gotigrz's Christianity topic, part 2 Options

[gotigrz]

Someone i think badman or merica actually asked ed in person and he admitted being a christian. im pretty sure his is a little more of an open faith (i remember a recent interview where he stated that praying doesnt do much good in the world) I know he thinks the bible is the best source of morality and guide for mankind but im not clear if he believes in the divinity of jesus or that he was born of a virgin etc...

well, if ed said that he was a Christian, then he does believe in the virgin birth, the dying on the cross, and the resurrection 3 days later. that is the criteria of being a Christian. nobody says, .. "yeah, i'm a Christian, but that whole virgin birth thing is just crazy."

when ed said that about prayer not doing much good (i heard the interview)... he was referring to prayer that he thinks isn't really "prayer". he was saying that when you are truly in prayer with God that you are like one with Him, and that most people just close their eyes and ask for something. and, that THAT isn't doing much good cause that's what most people do and look at the world around us. PRAYER... aka... truly talking to God is VERY powerful.

[Pokey]

It's still not hurting anyone by being here .. if they want to go back and forth then not coming into the thread wont kill you.

That being said, imagine if we converted gotigrz! Or scarier, imagine if gotigrz converted me.

I find the discussion interesting on both sides of different reasons. I find the things Fish is bringing up to be incredibly interesting, he's pretty much just expressing a lot of my views a lot better than I could. But admittedly he is more well read on the subject than myself too.
Gotigrz I find fascinating more so that in the face of all this more convincing posting than he is producing, he chooses to stand fast and is completely undetered. It must be amazing to have that much faith in something that so many people can give such convincing arguments against not existing, or not adding up properly.