From: Alexanian, Moorad (alexanian@uncw.edu)
Date: Mon Nov 04 2002 - 21:30:51 EST
I do not know what you people mean by ’ÄúChristianity is true.’Äù Is
it the historicity of the Bible that is in question? If Christ was
indeed God incarnate, then just as people before Christ knew God so
we now can know Christ by the same means, e.g., evidence of Creation,
etc. Man is a detector of the spiritual, as well as of the physical.
We detect in ways that reason does not understand. We are spiritual
beings beyond just mere mind and body. The notion of a Creator is
logically unavoidable. ’ÄúFor they exchanged the truth of God for a
lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator,
who is blessed forever.’Äù Rom 1:25. Moorad
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Eisele [mailto:jeisele@starpower.net]
Sent: Sat 11/2/2002 7:35 AM
To: iain.strachan@eudoramail.com
Cc: asa@calvin.edu
Subject: Re: Historical evidence for Jesus
Iain writes
>Testimony is one that seems to ring true and makes sense. The same
>has to be true of the Gospels - it is faith and inner conviction by
>the Holy Spirit, surely, that leads us to assert that Christianity
>is true, and that the Gospel accounts are reliable.
Personally, I prefer science/facts and logic. I certainly don't
question the authenticity of your faith experience. One disturbing
example of this, though, is that there were times in my life
where I was
"absolutely certain" and convinced that YEC (and later, day-age, were
true). And now, even though I don't believe the evidence supports
Christianity, I still have the same "inner spiritual presence" that
I was so certain was the Holy Spirit. Go figure.
Jim Eisele
Genesis in Question
http://genesisinquestion.org
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