Comments on: Showing up, and why it matters http://blog.evangelicalrealism.com/2009/03/08/showing-up-and-why-it-matters/ The theology of Reality Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:49:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: R. C. Moore http://blog.evangelicalrealism.com/2009/03/08/showing-up-and-why-it-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-7802 R. C. Moore Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:12:11 +0000 http://blog.evangelicalrealism.com/?p=803#comment-7802 Jim said: " This is a good post, I’m almost reluctant to say. It summarizes one of the core elements of my increasing Christian doubt and skepticism. I miss the days when religion felt divine." Keep your religion, if it makes you feel better, but make sure it is a religion of the head, not a religion of the heart. I think it is a stronger faith that is arrived at by a rational process (even if the faith itself is not rational). Jim said:

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This is a good post, I’m almost reluctant to say. It summarizes one of the core elements of my increasing Christian doubt and skepticism. I miss the days when religion felt divine.”

Keep your religion, if it makes you feel better, but make sure it is a religion of the head, not a religion of the heart. I think it is a stronger faith that is arrived at by a rational process (even if the faith itself is not rational).

]]> By: Jim T. http://blog.evangelicalrealism.com/2009/03/08/showing-up-and-why-it-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-7790 Jim T. Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:28:50 +0000 http://blog.evangelicalrealism.com/?p=803#comment-7790 >> if God has not genuinely shown up in your life, you have no real-world basis for faith in Him. The only option available to you is blind trust in what men claim about God, and this is faith in men, not faith in God. I believe you are absolutely correct. I recently came to the same conclusion, after reading <i>The Age of Reason</i>. Once I realized that momentous events, such as divine revelation and miracles, immediately turn into hearsay and faith in men, there's just not much left. It's unfathomable that God could give a hoot about our faith and trust in other men. This is a good post, I'm almost reluctant to say. It summarizes one of the core elements of my increasing Christian doubt and skepticism. I miss the days when religion felt divine. - Jim >> if God has not genuinely shown up in your life, you have no real-world basis for faith in Him. The only option available to you is blind trust in what men claim about God, and this is faith in men, not faith in God.

I believe you are absolutely correct. I recently came to the same conclusion, after reading The Age of Reason. Once I realized that momentous events, such as divine revelation and miracles, immediately turn into hearsay and faith in men, there’s just not much left. It’s unfathomable that God could give a hoot about our faith and trust in other men.

This is a good post, I’m almost reluctant to say. It summarizes one of the core elements of my increasing Christian doubt and skepticism. I miss the days when religion felt divine.

- Jim

]]> By: cl http://blog.evangelicalrealism.com/2009/03/08/showing-up-and-why-it-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-7774 cl Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:03:08 +0000 http://blog.evangelicalrealism.com/?p=803#comment-7774 Howdy... I had much to say about this post and you can read my full response <a href="http://www.thewarfareismental.info/the_warfare_is_mental/2009/03/so-dd-recently-posted-this-article-describing-the-three-tiered-core-of-what-he-calls-his-unapologetic-against-christianity-m.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Howdy… I had much to say about this post and you can read my full response here.

]]> By: Parker http://blog.evangelicalrealism.com/2009/03/08/showing-up-and-why-it-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-7721 Parker Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:20:41 +0000 http://blog.evangelicalrealism.com/?p=803#comment-7721 I think this is a wonderful summation of the past week's jab at the resurrection and God making appearances on terra firma. Tip of the hat, sir. I think this is a wonderful summation of the past week’s jab at the resurrection and God making appearances on terra firma.
Tip of the hat, sir.

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