Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: jmoon@lehi3b15.csee.lehigh.edu (Jonggu Moon [890911]) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Tolerance in Battle (was: `Communion and Religiosity') Message-ID: Date: 16 Mar 90 08:46:43 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: CSEE Dept. Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA Lines: 39 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article bgsuvax!kutz@cis.ohio-state.edu (Kenneth J. Kutz) writes: >You had asked why do people spend so much time trying to prove >innerrancy. I suppose it is fair to ask, why do you as a Christian >spend so much time trying to discredit the Book which Paul calls "God >breathed"? Why do spend so much of your effort trying to publicly >discredit the Book which contains the teachings of the one you profess >to follow? If you are follower of Jesus Christ, perhaps you could >stand with Him for once and say "It is written" rather than "It is >written poorly". Why shouldn't we question everything that doesn't seem to make sense ? God has granted by his amazing grace, the gift of logic and reasoning. We know if something doesn't sit right or doesn't exactly fit. Shall we throw this second sense away ? What if Columbus was "gently rebuked" for going against the mainstream of accepted theology ? What if Martin Luther did not question the unquestionable edicts of the Pope ? Taking the devil's advocate has its values too. It prepares us for any questions a true antagontist might come up with in the future. > If you are a follower of Jesus Christ... Therefore I am not a follower of Jesus Christ ? Personally, I enjoy observing as well as partaking in the acrobatics of apologetics. It sharpens my tounge and exercises my brain in preparation for the late night debates with people who have genuine, sincere doubts about making that first big step into the Kingdom. If someone, Christian or non-Christian, friendly or hostile, considerate or brusque, correctively critical or trouble making, asks a question that troubles or confuses you, or best yet, a question that you just don't know the answer to, Praise God ! God has just revealed a weakness ! Now ask Him to fix it. ^>*<^jon