What too many Christians do

PaulSacramento · Post by **PaulSacramento** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:42 am

I would think that the majority of Christians DON'T have an answer to the more crucial questions that a skeptic or atheist may have.
Most go through their lives never having to defend their faith and most never put any really thought into WHY they believe.
I think that it is unwarranted to ask the average Christian to be bale to be a proficient "apologetic" when they never get confronted with a NEED to be that.
Heck I've seen some priests shank their apologetics something fierce !

neo-x · Post by **neo-x** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 11:11 pm

Neo, you just proved my point.

only way to do that would be by shrinking to your questions, which I really don't think anyone did

ultimate777 · Post by **ultimate777** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 2:52 am

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by B. W. on Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:32 am

ultimate777 wrote:
I think too many (but by no means all) Christians either refuse to deal with tough questions or try to side track them with platitudes and irrelevencies. IMHO either retards the cause of Christ. Don't they still have the brains that God gave them?

Do you???

Cute.

ultimate777 wrote:
....As you probably can tell I am more self-centered than most people and more than most want to do things for my own benefit with maybe too little concern for other factors, even regarding my thoughts on religion. Would Jesus accept me if that never changed?

ultimate777 · Post by **ultimate777** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 2:58 am

Neo, you old rascal, you doubled down!

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by neo-x on Tue Nov 01, 2011 1:11 am

Neo, you just proved my point.

only way to do that would be by shrinking to your questions, which I really don't think anyone did.

B. W. · Post by **B. W.** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 7:57 am

ultimate777 wrote: I think too many (but by no means all) Christians either refuse to deal with tough questions or try to side track them with platitudes and irrelevencies. IMHO either retards the cause of Christ. Don't they still have the brains that God gave them?

Do you have all the answers to tough question - ultimate777?

How do you, ultimate777, respond to tough questions?

ultimate777 wrote:....As you probably can tell I am more self-centered than most people and more than most want to do things for my own benefit with maybe too little concern for other factors, even regarding my thoughts on religion. Would Jesus accept me if that never changed?

Yes Jesus will accept you but do you him?

That my freind is the toughest of all questions we all have too answer....
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Proinsias · Post by **Proinsias** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 3:55 pm

ultimate777 wrote:I think too many (but by no means all) Christians either refuse to deal with tough questions or try to side track them with platitudes and irrelevencies. IMHO either retards the cause of Christ. Don't they still have the brains that God gave them?

I think that counts for most people.

Most people have questions they consider tough and in my experience most people are not equipped to deal with the question others deem reaaaaallllly important. I live in a great nation of tea drinkers, most of them are not equipped to deal with the sort of questions I have about tea. You can give your life to Jesus, or to drinking tea, without being overly knowledgeable on either subject. Is the important bit that you can repel or convert those who disagree with you? Some people are good at arguing and converting, some are not.

May I ask what the tough questions are and how you have dealt with them?

jestes · Post by **jestes** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 9:57 pm

I'm not here to try and defend any particular viewpoint, but I think that not everyone is supposed to be good at apologetics. Paul says that we are all baptized into one body, and that body has many parts. The very same guy who couldn't argue his way out of a paper bag could be the same guy who has more patience and kindness than anyone else you've ever met.

neo-x · Post by **neo-x** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 11:59 pm

The very same guy who couldn't argue his way out of a paper bag could be the same guy who has more patience and kindness than anyone else you've ever met.

Agreed, this happens most of the time.

kmr · Post by **kmr** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 12:39 am

ultimate777 wrote:I think too many (but by no means all) Christians either refuse to deal with tough questions or try to side track them with platitudes and irrelevencies.

Therefore I refuse to directly deal with this tough question, seeing as we spent the first half of this thread discussing the grammatical usage of the verb "to retard".

neo-x · Post by **neo-x** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 12:43 am

Therefore I refuse to directly deal with this tough question, seeing as we spent the first half of this thread discussing the grammatical usage of the verb "to retard".

LOL

Danieltwotwenty · Post by **Danieltwotwenty** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 2:41 am

kmr wrote:
ultimate777 wrote:I think too many (but by no means all) Christians either refuse to deal with tough questions or try to side track them with platitudes and irrelevencies.
Therefore I refuse to directly deal with this tough question, seeing as we spent the first half of this thread discussing the grammatical usage of the verb "to retard".

Danieltwotwenty · Post by **Danieltwotwenty** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 2:43 am

jestes wrote:I'm not here to try and defend any particular viewpoint, but I think that not everyone is supposed to be good at apologetics. Paul says that we are all baptized into one body, and that body has many parts. The very same guy who couldn't argue his way out of a paper bag could be the same guy who has more patience and kindness than anyone else you've ever met.

nice, i agree totally.
I am not very good at apologetics, sometimes i feel a little limited in my mental capacity but i feel i still do my part as the body of Christ.

Widge · Post by **Widge** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:05 am

I think some of us Christians do struggle with Hard questions. E.G Why suffering occurs and why God is on mute sometimes