In depth familiarity with the subject matter of mainstream christian theology or of Mother Goose, does not alter what they both are How much in depth knowledge do you need to recognize folk lore and fantasy when you hear it? "The knowability of G-D is not the knowability of G-D..." is hippy talk dude. Whether you like it or not.
Good morning, I appreciate your remarks. While perusing the various trading related threads on this site, I noticed that a person kept using the term "hopium"........ I was immediately struck by the weight that the meaning of that "word" had. I would assume that the poster was saying that "hope" can become an opiate. The poster was using the term in a trading related context, but the concept is valid elsewhere also. My remarks to date, did not address another important component, which is "faith" becoming a personal "fact". If my "faith" did not produce some sort of "flesh" to cover the "skeleton" of my faith, then I would, whether it was over the course of a month or fifty years, be a victim of "hopium", and would rightly be disappointed. Faith cannot rest on the strength, cunning, or desire of the individual, again "hopium".....faith is, and must be deposited in the Lord's "bank", and He pays "interest" on ones' faith. This is a "fact" that I can attest too. I can not, nor would I endeavor to "convert" anyone. That is not the "job" of any follower of Christ. My "job" as it were, is to be ready with an answer, to testify as to my knowledge of how the Lord has worked in my life, and of others. Respectfully
After 50 years of being a Christian Baptist, you miraculously threw down your crutches and walked. How very faith healing of you...
To deny your own faith, is to deny that you take a breath. Like the other militant holy roller atheists, your soapbox is ever present, as are the resentments against those who employ a different faith than yours. What was it, were you an innocent alter boy that was buggered by a priest?
You can't deny a faith you don't have. That's all there is to it. Perhaps it's the one dimensional closed minded pre concluding ( and obviously depraved) mindset which restricts your understanding of the most straightforward of things.
You are so in denial about your faith that it staggers the intellect... How old were you when you were first buggered in some confessional anyway? Five, six, seven? How many years did that go on? I assume through puberty...
"A most spiritual and compelling response. Are you self-actualized yet?" Strawman, ad hominem. And as long as you started it... Hmmm, perhaps you were buggered too. That would explain a lot.