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Springs
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Date Joined Jul 2001
Total Posts : 636
| Posted 10/30/2001 6:54 PM (GMT -6) |   | I have encouraged my group from the Doc's "Letters"
class to check out the board and throw out a few questions.
Tonight Doc gave a power point presentation on Chapters
9 -12. So far the discussion has been pretty philosophical.
That all changed with chapter 10. Doc said something to the
effect that up to this point his dad's questions were intellectual
defenses or objections but that in this chapter his dad opened his
heart and it became apparent that it wasn't neccessarily true
that his father didn't believe in God but that he felt hurt and
was angry with God. Doc also covered the letter on prayer.
This brought our group discussion to a more concrete level.
Good stuff.
Great job Doc. After the question and answer session a
guy said, "I'm am very studied in the areas of evolution,
creation, the gap theory and all that, and yet the Doc's
teaching is always fresh and contains something new, amazing."
Amen
Springs
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trosie
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Date Joined Jul 2001
Total Posts : 550
| Posted 10/31/2001 1:34 AM (GMT -6) | | quote:
...it became apparent that it wasn't neccessarily true
that his father didn't believe in God but that he felt hurt and
was angry with God.
Ah, gee Springs! I wish I could be taking the class but my schedule doesn't allow. I love these kind of discussions so I thought I might jump in here to discuss this with you too.
I am wondering if some form of hurt which then lead to anger (anger at God, at Christians, at how their life has turned out...) isn't a huge part in why MANY people claim to be atheist or agnostic? I have a few members of my family who, although were raised to believe in God, opted to accept the atheistic view. When we have discussed what their meaning of who God is, what their view of church and Christianity is it becomes apparent that it's not that they don't believe in God, it's more that there view of God has become distorted. A bad church experience can be the last straw for many people and this was the case for my step-dad. I think that's why God's greatest commandment is to "LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF!" I'm wondering if "love" NOT judgment, doubled with the open view were more of what the world saw and understood about Christianity then perhaps more professed atheists and agnostics would be calling themselves Christians?
What do you think?
trosie
Edited by - trosie on 10/31/2001 06:36:07 AM | | Back to Top | | |
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