So I wonder sometimes if it is our duty to expose ourselves to things which challenge our faith. Now, if you're like me, your initial response to that will be that suffering challenges your faith and you'll open the psychological conditioning bag of worms... but don't do that. I mean intelligent and well thought-out academic responses to Christianity. I flipped through an Atheist Handbook a while back and it really startled me. It didn't take me long to regain balance, but I looked hard for answers to those questions, and I know there are still questions I haven't answered -- but I want to make sure that the answers I find are empirical.... and that might be impossible sometimes...
The experience was strengthening for me. If I can take the headers in the Atheist Handbook, then maybe I can take the rest of it, too. The point is I think we shouldn't let ourselves become so comfortable in our Christian bubble that we forget that there is legitimate opposition to what we believe.
We always look at the rest of the world saying, "If only they would just look at the facts with an open mind! Haven't we seen irrefutable material presented for the case of Christianity?" No. We have seen our side of the argument only. We can't expect the rest of the world to listen to us with an open mind unless we also listen to them with an open mind.
On another note. Chowon has been super sweet lately. Thanks Chowon, for doing your best to look out for me. I want to do the same for you.
"I wouldn't let 'em do it for all the farms in Cuba!"
Monday, March 19, 2012
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