Many people think that we need to “just believe”, despite any evidence that non-Christians show us. I don’t think that is necessary at all. There are evidences everywhere that the Christian faith is objectively true, and the Bible says that it is OK to look at the evidence.
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Does Jesus Endorse Blind Faith? | Stand to Reason
Taken out of context, John 20:29 is often used to justify faith without evidence. Greg looks at the whole passage to clarify the true meaning of the verse.
Even if your belief is wrong, it is absolutely true that you believe it.
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I was just watching a debate that was so silly that I could not finish watching it. The atheist that was debating the Christian was an absolute hot head! If that guy wasn’t a villain in WWE wrestling he missed his calling!
Even though he personally admitted that experts had been giving him an alternative definition for the word faith, from his definition every week for the last twenty years, he still insisted on his definition being right and everyone else’s being wrong.
This has the effect of crippling any honest investigation of the beliefs of Christianity. Even IF all those scholars and all those believers, and all those pieces of ancient literature with the word that means faith were wrong, we still believe in our definition, for the sake of an honest discussion and investigation of our beliefs you must believe that we believe it.
It is the same with other belief systems. Their beliefs may be mistaken and may be objectively wrong, but we must believe that they believe it before we can any kind of productive discussion with them about which of our beliefs are objectively right, and which are not.
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Are you looking for a Christian book that will help you grow stronger in the faith? Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis is a modern classic that is helpful learning about basic Christianity I highly recommend it.
Objection to Christianity: Christians are Evil Hypocrites
One of the most common objections to Christianity is that Christians are evil hypocrites, and I have to admit that especially if you include all people who say that they are Christians (even if they are not) that even by human standards they are right. One only has to look at the news and see what has been happening to some little boys in some churches that this objection does have some merit. The Bible itself says that ALL PEOPLE fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23 when they say that Christians are, or at least can be evil they are doing nothing more than confessing that at least part of Christianity is true.
It breaks my heart whenever I hear of Christians that have done things that are evil even by human standards, but no belief system should be judged by the random people who say that they follow it, there are atheist like Joseph Stalin who was responsible for the deaths of a seemingly countless number of people and atheist who are basically good. Buddhist that literally would not kill a fly, and Buddhist who have committed murder. Pagans that are passivist, and Pagans who have committed human sacrifice. All belief systems have one thing in common; they all are followed by fallible humans. We should not judge those belief systems by random followers of the belief system, we should judge them by the foundational beliefs of that system, and the people who follow that belief system the best. In the case of Christianity, that person is Jesus Christ. Who is so good, that many belief systems have tried to turn him into a follower of their belief system. He encouraged people to be kind even to their enemies. Don’t judge Christianity by the so-called Christians who have committed beastly behavior, judge it by the behavior of Christ.
He is not a hypocrite, and if you are a real Christian, you will follow him, not other Christians.
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Why did David need 5 stones to fight Goliath?
Everyone has heard about the battle between David and Goliath, how David was just a boy, and Goliath was a giant. The best guess of Goliath’s height was 9ft 9inches. (converting cubits to feet is no certain thing.)
David’s chosen weapon was a sling with 5 stones. Have you ever wondered why David decided that he needed 5 stones? Did he think that God was unable to do it with one?
No, the answer is that Goliath had at least four brothers.
In 2 Samuel 21:18-22 It talks about 4 who were killed who were sons of the Giant in Gath. (Goliath’s home) and specifically mentions that one of them was the brother of Goliath.
It stands to reason that if you plan on picking on, or killing someone who has brothers nearby, that you should plan to defend yourself against them as well.
My most commonly used Bible is the
Apologetics Study Bible
I highly recommend it!
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