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1 | How do we respond to Sam Harris? | 1 Pet 3:15 | BradK | 177127 | ||
Hi Parable, I'm not sure I know what you're looking for? I provided an answer with a basis. You and I are not accountable (Or answerable) to Mr. Harris. 1. God is Sovereign! Mr. Harris has not established the definitive, unanswerable, unassailable argument! 2. Changed lives prove ministry. That was Paul's defense in 2 Cor. 3:1-3ff: "Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some, letters of commendation to you or from you? You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men; being manifested that you are a letter of Christ, cared for by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts." 3. Ours is to preach the Gospel- Rom. 1:16! It is the POWER of God... As H.A. Ironside was once challenged by an atheist to debate, he shut him up by asking to bring all those who had been changed for the better by his preaching (Christianity)- the atheist had no reply and declined to pursue the matter! How many lives will or has Mr. Harris changed by being a Philosopher? A Best-Selling author? How many have come off drugs, had their marriages healed, become better fathers or husbands by his message? There is no life-changing power in his message! No one is coming to eternal life by his "preaching"! 4. I do understand 1 Peter 3:15. The operable verb is "to those who ASK for the hope that is in you". Has Mr. Harris asked or demanded you to defend your belief? I do not owe it to him, nor do I feel any obligation to respond to him. Parable, I do not know this man and further do not plan on either buying or reading his book! Might I ask, why you feel so compelled to reply or defend his accusations? Do you feel he has established some merit in his hypothesis? Do you feel the Bible or the Christian faith comes short in some way? Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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2 | How do we respond to Sam Harris? | 1 Pet 3:15 | Parable | 177135 | ||
I am looking for a cogent response to a credible challenge to our faith. I accept your answer as a sincere contribution to that effort. I do believe that as christians we are accountable to each other for how we live, including the likes of Mr. Harris. I do agree that changed lives testify to the power of God, although Mr. Harris would propbably suggest that it can be explained just as well in terms of the power of the human mind in a particular state of belief or unbelief. As for Mr. Harris "asking", it may be that he has not asked, but his work inspires others to ask how the atrocities committed in accordance with the dictates of religious belief are justified, including the beliefs of christianity. As for my motivations, "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another." -- Proverbs 27:17 |
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