Faith?

Since the launch of God Challenge, I have really been in awe of the response. I will say that at first I was extremely offended and hurt by some of the blatant and bitter remarks. Remarks to the effect of Christians are weak minded, opressive, judgemental, hypocrits with an agenda to destroy freedom and intellectual discovery. Or at least that was the way I took it.

The more the discussion unfolded, I began to make very interesting observations.

Observation 1- Some Christians are reinforcing the opinions by nonbelievers. Many were making comments that were bitter and frustrated. That doesn't help the cause. This leads to the next observation.

Observation 2- Many nonbelievers either confessed or suggested negative past experiences with Christians. It became obvious that many of thier opinions were based off the inconsistencies in what Christ teaches (love, prosperity, kindness) and what they expereinced (judgement, rejection, condemnation). Shame on Christians for such. There is none good but the Father.

Observation 3- Everyone appears to be a person of faith. Some have faith in God and others appear to have faith in evidence. What's funny is that both are subjective faiths. For instance, my mother was miraculously healed of cancer which dumbfounded her doctors. They acknowledged that something had happened that they could not explain. "Faith in God" people would say it is evidence of God. Nonbelievers would say that it is a medical anomaly that cannot be explained because we don't have all the knowledge needed in science. Which leads to observation 4.

Observation 4- If people can accept that somethings in science are unexplainable, why is it so far fetched to embrace that there are other areas, including the existence of God, that are unexplainable? It is almost hypcrtical to say that your basis of faith is in evidence because it can be just as unexplainable and subjective.

In sum, I really think that most people are not giving God a fair shake, but with good reason...Christians have pushed them away from the opportunity to see God's best handy work...the change He makes in people for the better. I encourage all unbelievers to consider God despite his fallible followers. See that He really wants to give you your own evidence He exists!