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Struggles by Non-Christians
I am starting to hate free will
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<blockquote data-quote="Sir Joseph" data-source="post: 76938728" data-attributes="member: 414771"><p><strong>VCR-2000</strong>, a person will always have unanswered questions or objectionable concerns with any religion, with Christianity being no exception. Once a skeptic receives a solution to one troubling concept though, he'll inevitably move on to others. That doesn't mean one shouldn't pursue truth in all matters and try to understand their faith as well as possible, but I'd suggest that a person's choice of faith cannot possibly rely upon a complete understanding of all doctrines or scriptural passages. The best Christian example of this is the essential doctrine of the trinity Godhead. Like the relationship of time, space, and matter, we know they each exist but don't really understand it.</p><p></p><p>Free will versus predestination is a concept that I, as a life long Christian, still don't understand, even though I've read sound explanations for it. I don't however base my faith's foundation upon understanding everything. I base it upon a <em>preponderance of evidence</em> concerning scientific, archaeological, historical, prophetic, and Biblical manuscript authority material. And with years of study, I've found that such a wide range of evidence far outweighs the unanswered concerns or objectionable issues.</p><p></p><p>In short, if you're truly a seeker of God and the correct faith to connect with him, I'd suggest you move on from the free will issue Yes, ignore it as one of the stumbling blocks and move on to other apologetic issues that defend the faith. In the time you spend or waste trying to resolve a very difficult issue that doesn't really prove anything anyway, you could learn about 10 other simpler issues that do prove something. When you have hundreds of leading indicators on one side and a dozen or less on the other, logic will dictate the prudent choice - if your heart is open to it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sir Joseph, post: 76938728, member: 414771"] [B]VCR-2000[/B], a person will always have unanswered questions or objectionable concerns with any religion, with Christianity being no exception. Once a skeptic receives a solution to one troubling concept though, he'll inevitably move on to others. That doesn't mean one shouldn't pursue truth in all matters and try to understand their faith as well as possible, but I'd suggest that a person's choice of faith cannot possibly rely upon a complete understanding of all doctrines or scriptural passages. The best Christian example of this is the essential doctrine of the trinity Godhead. Like the relationship of time, space, and matter, we know they each exist but don't really understand it. Free will versus predestination is a concept that I, as a life long Christian, still don't understand, even though I've read sound explanations for it. I don't however base my faith's foundation upon understanding everything. I base it upon a [I]preponderance of evidence[/I] concerning scientific, archaeological, historical, prophetic, and Biblical manuscript authority material. And with years of study, I've found that such a wide range of evidence far outweighs the unanswered concerns or objectionable issues. In short, if you're truly a seeker of God and the correct faith to connect with him, I'd suggest you move on from the free will issue Yes, ignore it as one of the stumbling blocks and move on to other apologetic issues that defend the faith. In the time you spend or waste trying to resolve a very difficult issue that doesn't really prove anything anyway, you could learn about 10 other simpler issues that do prove something. When you have hundreds of leading indicators on one side and a dozen or less on the other, logic will dictate the prudent choice - if your heart is open to it. [/QUOTE]
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