That being said, there is abundant evidence for the God of the Bible. Perhaps most importantly is that only the existence of the Christian God makes sense of the things that we all take for granted, among which are the regularity and dependability of natural laws and processes and a universal morality.
Aside from your religion's holy book, what evidence do you have that your faith is true and correct?12/24/2016
At the outset, we have to be clear that if the question is, “what evidence is there that will convince someone of the truth of Christianity,” the answer must be that there is none. Man does not just suffer from a lack of information concerning God. He suffers from deadness of soul. The Bible, which cannot be disregarded as evidence, says that man in his natural capacity cannot accept things concerning God, unless and until God himself makes himself savingly known to them.
That being said, there is abundant evidence for the God of the Bible. Perhaps most importantly is that only the existence of the Christian God makes sense of the things that we all take for granted, among which are the regularity and dependability of natural laws and processes and a universal morality. If God can create a peaceful and blissful afterlife, why is Earthly life so filled with suffering?12/17/2016
Well, truth be known, God also created a peaceful and blissful earth in the beginning; Paradise. No suffering, no pain, no hostility. Man had perfect knowledge and righteousness. He served and worshiped God blissfully, and completely, and enjoyed unhindered communion with God.
The suffering which is the common experience of mankind today came about when sin entered the world. Sin is the intruder, the interloper, universal and ruinous to man’s relationship both with God and with his fellow man. It is so deeply rooted in our nature ever since it first made its appearance that the Bible says “there is no one who does not sin,” and “there is none righteous, no, not one.” Only through the divinely powerful work of Christ can sin be overcome, because he himself has overcome it. And only in the end will God remove the last vestiges of sin in the new heaven and new earth. There will likely be many of the contributors today who will say that man is basically good, but I submit that both biblical declaration and honest observation give abundant, though sad, evidence that man is inherently sinful.
The most compelling are the biblical declarations, which trump observation because they are the word of God. The Bible says that the heart is desperately wicked, that there is no one who does not sin, and that from conception we are sinners (Psalm 51:5). This is the one universal inherited trait, passed down from Adam to each of us. And observation agrees with the Bible. As soon as a baby is able to express itself it does so in sinful ways. Among the first words a baby learns are typically the words, “mine,” and “no,” and their actions are right in line with those words, expressing the self-centeredness and rebellion that proves all people to be children of Adam. It’s interesting, though not surprising, that the question is phrased such that God’s moral law is said to “not stand up to current moral standards.” Let’s consider an example of “current moral standards”: If a criminal kills a pregnant woman he can be charged with two murders, but that same woman can kill her unborn child and be praised as a progressive champion of a woman’s right to choose. No, it is today’s morality that is out of step with the unchanging moral law that God has given.
The easiest way to answer charges of contradictions is simply to ask that one be shown. A contradiction would be a serious thing, but a true contradiction has yet to be produced. Finally, equating the slavery addressed and regulated in the Bible with man-stealing slavery of our nation’s history is a gross generalization, and amounts to comparing apples to oranges, there is almost no common ground. |
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