Comments on: No wonder people don’t trust Christians

By: The lies we tell

The lies we tell — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:47:49 +0000

[...] couple of weeks ago I wrote a post called, “No wonder people don’t trust Christians” where I related a lie that Christians like to tell. To be honest a great many Christians [...]

By: Nick the Geek

Nick the Geek — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 05:31:29 +0000

Lazy is very important to why people accept and spread lies like this. Great addition.

By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:19:52 +0000

Can I submit a rather late addition to this thread?
The Wizards first rule states “People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it’s true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People’s heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool.”
‘Stupid’ might be a bit harsh a term, ‘Lazy’ might be a better fit.

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:05:28 +0000

Comment fail….sigh…

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:05:09 +0000

Funny you use the Galileo example. I’ve actually known people who really do insist that the Bible teaches that the Earth is flat and the Universe revolves around us. In this day and age.

For reals.

The laundry list of things that we propagate in ignorance and shame Christ with is probably immeasurable.

Good thing he’s pretty big into forgiveness.

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:04:35 +0000

Funny you use the Galileo example. I’ve actually known people who really do insist that the Bible teaches that the Earth is flat and the Universe revolves around us. In this day and age.

For reals.

The laundry list of things that we propagate in ignorance and shame Christ with is probably immeasurable.

Good thing he’s pretty big into forgiveness.

By: Nick the Geek

Nick the Geek — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:19:06 +0000

I agree that we do need to be aware of what constitutes a lie. Someone must have lied intentionally at some point in this, and in ignorance we propagate the lie. The problem I have is that finding the truth is very easy, but we add laziness to ignorance and so teach something that is untrue and bring shame to Christ. That bothers me. What’s worse is that this lie is in print in Christian educational material for a Bible class. This is doubly wrong and is the modern day equivalent to shouting down Galileo because you think the Bible teaches the Earth is flat and the Universe revolves around us.

By: Danny Bixby

Danny Bixby — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:29:04 +0000

Thanks man.

By: Danny Bixby

Danny Bixby — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:28:44 +0000

Plagiarism is fine, you’re on the internet

By: Danny Bixby

Danny Bixby — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:26:56 +0000

There are lots of authors who deal with faith from a post-modern perspective, most popularly (or controversially, depending how you look at it) Brian McLaren obviously.

Even if you have problems with some of his theological conclusions or questions, the background information on modernism & post-modernism is (in my opinion) incredibly sound. “New Kind of Christian,” though done as fiction, is a very good place to start for that topic.