Register | Sign In


Understanding through Discussion


EvC Forum active members: 59 (9164 total)
4 online now:
Newest Member: ChatGPT
Post Volume: Total: 916,920 Year: 4,177/9,624 Month: 1,048/974 Week: 7/368 Day: 7/11 Hour: 0/0


Thread  Details

Email This Thread
Newer Topic | Older Topic
  
Author Topic:   Where Faith Comes From in the "moderate" Christian religions
Aware Wolf
Member (Idle past 1451 days)
Posts: 156
From: New Hampshire, USA
Joined: 02-13-2009


Message 10 of 132 (513142)
06-25-2009 12:32 PM
Reply to: Message 7 by Teapots&unicorns
06-25-2009 7:31 AM


Re: Moderate Musings
It's my contention that for some Christians - and maybe folks of other faiths - justification of their belief is not all that important. They have always believed in God, at first because Mom and Dad told them it was so, and continue to believe in God because it works for them. They like the idea of a Higher Power that loves them and comforts them, and who, to some extent, holds them accountable for good behavior. They are well aware of the lack of hard evidence for God, but it doesn't bother them. Why should it? They're living their lives the way they want to live it, and they're happy. If other people want to get bogged down in philosophical mumbo jumbo, good for them. Meanwhile, they will continue to go to work and to church and raise their families and say their prayers.
I guess in phage's 4 subcategories they would fit best into 4, but I hate to apply the term "ignorant" to them as though that were their most important feature. Some (many?) of them are anything but ignorant of the arguments for and against, but it doesn't affect them any more than the argument for and against a playoff system for college football.
Edited by Aware Wolf, : spelling
Edited by Aware Wolf, : More spelling

This message is a reply to:
 Message 7 by Teapots&unicorns, posted 06-25-2009 7:31 AM Teapots&unicorns has seen this message but not replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 13 by Perdition, posted 06-25-2009 2:06 PM Aware Wolf has not replied

Aware Wolf
Member (Idle past 1451 days)
Posts: 156
From: New Hampshire, USA
Joined: 02-13-2009


Message 47 of 132 (513285)
06-27-2009 10:37 AM
Reply to: Message 45 by Peg
06-27-2009 9:03 AM


Re:
It's not possible that you haven't heard of the idea that evolution is the means that God used to create us in his own image. Are you dismissing that idea out of hand?
Edited by Aware Wolf, : readability

This message is a reply to:
 Message 45 by Peg, posted 06-27-2009 9:03 AM Peg has replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 48 by Teapots&unicorns, posted 06-27-2009 11:17 AM Aware Wolf has replied
 Message 59 by Peg, posted 06-28-2009 6:36 AM Aware Wolf has not replied

Aware Wolf
Member (Idle past 1451 days)
Posts: 156
From: New Hampshire, USA
Joined: 02-13-2009


Message 50 of 132 (513299)
06-27-2009 12:36 PM
Reply to: Message 48 by Teapots&unicorns
06-27-2009 11:17 AM


Re:
Well, maybe, but this statement:
Peg writes:
Evolution DOES contradict the basic bible teaching that God created us in his own image.
seems to be stronger than no "reason to suspect," but rather "is impossible."

This message is a reply to:
 Message 48 by Teapots&unicorns, posted 06-27-2009 11:17 AM Teapots&unicorns has seen this message but not replied

Newer Topic | Older Topic
Jump to:


Copyright 2001-2023 by EvC Forum, All Rights Reserved

™ Version 4.2
Innovative software from Qwixotic © 2024