The idea for Reason & Faith has been brewing for quite some time in my mind, and I'm glad I'm actually taking the time to begin. I have been confronted with good, honest questions concerning my faith and trust in the Bible, and in Historical Christianity, and ultimately in Christ Himself, for as long as I've been a Christian, which is going on 16 years now. In my quests to answer these questions for my own benefit, I've been lucky enough to discover some of the greatest writings ever put on paper. What I've come to find, is that there is rarely anything asked or pointed out, that has not already been confronted and dealt with from multiple angles and perspectives. There truly is "nothing new under the sun."
So if you're looking for something new, you probably won't find it here. Unless you consider abondoning rhetoric something new, that is. My goal here, is simply to educate on the arguments, on the texts and doctrines themselves which are being brought into question, and to boldly confront those who slander Scripture and the person of Jesus Christ, out of simple misunderstanding at best, and out of vicious hatred for what I consider the blantant Truth at worst.
Where possible, I will keep the posts short and to the point. Where a point requires more attention I will try to break it up into multiple posts. If at any time, you feel a subject requires more attention than I've given it, feel free to leave a comment asking questions, making counter-arguments, or simply pointing out where I may be mistaken in my point of view. I will always welcome a challenge.
At any rate, enjoy, and I hope you find this at least somewhat compelling, if not helpful.
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Reason and faith are not joined together. They are much different. Many christians do not use reason rather they use blind faith.
Robert
Good to see you have started your blog. I (honestly) do want to see how you square the apparent contradictions in the Bible with the claim of infallibility.
On the NGZ I've already pointed out a few links about the apparent contradictions between the various Gospels, and also the two sets of 10 Commandments. Perhaps you would also like to explain the justification behind the differing Protestant and Catholic Bibles?
Sorry if this seems like a lot of work for you, but there are lots and lots of apparent contradictions, and even one successful one would (to my mind) invalidate the idea of an infallible Bible.
You are very right, in that if even one apparent contradiction, truly is a contradiction with no understandable explanation, then it certainly would invalidate the idea of an infallible Bible.
I apologize for the length of time it is taking me to get into this, but I do intend to start with some commentary on versions of the Bible, as without an understanding of that, it would be difficult to proceed on arguments from the texts.
I leave the country (USA) for Ireland on March 10th, and I hope to have at least a couple entries completed before then, but you know what they say.... The best laid plans of mice and men.
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