Saturday, May 8, 2010

I'm really not interested in what is widely accepted, I'm only interested in the Truth. All through out history certain facts, methods were widely accepted only later to be found false or insufficient. When scientist don't have a fail proof answer, they rely on what they have at the time, thus carbon dating is accepted. This is the faith you place in science.

You are correct in stating that many people who profess to be Christians don't believe/follow the Bible. This is unfortunate and I believe comes from the fact they don't know their Bibles and they don't know God. Over and over again the Bible talks of this very kind of believer. "And so the LORD says, 'These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. And their worship of me amounts to nothing more than human laws learned by rote...I will show that human wisdom is foolish and even the most brilliant people lack understanding'". Isaiah 29:13,14 (just one example)

I too was once guilty of this very thing. Coming to Christ at an early age, I later allowed my faith to be influenced by popular belief. It was much easier to just go with the flow instead of really believing in or researching God for myself. Since I have taken the time/energy to seek Him out on my own, I am no longer interested in believing in a religion I want Him and only Him. I so understand the verse from Jeremiah 29 "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you," declares the LORD. This goes for whatever race, religion and country you happen to be born into. As you said yourself----many Christians don't even know what they believe. I believe this is true for all other religions. You can be VERY religious and still be VERY lost!

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2 comments:

  1. UnknownMay 9, 2010 at 7:51 AM

    I'm an agnostic, and I have followed this conversation from the beginning. The 5/8 posting prompted this comment. Neither of you can know that your belief is certainly the truth. The existence of a creator can not be disproven by science. Yet, faith in a creator is just that-faith. It isn't truth. To deny that part of science that would cause you to re-examine your faith doesn't seem like the action of someone interested in truth.

    Craig C

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  2. DavidMay 9, 2010 at 8:41 AM

    The Dalai Lama once said something to the effect "if science shows that some aspect of Buddhism is wrong then Buddhism much change". This is a refreshing attitude and reflects an open mind. It certainly beats attacking scientific findings that you think threaten your faith.

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