tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539220474441789865.post5694057797496559210..comments2023-07-07T04:19:30.374-04:00Comments on The Nonreligious Christian: Christian GeniusFaith Bogdanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15736183627293890085noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539220474441789865.post-64728851602411198612010-01-09T13:11:28.045-05:002010-01-09T13:11:28.045-05:00Dr. Craig & the infallibility of scripture: if...Dr. Craig & the infallibility of scripture: if he believes that it would be because he has found ample evidence for it's being an accurate recording of historical events (through archeological findings, manuscript dating, etc.)<br /><br />Lee Strobel has a decent take on "God and the Killing of the Innocents" in ch. 4 of The Case for Faith. Further, if you study the OT, you realize that those other nations (all the "-ites") were offering Hebrew babies to their gods, taking them as slaves, raping their women, etc. They were terrorists. God instructed Israel that if any were left to keep reproducing, they would forever be a problem. (hmmm)<br /><br />And no, God does not murder children. We live in a fallen world where bad things happen to everyone. But God is just; Satan has it coming to him. In the meantime, God has deeper purposes for us in suffering. "His ways are higher than ours."<br /><br />Keep seeking, my friend. I myself will never stop. :)Faith Bogdanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18258030467532021102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539220474441789865.post-49342842182562741692010-01-09T00:49:57.278-05:002010-01-09T00:49:57.278-05:00To be blunt I fail to see the difference. You hea...To be blunt I fail to see the difference. You hear something, and it speaks to you. I can understand that, but the fact that what your hearing connects with you in a deep meaningful way, a way that just "makes sense" inside says nothing about the truth value of what you are hearing. People can, and do, make these sorts of arguments, and have a "Spirit response" for just about every faith on Earth.<br /><br />You directed me to Reasonable Faith, I have been there. I spend a lot of time reading and listening to the apologists. I'm afraid I have very little respect for Dr. Craig. We are talking about a man who believes in the the infalibility of scripture. A man who I have heard argue that the true victims of the massacres of the old testament were the poor Isrealite soldiers who had no choice but to bludgeon and stab to death the women and children of those nations that the Isrealites destroyed to make room for themselves in the holy land. A man who has argued that the problem with Atheism is that it has no ultimate standard for morality, yet contends that his ultimate standard, God, is bound by no moral compunctions. Whatever God says is moral because God says so. If God kills your child then that's that, and there is no moral argument you can make against him. (He has actually argued this.) You might as well choose a hurricane as your ultimate moral standard. Frankly Dr. Craig frightens me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539220474441789865.post-42719189330462491742010-01-08T23:57:27.034-05:002010-01-08T23:57:27.034-05:00Anonymous,
I never said Jason's conversion was...Anonymous,<br />I never said Jason's conversion was "the act of believing something that made him feel good." Rather, as I said, it was a spirit response (feelings are associated with the realm of the soul; the spirit responds to God apart from feelings). This is about revelation. But that certainly does not negate the importance of understanding with the intellect why we believe what we believe. Check out www.reasonablefaith.com, for starters. Thanks for the comment. :)Faith Bogdanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15736183627293890085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539220474441789865.post-84592038823642514592010-01-08T23:44:15.275-05:002010-01-08T23:44:15.275-05:00I find it curious that you mention in the post tha...I find it curious that you mention in the post that he didn't "check his brain at the door", yet you freely admit that his faith has nothing to do with his intellect. In fact his conversion experience is simply the act of instantly believing something that made him feel good. I would be very interested to hear what intellectual arguments he may have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539220474441789865.post-46699034322334088352008-09-29T17:10:00.000-04:002008-09-29T17:10:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Faith Bogdanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18258030467532021102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539220474441789865.post-89140593757014096252008-09-29T15:03:00.000-04:002008-09-29T15:03:00.000-04:00*tears well up in eyes**tears well up in eyes*Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10779635438177461127noreply@blogger.com