Posted by thor (63.249.67.160) on March 05, 2002 at 02:29:56:
-When debating, christians will often say that they don't need proof because they have faith, paraphrasing jesus' remark that proof shall follow belief.
-But in talking with many christians, i have found that this isn't really true. Christians do have evidence of God which i will now incompletely summarize:
1. the bible predicted the future. it predicted a messiah, and he came. it predicted that israel would become one nation and it did. etc.
2. god comes in dreams and speaks to people through their consciousnesses.
3. god's influence is omnipresent. he answers prayers and delivers justice (at his option).
this undermines the whole god/bible codependence problem and many other criticisms supplied by opponents of christianity.
um... discuss,
-thor