Comments on: Speak now, or… http://asevidencethatiexist.com/2009/04/07/speak-now-or/ a little existential crisis is nothing Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:51:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: anonymous http://asevidencethatiexist.com/2009/04/07/speak-now-or/comment-page-1/#comment-3771 anonymous Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:57:44 +0000 http://asevidencethatiexist.com/?p=148#comment-3771 Pardon me for calling you arrogant and ignorant. I am arrogant and ignorant about a lot, too. Who isn't. That is why I place my trust in something with more authority and objectivity than my partially educated opinion. Pardon me for calling you arrogant and ignorant. I am arrogant and ignorant about a lot, too. Who isn’t. That is why I place my trust in something with more authority and objectivity than my partially educated opinion.

]]> By: Brad http://asevidencethatiexist.com/2009/04/07/speak-now-or/comment-page-1/#comment-3610 Brad Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:03:12 +0000 http://asevidencethatiexist.com/?p=148#comment-3610 <a href="http://asevidencethatiexist.com/2009/04/07/speak-now-or/#comment-3598" rel="nofollow">You</a> my friend can put your faith where ever you want. It's your choice to choose. And I believe we all have that *god-given* right. :) Just don't call me an arrogant, ignorant man, simply because you don't feel my personal apologetic meets your muster. Frankly, we can both be idiots, that doesn't make both of us wrong. You my friend can put your faith where ever you want. It’s your choice to choose. And I believe we all have that *god-given* right. :)

Just don’t call me an arrogant, ignorant man, simply because you don’t feel my personal apologetic meets your muster. Frankly, we can both be idiots, that doesn’t make both of us wrong.

]]> By: anonymous http://asevidencethatiexist.com/2009/04/07/speak-now-or/comment-page-1/#comment-3598 anonymous Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:15:48 +0000 http://asevidencethatiexist.com/?p=148#comment-3598 You can use archeology and history to prove that a lot of the bible is true. Those who question the authenticity of the Bible have to answer to that. They come up with their alternate theories about what they think actually happened. Yet, they have hardly no historical evidence to back up their own theories. I had a lot of conversations with my religion prof. in college who questioned the authenticity of the Bible. When I pinned him down on something he said in class that cast doubt on the authenticity of the bible, he usually would agree that he was expressing his opinion about something he was really ignorant about. I choose to put my faith in the Bible over the opinions of arrogant ignorant men. You can use archeology and history to prove that a lot of the bible is true. Those who question the authenticity of the Bible have to answer to that. They come up with their alternate theories about what they think actually happened. Yet, they have hardly no historical evidence to back up their own theories. I had a lot of conversations with my religion prof. in college who questioned the authenticity of the Bible. When I pinned him down on something he said in class that cast doubt on the authenticity of the bible, he usually would agree that he was expressing his opinion about something he was really ignorant about. I choose to put my faith in the Bible over the opinions of arrogant ignorant men.

]]> By: Brad http://asevidencethatiexist.com/2009/04/07/speak-now-or/comment-page-1/#comment-3509 Brad Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:17:53 +0000 http://asevidencethatiexist.com/?p=148#comment-3509 RE: <a href="http://asevidencethatiexist.com/2009/04/07/speak-now-or/#comment-3508" rel="nofollow">Anon 1 Cor 13</a> I hear what you're trying to say, and I've been there. But you can't use the bible to prove that the bible is true. It's circular and isn't convincing to people who question the bible's authenticity, validity and/or inspiriation. RE: Anon 1 Cor 13
I hear what you’re trying to say, and I’ve been there. But you can’t use the bible to prove that the bible is true. It’s circular and isn’t convincing to people who question the bible’s authenticity, validity and/or inspiriation.

]]> By: anonymous http://asevidencethatiexist.com/2009/04/07/speak-now-or/comment-page-1/#comment-3508 anonymous Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:18:10 +0000 http://asevidencethatiexist.com/?p=148#comment-3508 There is a lot in the bible that is hard to understand. But, then there is that which is cristal clear. There you can come up with some pretty clear absolutes. However, we only know in part(1 corinthians 13) don't we. One thing for sure, faith in Him pleases God and He reveals Himself to those who put their faith in Him. There is a lot in the bible that is hard to understand. But, then there is that which is cristal clear. There you can come up with some pretty clear absolutes. However, we only know in part(1 corinthians 13) don’t we. One thing for sure, faith in Him pleases God and He reveals Himself to those who put their faith in Him.

