered from Christ by worldly views and things you hear. I learned how to defend my faith for my good. It is an amazing book.

I am sorry if I offended any of you. I am not telling you what you should do, I am advising you though my opinions. You may choose what you like.

Thank you very much. I appreciate you all.

Michelle

"A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride."

- C. S. Lewis

Not everyone is able to study apologetics and is able to take a Bible class everyday.

Problem is your book is full of holes and parables... On top of that it's been KNOWN that your holy book has been modified. On top of that, holy books are meant to be examples and stories of what happened in the past... most of which should not be taken literally.

Realistically speaking, you'll need a lot more than just Christianity to even answer most of the questions out there, not just the simplicity of your faith.

You know, you could be Christian and read the Quran, or the Torah, or Talmud etc... it's not gonna convert you into another religion.

On top of that, you could use science to prove a lot about the existence of God. You just gotta give up a lot of your social life in order to better understand and realize it.

It's not a religion if everything is taken as a parable or a metaphor.

And, I'd like to see proof that our "holy book" has been tampered with.

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"A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride."

- C. S. Lewis

Not everyone is able to study apologetics and is able to take a Bible class everyday.
It's not a religion if everything is taken as a parable or a metaphor.

And, I'd like to see proof that our "holy book" has been tampered with.

o.O It's in history books, well not school books but... here's a hint, had to do with a court, Jews, and Romans. On top of that the Bible is simply not meant to be taken literally.

It's like someone tellin you a story for the first time ever then you repeat it on a piece of paper, you're just not gonna remember every word he/she said. Or if you repeat it to someone...

Bible is just stories that set examples, so you can learn right from wrong, what's accepted and what's not accepted.

You want more than what the Bible can offer in knowledge, read more than what the Bible can offer. There's other holy books, stop being ignorant and learn more :P (not that I'm callin you ignorant, just sayin)

[monster]

o.O It's in history books, well not school books but... here's a hint, had to do with a court, Jews, and Romans. On top of that the Bible is simply not meant to be taken literally.

It's like someone tellin you a story for the first time ever then you repeat it on a piece of paper, you're just not gonna remember every word he/she said. Or if you repeat it to someone...

Bible is just stories that set examples, so you can learn right from wrong, what's accepted and what's not accepted.

You want more than what the Bible can offer in knowledge, read more than what the Bible can offer. There's other holy books, stop being ignorant and learn more :P (not that I'm callin you ignorant, just sayin)

I still require proof, which you have failed to bring to me so far.

There has been about 25 minutes for you to bring me one shed of proof that the Bible has been proved fake.

I'll wait for you.

[illriginal]

I still require proof, which you have failed to bring to me so far.

There has been about 25 minutes for you to bring me one shed of proof that the Bible has been proved fake.

I'll wait for you.

It hasn't been proved fake lol... Guy I'm not gonna sit here and debate about missing doctrines. Because Christians tend to take doctrines out of context (because it's their personal understanding/interpretation) just to try and prove a point, no matter how foolish they may look.

On top of that, I don't want to be the one to slam your holy book. It's not my responsibility to bring light to the people... I just don't care to, no offense. Plus we're all humans who didn't witness any of this. We use faith as proof, which doesn't hold weight.

Plus I base my Christian knowledge on the Dead Sea scrolls which were recently discovered in Jordan and simply put it's more authentic than any New Testament bible out today.

Though I must admit, Hebrew is a hard language and all I can really do is repeatedly re-read it till I fully understand.

[monster]

It hasn't been proved fake lol... Guy I'm not gonna sit here and debate about missing doctrines. Because Christians tend to take doctrines out of context (because it's their personal understanding/interpretation) just to try and prove a point, no matter how foolish they may look.

On top of that, I don't want to be the one to slam your holy book. It's not my responsibility to bring light to the people... I just don't care to, no offense. Plus we're all humans who didn't witness any of this. We use faith as proof, which doesn't hold weight.

Plus I base my Christian knowledge on the Dead Sea scrolls which were recently discovered in Jordan and simply put it's more authentic than any New Testament bible out today.

Though I must admit, Hebrew is a hard language and all I can really do is repeatedly re-read it till I fully understand.

Then I'm going to discard your comments as bullshit.

[illriginal]

Then I'm going to discard your comments as bullshit.

Pfft.. I can care less. Like I said, even if God gave me the gift of the all knowing, I'd still let the human race fail. I'd rather die with the knowledge than help a thick headed human. I don't have the patience to debate religion with religious people, not anymore at least.. they're all same and annoy the heck out of me.

Anyways, good luck.... I recommend you get into the Dead Sea scrolls before you start to believe anything in that half assed book you call a bible erm... Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth :P