Ok fair warning this is mostly a rant but i feel that it is in DESPERATE need of attention and no one seems to notice
I live in the deep south "Bible belt" of the U.S. which basically everyone has heard of Jesus and everyone claims to be a Christian. What I have found is that Christians nowadays are ignorant. Yes i said ignorant, and i mean it in the most literal way. I know Christians who could not argue for ANYTHING they believe in other than saying "well the Bible says this". Let me point out something, if the Bible is true (which as Christians we believe it is) then what is says should be true indefinitely. But Christians can't support it. They make no attempt to convince people that the Bible is fact, if you can't convince them the Bible is fact, then saying its in the Bible is a waste of time. Did you guys know that the Bible gave instructions on the treating of leprosy based off of the concept of germs CENTURIES before it was even introduced? Or the fact that history shows time and time again that those civilizations that turn away from God are destroyed (i.e. Roman empire is split, one half, the future Byzantine Empire, adopts Christianity, the Western Roman Empire does not, and continues mass murdering Christians in gladitorial games until Theodosius the Great. Needless to say, the Byzantine Empire lasts another 1000 years while the Western Roman Empire is sacked by Germanics). The world is FILLED with proof that the Bible is real and NO ONE BOTHERS USING IT. Another example, today in my debate class we had several PROFESSED CHRISTIANS vote to affirm gay marriage. Why? because none of them had any argument to back up their position, even though there are PLENTY of anit-gay arguments, to list a few according to research at the University of Texas, children of gay parents are 10X more likely to be sexually abused by a guardian, gays are responsible for over 65% of the United States cases of STDs, yet they make up LESS THAN 10% of the population, studies in Sweden interviewed 25 sets of identical twins (which means identical genes) where one twin was gay and ONLY 1 set was both twins gay (this debunks the whole "its not a choice" argument) and the list goes on. I proprose, starting with this generation RIGHT NOW that we start to fight Christian ignorance. If you plan on backing up your beliefs, HAVE SOME BACKUP. Prove that the Bible is real, give evidence that is manifested throughout all of creation. If you don't know, ASK. There are some immensely intelligent men and women of God who find this information out (Ken Ham is an excellent source for any Creation v. Evolution arguments) So please, stop hurting Christianity. I can't tell you how many times people have assumed that I am stupid because I am a Christian, and it's just because previous Christians, with good intent, simply have no understanding of WHY they believe what they believe.
*sigh* glad i got that out of my system
Anybody else see this problem?
I live in the deep south "Bible belt" of the U.S. which basically everyone has heard of Jesus and everyone claims to be a Christian. What I have found is that Christians nowadays are ignorant. Yes i said ignorant, and i mean it in the most literal way. I know Christians who could not argue for ANYTHING they believe in other than saying "well the Bible says this". Let me point out something, if the Bible is true (which as Christians we believe it is) then what is says should be true indefinitely. But Christians can't support it. They make no attempt to convince people that the Bible is fact, if you can't convince them the Bible is fact, then saying its in the Bible is a waste of time. Did you guys know that the Bible gave instructions on the treating of leprosy based off of the concept of germs CENTURIES before it was even introduced? Or the fact that history shows time and time again that those civilizations that turn away from God are destroyed (i.e. Roman empire is split, one half, the future Byzantine Empire, adopts Christianity, the Western Roman Empire does not, and continues mass murdering Christians in gladitorial games until Theodosius the Great. Needless to say, the Byzantine Empire lasts another 1000 years while the Western Roman Empire is sacked by Germanics). The world is FILLED with proof that the Bible is real and NO ONE BOTHERS USING IT. Another example, today in my debate class we had several PROFESSED CHRISTIANS vote to affirm gay marriage. Why? because none of them had any argument to back up their position, even though there are PLENTY of anit-gay arguments, to list a few according to research at the University of Texas, children of gay parents are 10X more likely to be sexually abused by a guardian, gays are responsible for over 65% of the United States cases of STDs, yet they make up LESS THAN 10% of the population, studies in Sweden interviewed 25 sets of identical twins (which means identical genes) where one twin was gay and ONLY 1 set was both twins gay (this debunks the whole "its not a choice" argument) and the list goes on. I proprose, starting with this generation RIGHT NOW that we start to fight Christian ignorance. If you plan on backing up your beliefs, HAVE SOME BACKUP. Prove that the Bible is real, give evidence that is manifested throughout all of creation. If you don't know, ASK. There are some immensely intelligent men and women of God who find this information out (Ken Ham is an excellent source for any Creation v. Evolution arguments) So please, stop hurting Christianity. I can't tell you how many times people have assumed that I am stupid because I am a Christian, and it's just because previous Christians, with good intent, simply have no understanding of WHY they believe what they believe.
*sigh* glad i got that out of my system
Anybody else see this problem?