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Post Christian books that have helped you.

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>>19082546
Unironically helped me to understand that belief in God is irrational and that faith is what is important

>> No.19082648

>>19082589
>belief in God is irrational
I don’t know how one can say this, especially for those who have had spiritual experiences

>> No.19082663

>>19082648
Why is it important for belief to be rational? Faith is what matters. Too many Christians are obsessed with being correct instead of focusing on their relationship with God

>> No.19082689

>>19082663
I won’t fault someone for having strong faith if they have any sort of intellectual backing to it. But it is another thing to say that belief in God is irrational. I think that is totally false. It’s very rational.
>Too many Christians are obsessed with being correct
Peter tells us to always have a reason and an answer. Apologetics are important.

>> No.19082694

>>19082689
>>19082663 #
I won’t fault someone for having strong faith if they have any sort of intellectual backing to it.
*If they DON’T have

>> No.19082706

>>19082689
Apologetics don't have to be rational to work. The example of a well lived life is the best way to convert someone. Concerning your personal faith insisting on God making sense is the quickest way to lose your faith

>> No.19082769

>>19082706
>Apologetics don't have to be rational to work
You won’t get many converts that way in this day and age

>> No.19082795

>>19082769
How many people are converted through attempted proofs of God? You have to believe already for those to have meaning since they are not rational. Compassion and good works and a visible sense of community are what get people into churches not some chain of reasoning.

>> No.19082848

>>19082648
How do you know those are spiritual experiences of the Abrahamic God, or even truly "spiritual experiences?" What if they are all psychological, or induced by some simulation/powerful civilization?

>> No.19082856

>>19082848
What you need is faith. If you try and apply reason to everything and ignore faith you ignore God

>> No.19082910

>>19082848
I had specifically had an experience from God where it was indicated to me that Jesus is someone that I should be following. I hated Jesus then, and it stunned me. I had doubts whether I someone triggered it within myself, but I couldn’t rationalize it away. One could have some sort of crazy skepticism about aliens beaming shit into my head, but I don’t consider it likely. I have faith that it is from God

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Changed my life

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>> No.19083366

>>19082589
Literally 80% of this book is "Christian do bad thing, therefore Christianity false."

>> No.19083379

>>19082546
i find the bible instrumental to my faith

>> No.19083452

watch this video if you are not 100% sure of going to heaven anons. the biblical gospel gives you full assurance of your salvation. you can have eternal security

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dqw_fJeBD0&t=9s

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>>19083379
Thank you for posting itt.

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>>19082589
>The Dawkins Delusion

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