Re: The Gospels

>Come, be honest. You knew what you were looking for. As I said I've read
>scholars from across a pretty wide variety of religious and political
>affiliations, and I have found scholars I respect across the boards -- many
>of whom don't share my beliefs. It's not about the content, but about the
>proof you offer as support of the content.

You want honesty? All right, here it is: Years ago, as a child, my mother
took me to see a movie at church. It was Ephram Zimbalist Jr talking about
why he has faith. It seems that in his youth, he took umbrage against
Christianity and began doing research to disprove Christ. The opposite
happened. As he dredged on, he found more and more reason to believe,
giving him a faith that he had never had before.
Years later, when I lost my faith, I remembered this film and how it moved
me, so I decided to follow in his steps and find the faith as he had. I was
looking, as the song goes, for "something to believe in". Only I had the
opposite result. The more I looked, the less real the Christian teachings
became, the more fanciful, the more bizarre. As I tried, year after year to
refute attacks against Christianity, I found it to be an argument of faith
vs facts. No one could have been more disappointed than I.
We can argue until our fingers are blue, and I will be glad to unpack my
library and quote sources if you like, but the fact is, as far as I'm
concerned, the facts speak for themselves, just as, I know, you can quote
from countless of the devoted who believe as you do.
"agreeing to disagree" tina

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Received on Thu Aug 7 00:11:12 2003