To the Skeptic
Here are perhaps a couple of helpful quotes to examine before wasting your time with some of the age-old and tired anti-God arguments,
“Never judge a philosophy by its abuse” — St. Augustine
“The denial of Christ has to do less with facts and more to do with the bent of what a person is prejudiced to conclude.” – Ravi Zacharias
Then there are these helpful posts from Neil over at Eternity Matters,
Poor arguments to make with theists (Part 1, Part 2)
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Hi – thanks for the links! I enjoyed your sight and plan to come back.
“The denial of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has to do less with facts and more to do with the bent of what a person is prejudiced to conclude.” – Bobby Henderson
To my knowledge, no one has claimed to have interacted with the fsm
My brother Bobby and I have been touched by His noodly appendage.
The point here is that quotes which question the intellectual honesty of people who disagree with you are generally not a gateway to open dialogue.
The testimony of 2 people…
But aren’t we all prejudiced, slanted in some way?
Certainly, but doesn’t mean we are condemned to continue thinking in such a way. I do believe it is possible to approach issues with an open mind and fight our prejudices with factual evidence. I would venture a guess that this section of your blog (“To the Skeptic”) would not even exist unless you sincerely believed that you had examined the evidence and found the truth.