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<< Here you go vilifying all religions, telling us that they are all false etc, when suddenly, after many words, one religion pops out as a good one, versus the others, and it happens to be yours... >>
Simple logic tells us that either ALL religions are false, or ONE is true and the rest are false. We can have a discussion on this logic if you wish. Anyone choosing to accept any religion is automatically rejecting the rest.
Do you disagree with the concept that only one religion can be true, or do you disagree because I dared to say that Biblical Christianity is true?
If Biblical Christianity is indeed true, then all of the other religions have to be false because that is what the Bible teaches.
<< and it happens to be yours... >>
It would be pretty stupid of me to say, “You know, I’ve studied all of the world religions and determined that Christianity is true, but dangit, I was born a Muslim, so I will continue in my false religion and burn in hell forever because I was unlucky enough to be born into a false religion!”
<< Had you converted to it, I would have accepted your view to some extend. You made a choice, freely : after studying them all, you chose the one best fit. But as it happens, it seems the your religion is the one of your parents, and of your civilization's mainstream taught beliefs. >>
Huh? What do you know about me, my family, my conversion, etc.?
I am not the issue here. Many books have been written by brilliant men who sought to disprove Christianity, only to find themselves converted by the preponderance of evidence. Christianity is an anvil that has broken countless hammers. I mentioned “Case for Christ” as one example. “More than a Carpenter” is another classic. If a detailed conversion story is what it will take for you to consider Christianity, then please avail yourself of the many documents available.
I am a nobody. I am a vapor in cyberspace. I am not asking you to believe anything just because I say so, but I implore you to seek the truth with intellectual honesty and I will gladly give rational support for any claims I make.
<< So your choice, if being the best one, ought to derive from a lucky strike. But I don't accept luck, in such matters. (or others) >>
I, too, eschew luck. That is the antithesis of my comments. We are all accountable to God for what we choose to believe.
God’s chosen people, from Adam, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to King David, to John the Baptist all passed down “the best one” faithfully from generation to generation. Were they “lucky” to be born into the true religion?
God has given us all His Holy Word and many infallible proofs. We are free to accept or reject His Message. Luck has nothing to do with it.
Ken |
