Quote of the Day, by Isaac

I have been able to pose the Outsider Test for Faith OTF to a few Christian friends of mine... and this has shown to be very well accepted as a means of seeking and questioning. They agree with the approach, and some have even admitted that they've never given so much as a minute of thought to the outside religions and faiths of the world. The quote "when you understand why you reject the gods of other religions, you'll understand why I reject yours." Powerful quote... because people don't know why they reject the other gods and faiths... so now, the question is brought to their attention... and either they must continue in their blissful ignorance, or begin an honest examination of WHY they believe what they believe.

For me, this is the most honest, non-threatening approach to discussions with a theist.

4 comments:

The Blogger Formerly Known As Lvka said...

when you understand why you reject the gods of other religions, you'll understand why I reject yours


I "reject" the gods of other religions because their wonder-working powers are demonic, and have been shown to be so. And others don't even work miracles in the first place.

Whom are you talking to, John?

Rhacodactylus said...

Wow, so your logical examination of other religions accepts that there are "wonders" or "miracles" of some kind being worked there and assumes a specific source?

Lol, that is like me claiming my unicorn is better than yours because mine is from Narnia and yours is from Tamriel.

You're basing a value judgement on imaginary facts =)

Ipmilat said...

How do you show other people's wonders to be demonic? Or not?

Unknown said...

Is this an approach that is specific to Christianity? For example, if you posed it to a Muslim, would they not simply say that the reason they reject, say, Christianity was not the last word from God, because that was dictated to Mohammed?