Preezy wrote:Jenuall wrote:Christian here.
Ok so now we've trapped you in our stealth atheist thread (don't try the door, it's locked with logic and evidence!) I've got some questions:
I knew it!
Preezy wrote:Do you believe everything in the Bible happened, or only bits of it?
I don't claim in any way to be a theological scholar so my opinions here are probably well wide of the mark compared to what might be considered more agreed amongst those circles, but no I don't believe it all happened.
I think it's a series of books, letters, poems and songs that vary wildly in whether they are, or are intend to be, historically accurate, but which which each have some value in terms of understanding the nature of being a Christian and offering lessons, warnings, insight, and context for a generally solid way of living your life.
Preezy wrote:Do you believe that God hears and answers prayers (i.e. does He intervene?)?
In all honesty I have gone back and forth on this issue, but generally I would say yes. But is that a firm belief or a more tentative hope? Hard to quantify and as I say my views have changed lots.
Preezy wrote:Do you get your morals from your religion?
As I didn't grow up religious I would say no - my morals were pretty well founded well before I became a Christian. Living in the UK and with the history of religious involvement in the shaping of our national laws and morals though I guess you have to say that to a degree we all get some of our morals from religion.
Generally I would say that I was just as good a person before becoming a Christian - personally I wouldn't say I have had to re-evaluate anything I do as a result of it. The things I knew were wrong before are still wrong and the things that I personally do which I know I shouldn't still disappoint me. It's possible I beat myself up a bit more about doing the wrong thing now than I used to, but not to any major degree, and it's possible that this is more of an effect of ageing and having kids than religion - I see the impact of my mistakes more now and realise that I am not young and have all the time in the world to get things wrong and correct it.
Preezy wrote:Feel free to not answer them, but I'm always really interested in what people believe.
edit: I'm a badger and I have TB.
No worries, I have no problems chatting about these things.