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To: music_code; Moonman62
He also seems tolerant of skeptics who did not witness his miracles, nor hear his teachings first hand.....If Christopher Reeve had your upbringing and life experiences, he would probably be a believer

Thank you - you beat me to it. The human mind - whatever its origin - is infinitely complex. It is affected by life experience, genetics, environment, you name it. Even among believers, there are varying levels of belief and Biblical interpretations - as witnessed on this thread. Non-believers constantly accept, and believers frequently reject. Upbringing, and who knows what else, contributes to the way every individual weighs different kinds of evidence.

I would say, you have never seriously considered the nature of the Bible, or the circumstances under which it was written, or the internal and external evidence for its authenticity as the Word of God.

Yes I have. And still do on occasion. The fact that I have reached a different conclusion from yours goes to what I said in the above paragraph. I have listened, I have considered, and I have read. I'm just not convinced.

Saying this, I'm done re-living the same "existence of God" debate that I had ad-nauseum in college. Hopefully the last time I do so on an obituary thread.

434 posted on 03/08/2006 11:53:26 AM PST by Freedom_no_exceptions (No actual, intended, or imminent victim = no crime. No exceptions.)
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To: Freedom_no_exceptions
Thank you - you beat me to it. The human mind - whatever its origin - is infinitely complex. It is affected by life experience, genetics, environment, you name it....Upbringing, and who knows what else, contributes to the way every individual weighs different kinds of evidence.

That's just a smokescreen you're hiding behind. Christianity stands on the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. Pretty simple - either He rose, or He didn't. Many skeptics who were hell bent on disproving the resurrection because they hated Christianity, found, upon actual investigation, that the evidence pointed clearly to Christ's resurrection, and became Christians as a result. General Lew Wallace, who wrote Ben-Hur, is one of them. So is Frank Morrison, a lawyer who wrote the book "Who Moved The Stone?" after his conversion to Christianity.

447 posted on 03/09/2006 5:32:15 AM PST by music_code (Atheists can't find God for the same reason a thief can't find a policeman.)
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