john smith

Now the reason why the word correspondence was used in stead of argument, we as Christians should preach the gospel by showing genuine love for everyone like Jesus did & not necessarily go into arguments, but now the question comes up if we engage with them, the very first thing they are most likely going to ask so why the Bible is full of contradictions & give proof that it is real, immediately changing this back into an argument, so it seems it is not wise to do this like there is many Youtube videos where Christians is being attacked & it is hard not to get in there & defend Christianity. Have really tried to engage with a couple of atheists telling them about the hope that Jesus brings, but they just come back with quotes of the Bible combined with very carefully constructed & cunning philosophies/theories & try as I might explaining each time that the verses was taken out of context with a proper explanation, but they just keep on firing their attacks with Bible verses non stop. Jesus Himself sometimes also have stopped talking to some when the conversation was just going nowhere.

Thank you all for your responses, just by talking to you it really lifted my emotions. Will start reading & studying all those books & links, really to want to make Jesus my only option, God bless you all

I suppose that is because of the depression & severe bad feelings that messed up my life, became so focused on factual logic that I'm not just gonna take anybody's word for it, it has to pass all facts a non believer can throw at me, for me feeling God in me does not mean it is God (so The Holy Ghost is having a hard time with me), it can just be a good feeling, I hope there is someone who has gone through a similar experience and are as factual as me to help get a better perspective of God & the truth

Maybe I'm not asking the right question, but always willing to listen to others advice. Currently sitting with major depression coming from being bullied in high school, lost my dad to heart attack in my twenties & had a narcists boss that abused my skills at work. 45 now and it is almost like I do not know myself and only recently realized that I'm an extremely oversensitive person & had to rely on factual logic only, as feelings just messed up my whole life up till now. Before this always thought there was something wrong with myself, but at least have proven to myself that I'm good enough.

Dear All, I've been raised as a Christian & I do not have a problem what is being said in the Bible & as God gave me a wonderful brain I need to verify everything including what is really going on & the TRUTH, but why does God not make Himself more obvious, is it because it will take our free will away, if that is the case small babies that is killed don't have a choice either and they get a "free ride to heaven". I mean if I'm gonna follow the Bible strictly and have a living relationship with God I must be 99.99% sure I'm not just believing it because I was raised with it, this is very serious stuff? The same applies if I'm suppose to be an disciple for Him, if I'm not sure myself how can I possibly convince an atheist or other non believer? Also what confuse me as if you believe in God and pray for Him, why do we need physicians & other specialist to help us? I know God work via people as well, but by consistently praying He should be able to cure any health issue without doing it yourself, how do one balance it? If a miracle does happen (obviously depends what qualifies for one) people can say yes it was just just good scientific knowledge & no evidence of supernatural was involved. One cannot just accept, in the Bible is written that you have to vigorously test everything & everyone.

We as Christians have a very important job to go out and tell others about our faith and that it is the only worthy faith, but how am I suppose to convince others apart from just being a good example?

Thank you all for letting me join this forum and would like to know in general why God has demanded Israel to kill people including everything especially the children with such violence? I can certainly understand God's hatred for them, but there were a million other ways God could have killed them like for example a disease that killed them in their sleep or a heart attack, lots of ways to kill them without pain and suffering - this really makes it hard for me to increase my believe and growth in Jesus.