You Can’t Have it Both Ways
Brian Worley
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[Three brief discussions on difficult Christian topics] 1. Faith/Reason Oxymoron
2. Gay/Straight Sexuality THE FAITH/REASON OXYMORONAll
right Christian, I will accept
your definition of faith as the
reason why you believe what you
believe in. You should grant
to me the same courtesy and
accept my belief in reason for
my being a secular humanist.
One big difference
between us is that I believe in
one less god than what you
believe in.
I have considered being a “evangelistic atheist” at times in the past. I have since abandoned this idea and am content to reaching out only to those that are open to reason. I
haven’t forgotten that I once
held Christian beliefs for 23
years.
Some atheists feel that
Christians are really stupid
people.
I beg to differ with
these smug atheists. Many
Christians have never been
presented with a proper case
against Christianity.
And once presented with
this information, it may take a
long length of time to digest
what was found. I had once considered enrolling at Liberty University to pursue a degree in apologetics. Had I had done this; I would have had to confront a difficult oxymoron. This is the absurd idea of faith and reason co-existing together in perfect harmony. Dear
Christian, you want to be
accepted for believing by faith,
and you want skeptics to accept
your reasoning that is built
upon the foundation of faith.
This is amazing!
You switch back and forth
between faith and reason
whenever it pleases you to do
so. Once
you choose faith to understand
the Bible. True reason becomes
your enemy. Reason is the cause
that has made all of us
ex-Christians abandon our
journey of faith. Christian
apologetics can give reasons for
the hope that their belief
brings. But all these reasons
are based upon faith….not true
reason. As
I earlier mentioned, I don’t
think that Christians are
stupid. That is until they start
to earnestly contend with a
skeptic with an irrational
mixture of faith and reason.
Faith and reason don’t
mix!
Christians accept faith,
skeptics don’t. Faith
overrides the domain of reason
(logic, science, history) in the
Christian mindset. When a
skeptic uses reason, the
Christian presses their “mute
button” of faith to muzzle the
message of reason that was
delivered. Basically, this explains why I am not an “evangelistic atheist”. Christians deny reason; skeptics deny faith. The result is a standoff and a waste of time. The problem here is a standard ethics breach by the Christian. The Christian denies reason when it suits their needs, but then tries to use reason when they have found someone that allows them to get away with it. If you (Christian) deny reason, then don’t be a hypocrite and try to later use it! If you’re against reason, be consistent, and don’t use it to convert others to your religion! I
am content with Christians
riding their “faith bus”,
but don’t get the idea that I
will allow you to steal a little
reason from me when we have
discussions. You chose faith to
determine your path; I chose
reason to determine mine. Dear
Christian, you can’t have it
both ways! GAY/STRAIGHT
SEXUALITY
I
must admit that I cannot
understand the sexual attraction
between members of the same sex
to each other.
I am only attracted to
women and I sense that this is
the way that it was meant to be.
When you discuss the argument of
design (sexually), it just seems
natural that members of the
opposite sex were made for each
other.
Please remember this last
point. I
think it is awful that people
dislike and actually hate
another person because of sexual
preferences (gay/straight). Gay
people are one of Christian
Fundamentalist's favorite pet
peeves. Yea, I know, they hate
the sin, but love the sinner
(yea…. whatever). Gay
people claim that they have
natural sexual desires for each
other. If this is what they say
they feel then who should deny a
subjective claim such as this?
Usually, the person that
says this isn’t natural, but
it is, in fact, a personal
choice that a person makes is
normally a Christian
practitioner.
Now, let me interject a
thought here that I have never
heard anyone else bring up or
defend when I bring it up. Dear
Christian, what do you do when a
person is born with both male
and female genitalia?
You know a hermaphrodite
(a individual in which
reproductive organs of both
sexes are present). They were
created this way according to
your worldview. That same
argument of design is now thrown
into chaos. This person can
choose either sex for a sexual
partner because they were born
with male and female genitalia.
Would you deny this?
Or would you just deny
them their sexuality? There
are many things that people may
dislike in the world. I want to
distinguish between s
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