tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post3640763732481689499..comments2023-05-07T00:48:54.638-07:00Comments on Incongruous Circumspection: If You Don't Believe in the Bible or God, Shut Up About ItIncongruous Circumspectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232186225573312896noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-70482806778318113512012-08-15T08:16:45.219-07:002012-08-15T08:16:45.219-07:00If you can't question your beliefs, if you can...If you can't question your beliefs, if you can't laugh at them, you aren't taking them seriously enough.<br /><br />But seriously, you can't say that the Bible is silly. It says right in the Bible that it should be taken seriously. (I have never managed to understand how anyone can think that logic works, and yet I've seen it multiple times). Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03567549830059823566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-19947893947591214202012-04-25T11:46:38.164-07:002012-04-25T11:46:38.164-07:00Oy--sorry. I didn't complete my thought, earli...Oy--sorry. I didn't complete my thought, earlier, about the "plank" on which one's faith rests. The idea is that any one of these ideas (or a completely different one, of course)--that there may not be a place of eternal torment for non-believers, for example--is unacceptable because if there is no hell as you understand it, your faith is somehow threatened. <br /><br />Or the Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07206888495081361453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-52446221386770683952012-04-24T16:09:05.002-07:002012-04-24T16:09:05.002-07:00Agreed! On what plank does your (not you personall...Agreed! On what plank does your (not you personally but the general "you") faith rest? Is it the understanding of "There is no way to God but through Christ" that means one must be christian in order to be saved from hell? Is it the existence of hell--eternal tortured misery for those who are not christians?<br /><br />Must God be viewed as a trinity? Must one *believe* in theMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07206888495081361453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-16325092287784502982012-04-20T23:27:06.065-07:002012-04-20T23:27:06.065-07:00Good thoughts, and right on track.
I'm not m...Good thoughts, and right on track. <br /><br />I'm not much on in-depth reasoning myself, but any Christian who is afraid TO question himself, afraid OF questions from others, and feels threatened by people like you... <br /><br />well, they probably need to actually think a little about what their faith is truly based on. =) <br /><br />(mmm, yeah for the benefit of others- I'm a Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00087976878435404041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-4293153429066506142012-04-16T07:10:54.943-07:002012-04-16T07:10:54.943-07:00" I am personally fully convinced of the real..." I am personally fully convinced of the reality of God, but it pains me that there are a load of people who are so afraid their faith might be shaken..."<br /><br />I am slowly becoming convinced that MOST of the people who go to church are NOT fully convinced of the reality of God. I get you. I am 100% convinced, based on experiential knowledge, that God exists, that He is shadowspringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15172112981244682382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-26954443619510103982012-04-13T20:56:36.917-07:002012-04-13T20:56:36.917-07:00Wow. Good stuff and great point. I am personally...Wow. Good stuff and great point. I am personally fully convinced of the reality of God, but it pains me that there are a load of people who are so afraid their faith might be shaken that they don't really understand the complexity of life and relationships, let alone the truth of what you've just said. If God is real, he can defend himself, and we don't have to shush up our The Blog bites better than the Bullet.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05768775982264747802noreply@blogger.com