Wherefore virusdoc.net?
Isn't it great how many people care? I think what they are most worried about is
that you are giving up. God wants you to grapple with and for the truth. Here
are three things to think about:
1. Faith can bring understanding. Remember how you first objected to irrational numbers, then negative numbers, then imaginary numbers? Once you accepted them though, you could understand them.
2. A supreme God can act in subtle ways. Think of how you used to struggle with little Noah. He’d knock something off the table, and you’d fall off your chair and knock the whole table over trying to catch it. I bet by now though you catch it, with you left hand, without hardly looking up. A supreme God could, and would, act decisively in the margins.
3. Try this challenge: Be a Christian for year. Immerse yourself, pray fervently every night, read the Bible every day, attend services every Sunday. Walk-the-walk for year. Then see how you feel.
And hang in there. We’re all praying for you. It doesn’t matter that you don’t believe that helps either!
posted by Phil Shea | 11:31 PM
2 Comments:
One wonders what would be the result if one moved to a coutry dominated by Muslims, prayed thrice daily in the direction of Mecca, regularly listened to the sermons of an imam, etc. If one has little religious commitment before but was open to religious persuation, one might well give one's heart to Islam.
In fact, isn't this what happens to children in Islamic countries? They quite naturally become devout Muslims.
True enough, but I'm recommending the practice with eyes wide open. Indoctrination requires you to be fed only the information with which you are being indoctinated. Christianity (and Catholicism) REQUIRE you to "be in the world". The more you know about the world, the better Christianity looks too.
If I were today to attempt Muslim practices I would have to reject them on many grounds. It is not so easy to reject Christianity. Why? Because it is based on freedom. You have a free will, so you must choose. No legalism, no magic. Just you surrendering your will to God.
How can you do this? You can't on your own. You need God's help.
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