tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882699495059104312.post5101673229631273570..comments2024-01-24T04:02:06.466-05:00Comments on Why I De-Converted from Evangelical Christianity: Am I Just Biased Against the Supernatural?Ken Pulliamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161943466797514854noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882699495059104312.post-62924370093108304312022-01-18T08:54:19.913-05:002022-01-18T08:54:19.913-05:00This is why it is so important that when another p...This is why it is so important that when another person hurts you, you must forgive. Often we hear someone say, "I can never forgive him/her for this." Oh, but they must! The one who needs to forgive is affected just as much as the one who needs to be forgiven, if not more deeply! You can forgive the wrongdoer whether he asks for forgiveness or not. <a href="https://miracleshome.org/" rel="nofollow">a course in miracles</a><br /><br />Jason Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542972466616286734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882699495059104312.post-36963321353055867682017-12-21T22:37:38.957-05:002017-12-21T22:37:38.957-05:00Shelby
There are no early Romans or Jewish record...Shelby<br /><br />There are no early Romans or Jewish records that document anything about Jesus.<br /><br />If you have specific evidence - please produce specific evidence for us to peer review. I, for one, would love to see it!!<br /><br />Greg Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01023732420852628257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882699495059104312.post-16869903065161459232017-12-21T22:36:25.853-05:002017-12-21T22:36:25.853-05:00Shelby - Son of God is VERY different than God.Shelby - Son of God is VERY different than God.Greg Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01023732420852628257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882699495059104312.post-37212998414857948682017-12-21T02:09:29.461-05:002017-12-21T02:09:29.461-05:00Facts! Roman & Jewish records of the time docu...Facts! Roman & Jewish records of the time document that Jesus of Nazareth lived when the bible says so. They show he was proclaimed to do miracles, hated by Jewish religious leaders, traveled & spoke to large crowds, was crucified & buried in a Roman guarded tomb. They document he was claimed by crowds to have then been seen, the disciples suffered beatings, imprisonment, exile & execution without denying he was the messiah & resurrected. If Jesus was a liar why would believers of his time been willing to suffer, why would they follow him to their deaths in the colloseum? Those who knew him, who witnessed his miracles & resurection 1st hand did not deny him, how can I?Shelbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08404834754768542207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882699495059104312.post-84855353218344692912017-12-21T01:45:26.552-05:002017-12-21T01:45:26.552-05:00Jesus is the SON of God, born of a virgin. Yes, Go...Jesus is the SON of God, born of a virgin. Yes, God can get a virgin pregnant. He died as a human, accepting the death sentence we all are given, not because God hates us but because we reject him & he won't force us to be with him against our will. What would the world be like if Hitler & Nero, etc. lived forever? Rapists & pedophiles, slave owners, terrorists & psychopaths? God raised him from the dead because he was innocent of the crime for which he was convicted. Shelbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08404834754768542207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882699495059104312.post-9371337857134977852015-03-19T02:25:20.933-04:002015-03-19T02:25:20.933-04:00Ken - Great point that Christians disbelief other ...Ken - Great point that Christians disbelief other supernatural claims...Greg Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17414357232248958845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882699495059104312.post-54643108385925757652015-03-19T02:24:50.194-04:002015-03-19T02:24:50.194-04:00One has to be okay with challenging their faith. ...One has to be okay with challenging their faith. How do you do that if you have had an experience such as divine healing?Greg Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17414357232248958845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882699495059104312.post-31521721686169549712015-03-19T02:23:30.776-04:002015-03-19T02:23:30.776-04:00Of course you can't kill God - and, of course ...Of course you can't kill God - and, of course Jesus was not God. Scripture clearly teaches that Jesus is a man - NOTE: A MAN - NOT a human nature a la trinitarianism. This fact is stated by every apostle and Jesus Himself (Jn 8:40) about 20 times the best statement is ITim2:5. Heb2:11, 12 assures us that Jesus was created.<br /><br />None of this has to do with whether He was resurrected or not...Greg Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17414357232248958845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882699495059104312.post-65180413484808388492009-12-06T15:55:36.023-05:002009-12-06T15:55:36.023-05:00Hi Ken. Nice blog. I don't see any reason to...Hi Ken. Nice blog. I don't see any reason to believe that atheists... are biased against the supernatural claims. There are frequent supernatural claims made and when tested they quickly are disconfirmed in most cases. Genuinely surprising things are very unusual and when they happen within a generation or so they are incorporated into the scientific theories.CD-Hosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00304535091189153224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882699495059104312.post-77299959010979047192009-11-29T17:16:22.549-05:002009-11-29T17:16:22.549-05:00Craig is not committed, first and foremost, to the...Craig is not committed, first and foremost, to the truth. He's committed to demonstrating that his faith is true. There's a big difference between those two commitments.SteveJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04525881183798559993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882699495059104312.post-43983234334805145072009-11-26T06:11:26.350-05:002009-11-26T06:11:26.350-05:00What are Christians TRULY relying on? Are they re...What are Christians TRULY relying on? Are they relying on that "sure feeling" inside them?