Re: WHY
reznwerks said:
Now getting back to the concern of intentionally trying to persuade a falling out of your beliefs on some of the members. If your beliefs and convictions cannot stand the test of questioning that is something that the members will have to deal with on their own.Which one of the moderators wants to censor or remove the atheists etc from here because of the fear of finding out something they would rather not know or realize? If you feel that you are vulnerable perhaps you should rethink your time you spend here. If the moderators are indeed afraid of free thinking and free expression then perhaps they should make the necessary call. If you see problems that can't in your heart be resolved , if things don't make sense to you, it's not the atheists fault if he turns on the light.You should have an answer for everything an atheist brings up and if you don't then you need to go back and ask yourself why.It seems many of the members here approach Christianity like a rancher approaches his livestock. The only concern is how many warm bodies he has. However if one is confident in their beliefs no amount of any supposed prodding is going to push one over the edge.[/b]
Hi Rezenworks,
Here is a crash course on Apologetics through books that I own. The reason men reject John 3:16 is that God not only confounded the wisdom of the wise because the word of God is foolishness to athiests. Its not something that can be learned but only because God revealed Himself to me which helped me accept Him. The Bible says that men agape (love) darkness so there is a devotion to darkness and no amount of pleading with people will make them accept Christianity.
John 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved (agape) darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
John 3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
What these verses tell me is that men and women said,'no' to the light. My answers aren't greater than the light and people reject the light. That is why I gave up apologetics after learning that in favor of declaring the word for people's salvation because the Word of God saves and not our apologies. I'm not apologizing for the truth.
You seem to think that if men don't answer you then there is something wrong with Christianity but God hath chosen the foolish things to confound the wise. That is why a baby christian is chosen by God for God to reveal himself to while those who think they know will never understand because it takes a lot more than these books for you to understand how God can make it all possible for you to believe. On the basic level, only someone who is schooled in Greek and Hebrew could begin to teach you God's word but God has trained some basic Christians to be very astute in the teaching of His word. Maybe when you read all of these books would you be able to start answering skeptics questions leaving you with no time for anything else that you should be doing as a Christian making you ineffective before almighty God.
Sothenes
Archer, Gleason, L., "Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties"
Black, David, Alen, "New Testament Textual Criticism"
Bowman, Robert, M., Jr., "Orthodoxy and Heresy", a biblical guide to doctrinal discernment
Brown, "Heresies"
Bruce, F.F., "The Canon of Scripture"
Bruce, F.F., "The Defense of The Gospel in the New Testament"
Carson, "Exegetical Fallacies"
Geisler, Norman, “Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologeticsâ€Â
Geisler and Brooks, "When Skeptics Ask", a handbook on Christian evidences
Geisler and House, "The Battle For God", Responding to the Challenge of Neotheism
Geisler and Howe, "When Critics Ask", A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties
Haley, John W., "Alleged Discrepancies of the Bible"
Horton, Michael, "The Agony of Deceit"
Kaiser Jr, Walter C.,"The Old Testament Documents" (Are They Reliable & Relevant?)
Kaiser, Davids, Bruce and Brauch, "Hard Sayings of the Bible"
Kennedy, James, "Why I Believe"
Lightner, Robert, P., "A Biblical Case for Total Inerrancy", How Jesus Viewed the O.T.
McDowell, Josh, "A Ready Defense"
McDowell, Josh, "Daniel In the Critics' Den"
McDowell, Josh, "Evidence That Demands A Verdict", Historical Evidences For The Christian Faith, Vol 1-2
McDowell, Josh, "The Resurrection Factor"
McEowell, Josh, “The New Evidence That Demands A Verdictâ€Â, Evidence I and II
McDowell and Stewart, "Answers to Tough Questions skeptics ask about the Christian Faith"
McDowell and Stewart, "Handbook of Today's Religions"
McDowell and Stewart, "Reasons Skeptics should consider Christianity"
Moreland, J.P. "Christianity and the Nature of Science", A Philosophical Investigation
Moreland, J.P., "Scaling the Secular City", A Defense of Christianity
Muncaster, Ralph, O., "Can Archaeology Prove the New Testament?"
Muncaster, Ralph, O., "Is the Bible Really a Message from God?"
Oakland, McLean, McLean, "The Evidence For Creation", Examining the Origin of Planet Earth
Phillips, John, “Bible Explorer’s Guide†(HOW TO UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET THE BIBLE)
Rhodes, Ron, Dr., "The Complete Book of Bible Answers", Answering the tough questions
Snyder, "Myth Conceptions", Joseph Campbell and the New Age
Sproul, R.C., "Explaining Inerrancy"
Strobel, Lee, "The Case for Christ"
Strobel, "The Case for Faith"
Wilder-Smith, A.E., "The Natural Sciences Know Nothing of Evolution"
Wilder-Smith, A.E., "The Scientific Alternative to Neo-Darwinian Evolutionary Theory: Information Sources & Structures"
Wilder-Smith, A.E., "Time Dimension"
Wilder-Smith, A.E., "Why Does God Allow It?!"
Youngblood, Ronald F., "The Book of Genesis", Second Edition, An Introductory Commentary
Youngblood, "The Genesis Debate", Persistent Questions about Creation and the Flood
Zuck, Roy B., “Basic Bible Interpretation†(A Practical Guide to Discovering Biblical Truth)
