Posted on 09/18/2024 7:56:29 AM PDT by Rev M. Bresciani
There are several common attitudes and beliefs about spiritual matters, Christianity and various world religions. Among the most common are: 1) Most people don’t really think about God all that much. 2) They never really consider their eternal destiny, but believe they’ll be fine. And 3) They really don’t know much at all about the Bible or what it says, but they make drastic, sweeping assumptions about it.
Perhaps the most important thing to note is that most people today believe spirituality should be an individual, private thing, not something talked about, and certainly no one should seek to “convert” anyone else to their faith. “It’s whatever you believe,” is a common theme.
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“It’s whatever you believe,” is a common theme.
Another thing I’ve heard is “if that’s what makes you feel good”
As far as “converting” goes, Christians don’t do that, or at least that’s not what I do.
Share the good news and offer an invitation......the rest is up to them.
Exactly, we are tasked with sharing the message, not trying to convince people.
The folks who say that it should be an “individual” matter are basically saying Christians should be quiet while the worldly influence dominates media.
The belief that a non-material “being” can influence the dynamics of a physical Universe is inconsistent with quantum field theory and causality. The neo-Darwinism revolution and molecular basis of life discovered by science have made God unnecessary and irrelevant.
As Nietzsche pointed out, “God is dead, and you killed him.” His immoralist view goes beyond good and evil and reduces to a will to power in all human interactions. Nietzsche defined four principles for “truth.” “Truth is what survives.” “Truth is not the good.” “All truth is human.” “Humans need lies.”
Preaching to the choir
Yeah, conversion is more of a muslim thing......obey or else.
Not exactly attractive IMO.
Utter bollocks.
The omnipotent, infinite and eternal "non-material being" who created everything that is, and holds it in existence by His (its, if you prefer) infinite and omnipotent will, is not bound by "quantum field theory and causality". Quite the contrary, in fact: "quantum field theory and causality" are bound by the will of said being.
You're arguing against Zeus, not God.
Ha! That could be. Aristotle understood substance as matter in form; the materual cause itself is insufficient to explain plan and purpose. Materialism seems to be more a preference against expwrience. Etienne Gilson is very helpful in his From Aristotle to Darwin and Back Again. It's on archive.org
material cause
experience
(Sorry, I know. Three strikes and you’re out—in baseball)
Oh yeah? Then explain to me the well-funded (by churches) organization of Jews for JC and other messy-onic organizations which seek to convert uneducated Jews through misrepresentation and chicanery.
That’s why I said or at least that’s not what I do.....I can’t speak for every person on the planet 🤷
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