Since L Dawg has decided to recycle Deicide's blurb from a year ago, I might as well use my responses from that same period:
10 - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours.
Ummm, NO!!! There's no denial that they exist. It's just that they don't quite stack up to our God. I give you Dagon, Baal, Asheroth, Meradoch, just to name a few. They are gone (or at least, on a long hiatus). God, however, is alive and well. In fact, the first commandment stated that Israel was to have no other gods before Him.
9 - You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt.
So, people like knowing that they were created by the Almighty. Yet, you (and others) seem to prefer having a 5-billion-year-old pile of goo as your ancestor. There's a point to this, I hope!!!
8 - You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Triune God.
Who laughs at polytheists? The numbers of deities do tend to be a bit high. As for the Triune thing, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, they are described as One in Scripture.
7 - Your face turns purple when you hear of the "atrocities" attributed to Allah, but you don't even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in "Exodus" and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in "Joshua" including women, children, and trees!
And you don't seem to flinch when hearing about the male Hebrews, slaughtered by the Egyptians. Or, the little fact that Pharoah had nine other opportunities to release the Israelites, before the plague hit the firstborn of Egypt. And you seem to conveniently ignore those ethnic groups (deal with by God) attacked Israel unprovoked for centuries. But, I get it now, Israel is supposed to get attacked mercilessly, century after century, to which folks like you will howl and yak about "Where is God?" Yet, when the Almighty has had enough and renders judgment on those oppressing His people, now all of a sudden, He's too cruel and harsh.
6 - You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans, and Greek claims about gods sleeping with women, but you have no problem believing that the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, who then gave birth to a man-god who got killed, came back to life and then ascended into the sky.
Again, where is the alleged laughter coming? Of course, Christians have no problem about the birth of Jesus, because unlike the other religions you mentioned, there is no instance of a deity getting his freak on with a mortal. Mary gave birth to Jesus as a virgin (as was prophecied), meaning there was NO SEX involved.
5 - You are willing to spend your life looking for little loopholes in the scientifically established age of Earth (few billion years), but you find nothing wrong with believing dates recorded by Bronze Age tribesmen sitting in their tents and guessing that Earth is a few generations old.
Who needs to spend their life looking for that? For starters, the "loopholes" are anything but little (and they ain't hard to find). Plus, it wasn't that long ago that the "scientifically established" age of the Earth was about half of what is supposedly is now. Then, there's the little matter of the dating methods that have been shown to be less than accurate, when tested against rocks of historically-known age. Plus, the authors of the books of the Bible aren't attempting to calculate the age of the Earth, in the first place.
4 - You believe that the entire population of this planet with the exception of those who share your beliefs -- though excluding those in all rival sects - will spend Eternity in an infinite Hell of Suffering. And yet consider your religion the most "tolerant" and "loving."
Anyone who wants to become a Christian can become one. There's no race, gender, or ethnic barrier. And, you can't become one by force. And someone mentioned it on another thread, but the idea of an infinite Hell of Suffering isn't necessarily a Biblical one. The Bible supports the concept of wickedness and sin being destroyed permanently and thoroughly.
3 - While modern science, history, geology, biology, and physics have failed to convince you otherwise, some idiot rolling around on the floor speaking in "tongues" may be all the evidence you need to "prove" Christianity.
Inherent is your warped assumption that such can't and hasn't been used to show the validity of Christianity. In fact, (and this may come as shock to you), many people have become Christians through study in those disciplines. Loco and I discussed this awhile back. How many times have skeptics claim historical events in the Bible to be wrong, only to be refuted, when archaeological evidence validated what the Bible said was right?
2 - You define 0.01% as a "high success rate" when it comes to answered prayers. You consider that to be evidence that prayer works. And you think that the remaining 99.99% FAILURE was simply the will of God.
We define as a "high success rate" the millions of testimonies of people over the ages, along with personal testimonies of friends and family that show the power of prayer. I don't know where you got your numbers; but, historically speaking, they don't jive. Besides, per your words, prayer doesn't work AT ALL; therefore, there shouldn't be a "0.01%". Furthermore, "0.01%" is a far higher "success rate" than the odds of all the so-called random events that caused a pile of 5-billion-year-old goo to evolve into man. Yet, you still believe that it happened. Maybe that was simply the will of "goo".
1 - You actually know a lot less than many atheists and agnostics do about the Bible, Christianity, and church history - but still call yourself a Christian.
Do "many atheists and agnostics" know more about the Bible? Or, are you merely touting the example of non-believing college professors and college grads vs. laymen without the same level of education? Then, there's the matter of the completeness of this knowledge. Have they heard all the information, regarding the Bible, Christianity, and church history? Being a Christian involved giving your heart to the Lord and acknowledging His sacrifice for you. That doesn't require a set level of knowledge. You can learn as much as you want. But, without surrendering to Christ, none of that matters.
In conclusion, the "nutcase" label may apply to you (and others with your mindset). Again, who else get so worked up and discombobulated about Something he doesn't believe to exist?
