Quote Originally Posted by TomOfSweden View Post
Actually, evil in the world is proof that God doesn't exist according to Christian doctrine. The Theodicy Paradox, is in a mathematical sense a real paradox, ie the basic theory is flawed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodicy

There are many many more Christian paradoxes. All pose real problems. What the Catholic church has traditionally done is ignore them. Thomas Aquinas penned them all down and hoped future Christian researchers would solve them. This has yet to happen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Aquinas

To be Christian today you have to either reject the accuracy of the Bible or reject logic as a valid system to solve problems. I'm not trying to be cheeky or nasty to Christians now. These are real problems for Christianity which they've been struggling with since Constantin decided that Christian faith was a matter for the state and not a question of personal conviction. This is when he ordered the compilation of the Vulgate Bible. Which is the most popular Christian Bible today.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgate_Bible

Another solution is to read the Bible liberally. But then you'll have the next problem. What is your opinion, and what is the message from God? But the original New Testament was just a bunch of lose pages and articles, so that is going back to the roots. But it'll be very hard to track all of them down. It also makes it very hard to tell what God wants.

These are all extremely hard problems to solve. And need to be solved for the Christian scientific theories to work even hypothetically.
Religion is More Personal
People like you are necessary and fun to discuss and converse with. If you want the facts, you have these. Your knowledge of the subject is real and very intellectual. It is real on the personal and subjective level. In any intellectual discussion with me, you would certainly overpower me with your vast knowledge.

What I like to talk about is not intellectual in any academic sense. When the cave man discovered fire, he discovered a miracle which he translated into a basic, primitive religion which improved his life and the life of others. For example, in the Bible the Good Samaritan did did not need theological knowledge to help the sick man in the ditch. Theological knowledge often overlooks the personal needs of mankind. It is this personal knowledge and truth that Christ brought to the religious argument. This the truth that the Bible seeks to enlighten mankind. There is no error or fault in this truth.

Your statement, "To be Christian today you have to either reject the accuracy of the Bible or reject logic as a valid system to solve problems" does not apply The point here in the Bible has been well taken. The truth here is obviously true by any stretch of the imagination. You are correct when you say the Bible needs to be read with a liberal slant. That's what Christ preached also. He was very much a liberal.

What many attack as Christianity is not really Christianity at all. Christianity is more than historical interpretation. It is very much more personal. I hope this helps.