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Don't leave us hanging! Where can we learn the answer?

by rhn_mk1 6y ago

lisper 6y ago
Any Christian apologetics web site. Or your local church.
- rhn_mk1 6y ago
  I was hoping for something more precise tbh. Christian apologetics web sites and local churches also offer answers to lots of questions I don't care about, so if you already sifted through them, I was hoping you could share that advantage with the broader public.
  - lisper 6y ago
    Try searching for "why Christianity".
    - rhn_mk1 6y ago
      I broke my rule of ignoring people who bait and don't deliver and did a quick search. All 4 results from the 1st search page: - https://www.livingwaters.com/why-christianity/ https://www.livingwaters.com/why-christianity/ seems to short-circuit back into "god-given rule" - https://carm.org/atheism/why-believe-christianity-over-all-other-religions https://carm.org/atheism/why-believe-christianity-over-all-o... assumes the Bible as a historical source of truth - http://www.gospeloutreach.net/whychristianity.html http://www.gospeloutreach.net/whychristianity.html - quotes beauty not present in atheism, otherwise Bible as a historical source - https://creation.com/why-christianity https://creation.com/why-christianity says Christianity correctly diagnoses a humanity's fault (moral inconsistency), and then declares it superior because of which solution it chooses They don't seem to answer "why is Christianity the source of meaning", but rather "why choose Christianity as religion", which is a different question, so I might have misrepresented them. Either way, none of them seem very logically conclusive to me.
      - lisper 6y ago
        > They don't seem to answer "why is Christianity the source of meaning", but rather "why choose Christianity as religion" That's right. The original question was: > Why would some point of existence or meaning lead specifically to Christianity? If you want to know "why is Christianity the source of meaning" that's an easier question to answer: it's because the omniscient, omnipotent and omnibenevolent Creator of the Universe loves you, and will give you everlasting life in paradise conditioned only on your acceptance of His sacrifice on the cross. Or something like that.
        rhn_mk1 6y ago
        I think that's not actually the point that was made by cma (and my paraphrased question was imprecise). "Why would some point of existence or meaning lead specifically to Christianity?" presumes starting with no preferred solution: "existence has a meaning. Who discovered it?". It's much more interesting than "Christianity says existence has a meaning. What makes it right?"
        lisper 6y ago
        > existence has a meaning. Who discovered it? If you're looking for the Christian answer to this, it is: no one discovered it. The meaning of life is not discoverable knowledge. It is instead revealed by God.

Don't leave us hanging! Where can we learn the answer?

lisper 6y ago

Any Christian apologetics web site. Or your local church.

rhn_mk1 6y ago
I was hoping for something more precise tbh. Christian apologetics web sites and local churches also offer answers to lots of questions I don't care about, so if you already sifted through them, I was hoping you could share that advantage with the broader public.
- lisper 6y ago
  Try searching for "why Christianity".
  - rhn_mk1 6y ago
    I broke my rule of ignoring people who bait and don't deliver and did a quick search. All 4 results from the 1st search page: - https://www.livingwaters.com/why-christianity/ https://www.livingwaters.com/why-christianity/ seems to short-circuit back into "god-given rule" - https://carm.org/atheism/why-believe-christianity-over-all-other-religions https://carm.org/atheism/why-believe-christianity-over-all-o... assumes the Bible as a historical source of truth - http://www.gospeloutreach.net/whychristianity.html http://www.gospeloutreach.net/whychristianity.html - quotes beauty not present in atheism, otherwise Bible as a historical source - https://creation.com/why-christianity https://creation.com/why-christianity says Christianity correctly diagnoses a humanity's fault (moral inconsistency), and then declares it superior because of which solution it chooses They don't seem to answer "why is Christianity the source of meaning", but rather "why choose Christianity as religion", which is a different question, so I might have misrepresented them. Either way, none of them seem very logically conclusive to me.
    - lisper 6y ago
      > They don't seem to answer "why is Christianity the source of meaning", but rather "why choose Christianity as religion" That's right. The original question was: > Why would some point of existence or meaning lead specifically to Christianity? If you want to know "why is Christianity the source of meaning" that's an easier question to answer: it's because the omniscient, omnipotent and omnibenevolent Creator of the Universe loves you, and will give you everlasting life in paradise conditioned only on your acceptance of His sacrifice on the cross. Or something like that.
      - rhn_mk1 6y ago
        I think that's not actually the point that was made by cma (and my paraphrased question was imprecise). "Why would some point of existence or meaning lead specifically to Christianity?" presumes starting with no preferred solution: "existence has a meaning. Who discovered it?". It's much more interesting than "Christianity says existence has a meaning. What makes it right?"
        lisper 6y ago
        > existence has a meaning. Who discovered it? If you're looking for the Christian answer to this, it is: no one discovered it. The meaning of life is not discoverable knowledge. It is instead revealed by God.