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truth? I have lived a very "secular" life for at least 90% of my life before I became a Christian as a senior in engineering school. Pretty much all the people I knew growing up were "atheist", "agnostic", or "carnal christian". After I became a Christian I felt that I had many many doubts and questions that needed answers, and still do today. However, when I sit down with a pencil and paper, and some books I eventually find that my feeling of doubt is not consistent with reality according to objective logical reasoning and mainstream science, and my feeling is ultimately unjustified. For example, I often get the problem of evil stuck in my mind, and I start to feel that God is not just, but when I pick apart that thought, do my research with various scholarly literature, and examine the philosophical premises, I find that the argument for God's injustice is logically inconsistent, even though I felt it was at the time. I guess I am like Job in my thinking. But do these ideas based on feelings and emotion ever cause you to wander too far away from what the truth is? It seems like I have to constantly stay on guard so that my feelings don't get the best of what is objectively logical and reasonable.
Also if there are any intelligent non-christians reading this, can you provide me with some academic work or articles that I can check out, that provides evidence against Biblical Christianity? Thanks!
You know, saying things like "Quit letting Satan fill your head" isn't a very good way of bringing intelligent people to the Lord.
Lou, how do you even conceptualize objectivity based on your view?
And no,I do not simply "pick and choose" different ways of interpreting the Bible and massage it until it satisfies my desires. I look at the interpretations and examine what the scholars (christian and non-christian) say about it.
Blazin b, I appreciate your effort in addressing both the problem of evil, and the history of the Bible. Although I have already examined the problem of evil and the history of the bible, there were some names and events you mentioned that I have not heard of, and I am inclined to research them even though you say I shouldn't. also, if you are interested in more research that I think could resolve your issues, I recommend examining the works of some Christian philosophers like William Lane Craig, Richard Swinburne, and Alvin Plantinga.
Harold, I may contact you in the future, if i have the time. Thanks.
I don't think Yahoo Answers is the best place to talk about this stuff. I think my best bet is to mediate between Secular Web and ReasonableFaith.org
Also if there are any intelligent non-christians reading this, can you provide me with some academic work or articles that I can check out, that provides evidence against Biblical Christianity? Thanks!
You know, saying things like "Quit letting Satan fill your head" isn't a very good way of bringing intelligent people to the Lord.
Lou, how do you even conceptualize objectivity based on your view?
And no,I do not simply "pick and choose" different ways of interpreting the Bible and massage it until it satisfies my desires. I look at the interpretations and examine what the scholars (christian and non-christian) say about it.
Blazin b, I appreciate your effort in addressing both the problem of evil, and the history of the Bible. Although I have already examined the problem of evil and the history of the bible, there were some names and events you mentioned that I have not heard of, and I am inclined to research them even though you say I shouldn't. also, if you are interested in more research that I think could resolve your issues, I recommend examining the works of some Christian philosophers like William Lane Craig, Richard Swinburne, and Alvin Plantinga.
Harold, I may contact you in the future, if i have the time. Thanks.
I don't think Yahoo Answers is the best place to talk about this stuff. I think my best bet is to mediate between Secular Web and ReasonableFaith.org