<br /><br />I used to get confused about that. What was I to rely on? A feeling? God's voice inside my head? The Bible? What?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882699495059104312.post-1437654776299696872009-11-26T06:08:09.769-05:002009-11-26T06:08:09.769-05:00All I know is when we believe something, our brain...All I know is when we believe something, our brain gets busy interpreting and noticing things in such a way that confirms our belief. <br /><br />I think this strengthens the ex-Christian's position. I grew up in Christianity (fundamentalism)and definitely believed it and wanted to believe it. Then kept noticing over the years that things didn't quite add up.<br /><br />That is very different from someone who comes to Christianity NOT wanting to believe it, hoping it's not true.<br /><br />So it got a fair shake from me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882699495059104312.post-50371147764427158532009-11-25T23:48:09.156-05:002009-11-25T23:48:09.156-05:00The evidence of the resurrection is overwhelming a...The evidence of the resurrection is overwhelming and the truth of Christianity is overwhelming so I am unsure of your point.<br /><br />If you mean by overwhelming that all events have to include natural causes, then you are simply closed minded.<br /><br />The examples you provide are not even close compared to the evidence we have for the resurrection. Christianity has multiple witnesses in multiple contexts with at least three historians who also researched and then recorded history.<br /><br />We have nothing like this for anything that took place during that time period.<br /><br />The ultimate proof is the fact that a Christian can know the love of God through Jesus Christ. Craig is correct that while anyone can doubt evidence since we can doubt our senses, no one can doubt their own experience of doubting.<br /><br />Even if God spoke to you personally, you could simply say you were simply delusional for a moment or hallucinated. I don't think any amount of evidence no matter how overwhelming would be good enough for you. <br /><br />Love is spiritual and if you want to know the love of god, you have to have faith. It of course is an informed faith based on overwhelming evidence; however, no amount of evidence could convince an atheist who was closed minded. <br /><br />My goodness, they still have the flat earth society out there even though the evidence is overwhelming. Atheists fit in pretty good with the flat earthers..<br /><br />God Bless..D.L. Folkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14088685389758373359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882699495059104312.post-46609770314445116112009-11-25T21:09:26.182-05:002009-11-25T21:09:26.182-05:00I don't think it is a fair assessment to say t...I don't think it is a fair assessment to say that us skeptics are biased against the supernatural, any more than we're biased against leprechauns and their pots of gold at the end of the rainbow- it's just that there's such an extreme lack of evidence for those things that we simply can't believe in them. And just how, exactly, are we supposed to know or detect the supernatural anyway, when <i>every single way we have of interacting with the world around us is <b>natural?</b></i> My old pastor used to say that the spiritual world is more *real* than the physical world (I guess because it's 'eternal,' and the physical world is 'temporary'). Ok, and just how are we supposed to know that for sure? If the only way to 'know' about something supernatural is 'through faith' then anyone's faith is just as valid as another's. One guy believes it was Jesus, while another believes it was the FSM that did it. Since it's all based on faith, you can't prove either wrong. Thanks, but I'll stick with the natural, provable, knowable world over the unknowable-except-through-the-right-faith supernatural any day.10plushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15379976933448632639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882699495059104312.post-64438785953202551402009-11-25T18:52:09.298-05:002009-11-25T18:52:09.298-05:00I know I've posted this before, but it seems s...I know I've posted this before, but it seems so relevant to the discussion.<br /><br />How do you kill God? If Jesus died, then he wasn't a God. If Jesus didn't die, then he wasn't a sacrafice.elbogzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07415156654966611390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882699495059104312.post-76942965522490282342009-11-25T13:56:57.043-05:002009-11-25T13:56:57.043-05:00I agree with your premises and think they are very...I agree with your premises and think they are very well laid out. In my opinion the accusation that someone is biased against the supernatural is an apologetics strategy more than an honest assessment of why someone is rejecting particular evidence. It is either a way of trying to put the skeptic on the defensive or is a way for the believer to try to understand the unbeliever without trying to view their religion from an outsider's perspective.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com