tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9144915363524026052.post8248203535814289786..comments2024-03-08T23:30:49.304+11:00Comments on peterbrookshaw.com: Why I am not an Atheist.Pete Brookshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12224890269580671566noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9144915363524026052.post-538074118335294842011-03-17T18:43:33.461+11:002011-03-17T18:43:33.461+11:00A thought to ponder...If a Christian believes in G...A thought to ponder...<br>If a Christian believes in God and commits their life to Him, and turns out to be wrong, they having nothing to lose. If an atheist (or non-christian) chooses not to believe in God (and commit their lives to Him) and it turns out they're wrong, they have EVERYTHING to lose.<br>W.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9144915363524026052.post-16585373931281196332011-03-17T19:23:39.909+11:002011-03-17T19:23:39.909+11:00Another thought to ponder Anonymous - what if the ...Another thought to ponder Anonymous - what if the Muslims are right? You've then believed in the wrong version of God and are going to the Muslim version of hell, so in that case you have everything to lose by not following Allah.Jacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9144915363524026052.post-80688464407070884162011-03-17T23:37:52.061+11:002011-03-17T23:37:52.061+11:00Jack, some of your arguments aren't based righ...Jack, some of your arguments aren't based right. Eg. - jack-"so the validity of the Old Testament that condones slavery but condemns eating shellfish and getting tattoos," its out of context without the new testament, old n new put together tells the whole story. Both of them valid. <br>"and did Noah get two Tasmanian devils to walk onto his boat during a world wide flood, then have them wander down to Tasmania after..." I don't know about anyone elses take, but I think the 'world' is only as big as you know. Y'know? <br>Anon w , like your thinking. <br>I guess we can only make judgment and choice on what we know, and be judged by Him on that. No one else!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9144915363524026052.post-21630325909609736832011-03-19T01:39:31.382+11:002011-03-19T01:39:31.382+11:00Please don't apologise Pete, as there is very ...Please don't apologise Pete, as there is very little to apologise for, and you make assumptions about me that fit your preconceptions about people with doubts and questions. In fact I'm just sorry that you had to go down the line of "he must have been treated badly, therefore he is against God/Jesus/church". At least you didn't go down the other predictable path that many fundamentalists like to go down, accusing me of loving my sinfulness, therefore being against God/Jesus/church. I have simply found myself asking hard questions in recent years about my faith, and getting less than satisfactory answers. I realise that most people find great comfort in their Christian beliefs and don’t really want to think too hard about them. But I do want to question things, and I want to know the truth. For me, there are too many things about mainstream, traditional Christianity that make little sense and I cannot believe them to be true. So I continue to hang onto small parts of my Christian faith, attend my Corps for family, friend and community reasons and try and find some compatibility between what I believe to be true and what is preached and/or taught there. You are right that I dislike fundamentalism, as its proponents arrogantly assert that they are right and everyone else is wrong, and those that do not believe as they do are destined for eternal punishment. I’m not sure exactly where you fit on the scale from extreme liberal to extreme fundamentalist, but I appreciate the fact that you at least publish my comments and respond to them, which is more than some of your contemporaries do.Jacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9144915363524026052.post-51455865524888912582011-06-20T12:15:04.293+10:002011-06-20T12:15:04.293+10:00**NOT innerant.**NOT innerant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com