Comments on: How Would We Recognize One True Religion? http://www.thinkingchristian.net/2008/03/how-would-we-recognize-one-true-religion/ Do Christians "hold the truth?" No, the Truth holds us... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:18:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Charlie http://www.thinkingchristian.net/2008/03/how-would-we-recognize-one-true-religion/#comment-2314 Charlie Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:47:05 +0000 http://www.thinkingchristian.net/?p=1297#comment-2314 Hi Paul, As I think this comment will be a distraction on this thread I'm going to tag it onto the LNC thread. That one's gone through enough topical contortion that it probably won't mind another. Tom, if this is a bad idea I won't be hurt if you put the kibosh on it ... Hi Paul,
As I think this comment will be a distraction on this thread I’m going to tag it onto the LNC thread. That one’s gone through enough topical contortion that it probably won’t mind another.

Tom, if this is a bad idea I won’t be hurt if you put the kibosh on it …

]]> By: Paul http://www.thinkingchristian.net/2008/03/how-would-we-recognize-one-true-religion/#comment-2311 Paul Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:20:38 +0000 http://www.thinkingchristian.net/?p=1297#comment-2311 One other thought: the style of communication your God requires, apparently, is that you must believe in him before communication takes place. But that automatically, by definition, excludes people for whom communication would be be important in their spiritual growth towards God. What, God doesn't like communicators? Even human enemies communicate with each other. God is below that?! You've conveniently defined God's communication style to require belief in him before communication can take place. I assure that if I truly didn't believe in the existence of some person behind a hypothetical screen in some odd experiment, and that person communicated with me in the style that I do with my friends, I'd believe in the existence of that person. One other thought: the style of communication your God requires, apparently, is that you must believe in him before communication takes place. But that automatically, by definition, excludes people for whom communication would be be important in their spiritual growth towards God. What, God doesn’t like communicators? Even human enemies communicate with each other. God is below that?!

You’ve conveniently defined God’s communication style to require belief in him before communication can take place. I assure that if I truly didn’t believe in the existence of some person behind a hypothetical screen in some odd experiment, and that person communicated with me in the style that I do with my friends, I’d believe in the existence of that person.

]]> By: Paul http://www.thinkingchristian.net/2008/03/how-would-we-recognize-one-true-religion/#comment-2310 Paul Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:17:05 +0000 http://www.thinkingchristian.net/?p=1297#comment-2310 Tom, forgive me for not continuing the LNC dialog for a moment. When I compared God to a friend, I didn't mean to do so in the ways you commented on. I merely request an approximate ease and frequency of communication that I have with my friends for God, or even something close to it. Regarding rebellion, I can rebel against my friend yet I can still communicate with him. That's not the case with God, even if you assume I am rebelling against God, because I still can't communicate with him. So rebellion is not a factor in my wanting a friend-style communication system with God. I'm not asking for *true* communication, whatever that is, I'm just asking for the type of communication I have with my friend, however true or false that is, it would be more than what I have with God now. It sure would help me come to God's terms if I could communicate with him, but he apparently requires that I accept some terms of his before we even communicate. Not even my enemies always require that. So this God of yours won't even communicate with me unless I do so on his terms? I have no terms or requirements for communication with God. I'm ready and willing anytime. But the silence is deafening. Tom, forgive me for not continuing the LNC dialog for a moment.

When I compared God to a friend, I didn’t mean to do so in the ways you commented on. I merely request an approximate ease and frequency of communication that I have with my friends for God, or even something close to it.

Regarding rebellion, I can rebel against my friend yet I can still communicate with him. That’s not the case with God, even if you assume I am rebelling against God, because I still can’t communicate with him. So rebellion is not a factor in my wanting a friend-style communication system with God.

I’m not asking for *true* communication, whatever that is, I’m just asking for the type of communication I have with my friend, however true or false that is, it would be more than what I have with God now.

It sure would help me come to God’s terms if I could communicate with him, but he apparently requires that I accept some terms of his before we even communicate. Not even my enemies always require that. So this God of yours won’t even communicate with me unless I do so on his terms? I have no terms or requirements for communication with God. I’m ready and willing anytime. But the silence is deafening.

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