Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: cklim@athena.mit.edu (Carl K. Lim) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Is there a God? Message-ID: Date: 11 Mar 91 07:41:33 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lines: 29 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Hi Steve, I probably don't have any answers to your doubts that you haven't heard. There is no way to know all truth (that's where it requires faith); however, there is one thing I am certain of. In particular, that is the nature of sin--that every man is sinful. Sin is sin. There's no way to rationalize it or deny it. Philosophies may deny it or make it sound less serious to make it more comforting, or other religions may provide some "do"s and "don't"s to make up for sin and grant us salvation. Yet from looking into my own soul and around me in the world, there's no denying that something is terribly wrong. That is the evidence for sin. And to me, no other belief reveals the truth about sin more clearly and truthfully than Christianity. And the good news is simply that "For God so love the world that whoever believes in His only Son shall not perish but have everlasting life." The Bible offers us the only way to be rid of our sin. Trust in God. I sincerely hope that you do not walk away from Christianity because of your unanswered questions. By man's own wisdom, there are never any clear answers to them. I don't mean you should not have questions or doubts, but do not let them get in the way of the central gospel. If you believe that you are a sinner and wants to be forgiven, put your faith in Jesus Christ. Faith will spring from the love and grace that God offers to us. A brother, Carl