Tuesday, May 19, 2009

thought of the day.300

Most Christians don’t realize how atheistic they are. They are born atheists and remain atheists about all the countless Gods of history but one.
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4 comments:

homesicksooner said...

The first and most fundamental law of logic says that A can not be A and non-A at the same time and in the same way.

It is logical and reasonable to believe in but one, true, and living God.

Christians are theistic in their worldview. The reason Christians do not believe in other gods is more the result of an understanding of the law of non-contradiction.

May 27, 2009 at 10:59 AM
john evans said...

Of course Christians are theistic in their worldview. But it is also true they are atheistic in regard to 99.999...% of all the gods that people have worshipped through the years. I think if they were to truly understand why they reject all the thousands of gods that they do as being superstitious nonsense they would understand better why atheists reject their god.

I would suggest Christians don’t believe in other gods for the same reason Mormons and Muslims don’t—they have been taught to believe that way. Has nothing to do with the law of non-contradiction.

May 27, 2009 at 11:51 AM
homesicksooner said...

Well, I can't speak for others as you seem pretty comfortable to doing.

However, I can speak for me. I am a Christian and the reason I am not anything other than a Christian has to do with reason and logic.

I still contend that, "The reason Christians do not believe in other gods is more the result of an understanding of the law of non-contradiction." At least that would be true of the majority of Christians I know and am around on a regular basis.

To believe in Zeus, the God of the Bible and, Mohammed would be to hold views that are mutually exclusive. For me that would be a HUGE violation of the most fundamental law of logic . . . the law of non-contradiction.

So, for me it's pretty simple . . . I don't believe in other gods because to do so would be logically inconsistent both theologically and philosophically. It would be intellectually absurd.

May 30, 2009 at 5:47 PM
john evans said...

I agree that it would make no sense to believe in Jesus and Zeus at the same time. That would indeed be a contradiction. But my point was that you believe in Jesus instead of Zeus only because of the time in history you were born and the particular part of the world you were born in along with the particular set of beliefs held by your parents/friends/authority figures.

May 31, 2009 at 7:43 AM

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