| roger.pearse@googlemail.com 2008-01-30, 6:56 pm |
| On Jan 29, 7:30=A0pm, "Judson McClendon" <ju...@sunvaley0.com> wrote:
> The correction is that I did not say "proof of God's existence,"
> I said "real and unquestionable proof that the Bible is absolutely
> true and reliable."
I don't believe such proof exists. Do people really become Christians
by coming to believe this about the bible, while not being believers
(admittedly a possible position; the devil holds it, no doubt), and
then draw the conclusion that perhaps they had better convert?
I fear that you have got hold of a debased form of Christian
apologetics here. Any system of thought must start from facts about
which there is no possible doubt, and work from there. I don't
believe that this position is one of these -- that position is a
conclusion from a great many other things, surely?
The basic fact of human existence is sod's law. As far as I know this
is generally acknowledged but ignored by the system of beliefs in
which we all grow up -- societal values. But the bible tells us that
this is so, and is because the world is screwed up, because we're all
screwed up too.
Discuss. (But not with me; theology makes my mind hurt. One
substantia, two ousias, ouch!)
All the best,
Roger Pearse
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