Originally Posted by RayF
What seems to be missed by humanists, is that in-depth knowledge of the bible, memorization of the scriptures or belief in literal vs interpretive aspects aren’t required by God. It’s so easy that it’s hard for critical thinkers. You only have to confess that Jesus Christ was the Son of God, He died for our sins and God wants us to take care of each other. That’s it. It is walking by faith. Not by sight. You have to be like a child. As a matter of fact, evidence of God or Jesus would actually take away from it, since it is based on faith.

Science is the study that requires evidence and being proven or disproven. The irony is humanists commonly believe that only they reserve the right of using baseless faith when their thesis is hanging in limbo. What commonly happens, as has happened here, is a secular “Admit nothing. Deny everything. Make counter-accusations” approach using scientific metrics to measure christian faith development.

Case and point: The OP’s topic derailed pages ago because ape to man evolution is not a proven theory and they aren’t anywhere near having it proven. However, christianity, the behavior of christians, the bible, religion, Jesus, Paul and God are now all the topics being judged....in between insults.

Well done, science guys. Well done.



Ray,

Do you really thing atheist are not familiar with the wide range of Christian claims regarding what may or may not be necessary for admittance into heaven?

For how many centuries have Christians been debating Faith vs. works, or the new de'jour that Faith leads to works?

Additionally, as I've previously explained, atheism addresses a single question, do you accept any theistic claims, or not. That's it. Being atheist does not require the acceptance of Humanism. Atheist are free to accept any philosophical and moral system they chose so long as it does not theistic, because then they would no longer be a-theistic.

You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it.

You cannot over estimate the unimportance of nearly everything. John Maxwell