Monday, April 11, 2011

A Defense of Christianity


Alright, haters. It's time for me as a Christian man to lay something out for everyone out there. I've been getting quite a lot of e-mails lately, of people saying, "Hey man. This is why Christianity and religion is bogus." Then they've given me a list of reasons as to why it is. These cheap amoral punks. Forgive me Father for name-calling, but I get so angry sometimes.

So, I'm going to step off my high-horse here, try to push the imagery of horse fetuses dying to the back of my mind and clear some stuff up for all those non-believers out there. I'll preface it with this: There is a God. Without him you will burn.

Here's a list of complaints that people send my way, or arguments against the Almighty One's existence.

a. "It hasn't been proven."

Uh, yes it has. Try reading the Bible? It's this thing that will save your life.

b. "Why trust one book written by humans? Don't humans make mistakes? Is there no such thing as Biblical fallacy?"

Let me hit you back with a HEAVENS no. Every thing in that book in fact. Humans are prone to sinning and mistakes; yet God made sure that they were perfect when they wrote that to pass it on to the rest of us. That's an undeniable fact. As a friend of mine would say, "Logic FAIL."

c. "So if I don't accept Jesus Christ into my heart, I'm going to Hell? What about people in Africa that have never heard or been introduced to Christianity?"

Yeah, that's right. Those poor Africans are going to Hell. Hurts me to say it, but there's a reason God put us here, and told us about Him, and them there with no clue about their creator. We are the chosen ones.

d. "Does that make God racist? There was slavery in the Bible..."

Well, those people deserved it. God does no wrong. If slavery continued to exist in the United States today, then I'd say, as a Southern Baptist-God fearing man, so be it. It is the Lord's will.

e. "So some people have more natural rights than others? Isn't it contentious to force that you're 'the chosen few' down others' throats?"

Interesting view. But the answer is no. The Apostles certainly had no problem with shoving information that they were going to live everlasting life down others' throats. So I don't have that problem either.

f. "Wait, so you're Southern Baptist....doesn't that mean that Catholicism was the original Christianity? Didn't some nutter named Martin Luther decide he didn't like some of the rules, so out of that sect came the Protestants?"

Catholicism is NOT Christianity, because they worship the Virgin Mary. And on another note, they've been associated with molestation of young boys. I'd hardly call THAT Christianity. And Martin Luther was chosen by God to change things up, and that's when the REAL Christianity came about, and we've been delivering the message ever since.

g. "But didn't Southern Baptists condone slavery and propagate racism? Didn't they apologize for that in 1995? Is that the message that God sends?"

Like I said, He does what He does. Whatever He does, I'm on board.

h. "So if that nutter Martin Luther created his own brand of religion and gained followers...doesn't that mean that he's on par with Joseph Smith, the creator of Mormonism? Wasn't he some guy who created his own brand as well?"

Definitely not. Mormons are easily mid-led people, placed here by Satan himself. I mean, multiple wives? Are you kidding me? God has installed us with a moral compass that anyone who doesn't have this, will pay for it in the afterlife.

I feel that I've defended our position and explained Christianity with a steel-like defense.

Please remember the horse fetuses. An astounding 34 horses were aborted in Missouri last night. Stop the violent killing of horse and all babies.

5 comments:

  1. lulz. So unrepresentative of Evangelical Christianity it is even funny.

    Spend some time looking into the works of these representative Christian thinkers:

    Peter Berger (Boston University)
    Ben Carson (John Hopkins University)
    Simon Conway Morris (Cambridge)
    Louise Cowan (University of Dallas)
    William Lane Craig (Biola University)
    Robert P George (Princeton)
    Donald Knuth (Stanford)
    Robert Jackson Marks II (Baylor University)
    Michael McConnell (Stanford)
    Alister McGrath (King’s College)
    Albert Mohler (Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)
    Martin Andreas Nowak (Harvard)
    Alvin Plantinga (University of Notre Dame)
    John Polkinghorne (Cambridge)
    Marilynne Robinson (University of Iowa)
    Henry “Fritz” Schaefer III (University of Georgia
    Charles Taylor (McGill University, Canada)
    John Suppe (Princeton)
    James Tour (Rice University)
    N.T. Wright (McGill and Oxford

