Part 2 of "How to not start a religion" (and to confirm that Christianity is true)
Posted at 09:56 AM on January 6, 2009 by Jesusspeaksthetruth
...have to do the direct opposite - discourage your potential recruits from checking it out (perhaps by throwing in a clause "If anyone goes to the cave before their time, they will not be taken.")
Throughout the NT, the apostles encouraged people to check seek proof and verify facts:
1 Thessalonians 5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
And when fledgling converts heeded this advice, not only did they remain converts (suggesting that the evidence held up under scrutiny), but the apostles described them as "noble" for doing so:
Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
As if the apostles weren't making things hard enough for themselves by making extraordinary and testable claims in a social environment where it was difficult... Read More »
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| Name: | Mark Walker |
| Gender: | Male |
| Date of Birth: | September 26, 1989 |
| State: | Florida |
| Country: | United States |
| Web Site: | myspace.com/gamermrinsanity |
| About Me: | I'm a person who is dedicated to Christ. I accept the Lord about nine months ago (subject to change), and since then, my life is (and should) be dedicated to serve and glorify God. I'm into apologetics and creation science (which is actully real science, if u look at creation objectively, such as the origin of the layers under the earth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEeoAqME894&feature=channel_page) Although i'm not too good at debating evolutionists (note: that doesn't mean i'll accept evolution tho, it just means "u won the battle, but not the war" and i still cannot find any evidence, very important, essential evidence, that genetics can increase the genetic information, or better yet, make new ones. It can rearrange, sort and maximize (as in the case of suger content), but cannot and will not make entirely new information), since i'm not much of a science euthusiast, or better yet, a evolutionist ethuisast, i'm very familar of many of the arguements they presented, since i read them a lot, particially on youtube and other sites. |
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| Interested In: | Practicing Christianity, serving the Lord, playing games, mainly rhythm games such as Guitar hero and such, and making animations of random things. |
| Favorite Music: | Any music, except music that glorifies sin, and not heavy metal or any music that makes me uncomfortable |
| Favorite Movies: | Any movie, just as long it doesn't have: ##!##ual content (like %#!ual jokes, for me, is overrated and distasteful), murderous content (besides war that serves a purpose) and basically any profanity that breaks the Ten Commandments |
| Favorite Books: | The Bible, Answers Book, and other apologist, creation and Christian books |