tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226574259643603032.post6430251088804038590..comments2022-03-26T21:36:40.823-07:00Comments on emergent pillage: believe the lie?jazzact13http://www.blogger.com/profile/17437006437523413659noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226574259643603032.post-3614069233055776412010-01-02T09:37:05.291-08:002010-01-02T09:37:05.291-08:00That's fair, I'll try to explain things a ...That's fair, I'll try to explain things a bit better.<br /><br />In the excerpts from the debate on the other blog, the one saying those things was claiming that doubting that the biblical account of the virgin conception and birth of Jesus is factually true (that may not be what really happened) actually leads to a deeper faith then believing it.<br /><br />My point in giving the example of the man speaking to his wife, claiming that his doubts of her vows of marital fidelity leads to a deeper love for her, is to show that such thinking is, inherently, ridiculous and contradictory. The man in the example essentially calls his wife a liar, then praises himself for his deeper and richer faith in her. I hope it's pretty evident how wrong such a man's thinking is.<br /><br />So, too, is the thinking that a person could call God a liar and still claim to have a deeper faith in Him; rather, it shows a decided lack of faith, a faith shallow and weak.<br /><br />Or, to put it in a way I have seen in the Bible, "Let God be true, and every man a liar".jazzact13https://www.blogger.com/profile/17437006437523413659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226574259643603032.post-34692784505763552652010-01-01T18:06:04.724-08:002010-01-01T18:06:04.724-08:00Your blog was confusing and rambling. I didn'...Your blog was confusing and rambling. I didn't quite follow your example of marriage infidelity and the point you were attempting to make. Your final point that our faith should be based on the truth rather than a falsehood is correct. However many events such as the virgin birth are not provable. We can only go on the testimony of the few that recorded those early events and trust that they were telling the truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com