    Or just read these specific works:
    Beckwith, Francis J. 1989. David Hume's Argument Against Miracles: A Critical Analysis. University Press of America. Lanham, Maryland & London.
    Brown, Colin. 1984. Miracles and the Critical Mind. William B. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Michigan/Paternoster Press, Exeter, UK.
    Clark, Kelly James. 1990. Return To Reason: A Critique of Enlightenment Evidentialism and a Defense of Reason and Belief in God. William B. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
    Craig, William Lane. 1979. The Kalām Cosmological Argument. MacMillan, London.
    Craig, William Lane., and Quentin Smith. 1993. Theism, Atheism, and Big Bang Cosmology. Clarendon Press, Oxford.
    Geivitt, R. Douglas., and Gary R. Habermas (eds). 1997. In Defence of Miracles: A Comprehensive Case for God's Action in History. Apollos, Leicester, UK/InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, Illinois.
    Hugo Anthony Meynell. God and the World: the Coherence of Christian Theism,London, S.P.C.K., 1971.
    Hugo Anthony Meynell. The Intelligible Universe: A Cosmological Argument, Totowa, N.J. : Barnes & Noble, 1982.
    Miethe, Terry L., and Antony Flew. 1991. Does God Exist? A Believer and an Atheist Debate. Harper, San Francisco.
    Morris, Thomas V. 1986. The Logic of God Incarnate. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York & London.
    Plantinga, Alvin. 1990 (1967). God and Other Minds: A Study of the Rational Justification of Belief in God. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York & London.
    Plantinga, Alvin C. 1977 (1974). God, Freedom, and Evil. William B. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
    Plantinga, Alvin., and Nicholas Wolterstorff (eds). 1983. Faith and Rationality: Reason and Belief in God. University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame & London.
    Sproul, R.C. The Consequences of Ideas: Understanding the Concepts that Shaped Our World. Crossway Books, Wheaton, IL
    Swinburne, Richard. 1996. Is There A God? Oxford University Press, Oxford & New York.
    Wolterstorff, Nicholas. 1995. Divine Discourse: Philosophical Reflections on the Claim that God Speaks. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

    Why replace reason with rhetoric.

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  2. Amen brother! Thanks ASO for the list!

    You see, if we work together we can abolish abortions of all kinds, not just humans. Let's start with the horses too. You guys are a shining example of what it takes to get to heaven. And I applaud the boldness that you bring forth, in telling those who don't believe the Word that they are amoral and going to Hell.

    God Bless you organization!

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  3. On the whole slavery in the Bible stuff and the existence of Christians who tried to justify slavery with the Bible. You can begin with a pretty short and decent little book by Notre Dame Historian Mark Noll, "The Civil War as a Theological Crisis" (2007).

    Essentially. You had the evangelical abolitionists in the North who followed the Bible and attempted to put into practice what it said about human equality and the inhumanity and injustice of slavery squaring off against the southern plantation owners and apathetic masses who were comfortable in their way of life as it was built on the backs of slave, and tried to find justifications for slavery in the Bible.

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  4. A couple of choice quotes from William Wilberforce, your name sake, along the lines you are trying to mock:

    “And, sir, when we think of eternity, and of the future consequences of all human conduct, what is there in this life that should make any man contradict the dictates of his conscience, the principles of justice, the laws of religion, and of God?”

    “Is it not the great end of religion, and, in particular, the glory of Christianity, to extinguish the malignant passions; to curb the violence, to control the appetites, and to smooth the asperities of man; to make us compassionate and kind, and forgiving one to another; to make us good husbands, good fathers, good friends; and to render us active and useful in the discharge of the relative social and civil duties?”

    “Men of authority and influence may promote good morals. Let them in their several stations encourage virtue . . . let them favor and take part in any plans which may be formed for the advancement of morality.”

    Those little quotes reflect the views of a man in history who shared our worldview. You do not share this worldview and poorly attempt to mock it with your whole horse abortion cite.

    When men and women like Wilberforce stood up in their day against the evils their societies thought were innocent and just, they were met with mockery like yours from those in the past who did share your worldview and anti-abolitionist anti-christian sentiments.

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  5. Anony-nony-

    Who is this William Wilburforce you speak of? I guess our names must be a coincidence! Thanks for the quotes though. It's funny, if you change some of those lines, they could directly apply to horse abortion, and ending this atrocity!

    “And, sir, when we think of eternity, and of the future consequences of all human conduct, what is there in this life that should make any man contradict the dictates of his conscience, the principles of justice, the laws of religion, and of God? And I especially can't stand to see a horse fetus ripped from his mother. Horse abortions are bad.”

    You see? It could apply to anything! This Wilburforce guy- I could learn a lot from him! Thanks again for the quotes anonymous!

    PS: Come up with a name! No need to hide identities! No need to be a coward! LOL just kidding! God Bless

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