]]> By: Brad http://asevidencethatiexist.com/2009/04/07/speak-now-or/comment-page-1/#comment-3341 Brad Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:21:49 +0000 http://asevidencethatiexist.com/?p=148#comment-3341 Re: <a href="http://asevidencethatiexist.com/2009/04/07/speak-now-or/#comment-3076" rel="nofollow">Post Modernist</a> I don't buy that. I believe in absolutes. I just don't believe that we can know them absolutely. That is where faith steps in. Whether it's faith that an empirical truth will hold in a time of need, or faith that our bible is true. Either there is a god or there isn't. That's an absolute to me. I'm just not confident we can claim to know this truth absolutely. Re: <a href="http://asevidencethatiexist.com/2009/04/07/speak-now-or/#comment-3187" rel="nofollow">Lisa</a> I never thought about that. I don't know if I'm looking for fault, just trying to make sense of what is, not finding blame in what isn't. Re: Post Modernist
I don’t buy that. I believe in absolutes. I just don’t believe that we can know them absolutely. That is where faith steps in. Whether it’s faith that an empirical truth will hold in a time of need, or faith that our bible is true. Either there is a god or there isn’t. That’s an absolute to me. I’m just not confident we can claim to know this truth absolutely.

Re: Lisa
I never thought about that. I don’t know if I’m looking for fault, just trying to make sense of what is, not finding blame in what isn’t.

]]> By: Lisa http://asevidencethatiexist.com/2009/04/07/speak-now-or/comment-page-1/#comment-3187 Lisa Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:45:54 +0000 http://asevidencethatiexist.com/?p=148#comment-3187 Just a thought as I read this. How do you know 'shi' isn't speaking to world leaders? How do you know he didn't mention the tsunami? The assumption I read that it is his fault, not ours. Again, just a thought. Just a thought as I read this. How do you know ’shi’ isn’t speaking to world leaders? How do you know he didn’t mention the tsunami? The assumption I read that it is his fault, not ours. Again, just a thought.

]]> By: anonymous http://asevidencethatiexist.com/2009/04/07/speak-now-or/comment-page-1/#comment-3076 anonymous Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:09:44 +0000 http://asevidencethatiexist.com/?p=148#comment-3076 Sounds to me that you are a post-modernist. My son claimed to be one for a while. He told me he believed that there were no absolutes. I asked him if he was absolutely sure that was the case. Realizing the absurdity of his position, he returned to the convictions that he was taught as a child. Sounds to me that you are a post-modernist. My son claimed to be one for a while. He told me he believed that there were no absolutes. I asked him if he was absolutely sure that was the case. Realizing the absurdity of his position, he returned to the convictions that he was taught as a child.

]]> By: Brad http://asevidencethatiexist.com/2009/04/07/speak-now-or/comment-page-1/#comment-3070 Brad Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:18:32 +0000 http://asevidencethatiexist.com/?p=148#comment-3070 I read Josh McDowels book and spent some time in the valley of Hank Hanagraf (hanegraff? heneygraffle? omnigraf?). Deep in the staunch underbellies of protestant evangelical thought. But that was then and this is now, life moved on and I don't know how to be. Also, I don't think it's humanity's responsibility to prove that God exists. Nor do I think it's a religious person (or non-religious for that matter) job to justify their belief system to others. Believe what you believe, with all the conviction you can muster, just leave yourself room to be wrong (or inaccurate) or incomplete or devoid of absolute. I read Josh McDowels book and spent some time in the valley of Hank Hanagraf (hanegraff? heneygraffle? omnigraf?). Deep in the staunch underbellies of protestant evangelical thought. But that was then and this is now, life moved on and I don’t know how to be.

Also, I don’t think it’s humanity’s responsibility to prove that God exists. Nor do I think it’s a religious person (or non-religious for that matter) job to justify their belief system to others. Believe what you believe, with all the conviction you can muster, just leave yourself room to be wrong (or inaccurate) or incomplete or devoid of absolute.

]]> By: anonymous http://asevidencethatiexist.com/2009/04/07/speak-now-or/comment-page-1/#comment-3068 anonymous Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:53:33 +0000 http://asevidencethatiexist.com/?p=148#comment-3068 I would be interested in knowing where you went to seminary. That may have a lot to do with what you are struggling with. I would be interested in knowing where you went to seminary. That may have a lot to do with what you are struggling with.

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