Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Arguments Four
I encountered a pseudo-argument with a friend once over religion. My friend doesn't believe in God and I do, but we weren't trying to argue about it, we were just attempting to talk about the pros and cons of believing in God and not believing in God. We both agreed with some of the points that the other made about believing in God and not believing in Him, but as the discussion continued we both began to defend our own views on how our religion (or his lack of it) was better than the other. The argument turned into a heated discussion where neither of us let go of our own beliefs and were solely committed to our positions.
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Brittney,
I think part of the reason why I'm commenting on this is because I completely understand where you're coming from. I've had this argument many times, and it's not a fun one to get into because it can destroy friendships. Beliefs are a very fragile thing, but important nonetheless. I believe that our duty as Christians is to show as many people the way to salvation as we can, but that is not such an easy thing to do. What we do have to realize is that we must turn the pseudo-argument into a truth-seeking one, because that is the only way to share one's faith with another. We as Christians have to understand the Agnostic and Atheist viewpoints in order to make our argument stronger. Sometimes, one has to look into the darkness to see the light, and one has to look into the light to see the darkness.
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