The person who would
know about Christianity in our own time might well turn to the raw data of how Christians live their lives.
Even though I was raised in the Church, I've learned more
about Christianity in the last eight years than I ever imagined I would.
And one thing people who know
nothing about Christianity fail to acknowledge when pointing out all the «bad» stuff in the Bible is the stark difference between Old Testament and New Testament texts.
Her
doubts about Christianity began when, as a child, she attended services with her uncle, who was so light - skinned he could pass for white.
Some historians, such as Jonathan Phillips or Thomas Asbridge, have even written books for a general audience, seeking to bridge the gap between what historians know and what most people
think about Christianity's holy wars.
Joint book project by Orthodox, Catholics, and Protestants follows efforts to present accurate
information about Christianity in Muslim - majority country.
In What's So
Great About Christianity D'Souza seeks to equip comrades for battle, though at times the reader may wonder why D'Souza's help is needed, since according to him «God is the future, and atheism is on its way out.»
Someone who has made a study of religion and teaches them may know far more than you
do about Christianity.
(FWIW, I consider most
stories about Christianity coming out of India, or easward to the South China Sea, to be partially, or completely fabricated, to gain more financial support from the United States.)
One thing I would ask you to reconsider is your
statement about Christianity not allowing thinking, or as you said, «This is probably why there is not one passage in the Bible in support of intelligence and healthy skepticism, but literally hundreds in support of blind acceptance and blatant, sheep - like gullibility.»
Just like there are stupid people who've never actually read the bible and yet feel the need to post stupid and wrong statements
about Christianity on the CNN news blog.
You likely know what he was talking about: Many of the complaints and criticisms we
hear about Christianity are more emotionally charged than carefully reasoned.
A new eight - week course aimed at dispelling
misconceptions about Christianity among Muslims, Sikhs, Buddhists and Hindus has been launched by the Evangelical... More
Incidentally, however, by comparing what he knows
about Christianity with what he can learn about other religions, he can achieve a perspective by which to understand the uniqueness of the Christian tradition and to face up to the meaning of the Christian mission.
This lack of biblical literacy is a reflection of changing childhood habits: fewer than one in five aged between 15 and 24 said they learned
most about Christianity as a child from church or Sunday school, compared to almost 50 per cent of those aged 65 and over.
He died for Christ at twenty - four; at twenty - five, I moved to China,
writing about Christianity as a Robert Novak Fellow with the Phillips Foundation.
Don't even pretend like you know something
about Christianity until you've walked a mile in the shoes of a Christian missionary, a Christian pastor, a military chaplain, a christian volunteer at a homeless shelter, etc..
the only surviving
writings about Christianity from the first centuries after the apostles come mainly from men steeped in Greek thought and philosophy.
I never have a problem with what people
believe about Christianity until naysayers decide to make it their business to attach ill perceived beliefs to everyone who claims to be Christian.
as with every other
argument about christianity, if it really was only a belief it would be of no consequence, but unfortunately so many use their religious beliefs as an excuse to attempt to demand the rest of the population adhere to their beliefs by codifying them into civil law.