On Apologetics (Part 1)

It seems that there are many readers that might be interested in why Christians believe. As a Christian, I’d love to hear from other Christians. However, I’d also like to hear from atheists. Let’s have a discussion.

My Basis for Belief

As for myself, in plain english, I think God drew me to him, then touched me, that was enough to make me believe in him. After that, I continue to believe because there is this large body of people who seem to have had the same experience. After that, I believe because those same people seem to take the Hebrew and Christian scriptures seriously. These same writings reinforce my previous personal experience by lending a credible explanation for them, one I find more satisfying than others.

That really is the basis of it.

A Recent Renewal

For a few years now, I have become very uncomfortable with the above conclusions. The claims seem to extraordinary, and the evidence started to seem too thin. However, I have recently gained a more stable confidence in exactly what I just described for many reasons, even while having given up some ground to various objections to having faith.

I must admit, I find the New Atheists interesting and in some ways novel, but not compelling.

Open to New Arguements and Experiences

With that said, I remain open to an objection to faith sufficiently convincing to make me abandon it. After all, if God is—then all truth remains God’s—therefore there is nothing to fear from any sort of objection to the faith. God must get the better of the objection in the end, or we can all pack up our Bibles and go home; it would be all over except for the amens and halleluiahs.

Coming Up

I intend to discuss many of my most serious doubts here. I’ll offer them up eventually, but I’d like to hear from anyone actually listening to this. What makes you doubt the truth of your faith? For those of you who don’t believe in Christianity, what are your objections?

If you liked this post, you might also want to continue reading in the series: Apologetics (Part 2)

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