Christian Apologist Says Church is Producing Atheists

deepthot42 »

Fri Aug 07, 2009 11:48 am Agree: 1   Disagree: 0

"Churches are producing atheists by not answering the questions of young people and explaining why they believe in the Bible"


Let me break it down for you as simply as possible.

A "young person" walks into a church and asks why the pastor believes in the Bible. Maybe he tells the kid about all the wonderful parts of the Bible or responds that it has made his life better or some similar personal anecdote. This kid asks what makes the Bible any different from Torah, Koran or the Bagva Ghita or some other equally archaic tome. The pastor responds that they are false text, mistranslations or simply fairy tales. That's a fine opinion, but this kid has done this homework. He's been to a Mosque and a Temple and various other in his search. Turns out that all the other faiths say that the same thing about each other and Bible... espousing that their tome is the Truth above all others. The Pastor thinks he is right, but so does the Rabbi, Mullah, Guru, Witchdoctor... etc. Of course, whichever system you look at has to be taken on simple faith. Without any real corroborative evidence, which one is right?

It doesn't take long for the kid to realize that they can't all be right, but they can all be wrong.