My Christianity experience began from birth. I was baptized and confirmed as a Catholic. I practiced that faith until God called my husband, who had been in Protestant ministry, to a higher position in his church. I switched to be the “Helpmeet” I felt God wanted me to be. There are many similarities in practices and beliefs in both faiths so it was not a hard transition.
The author of our text book begins the chapter on Christianity by saying “Christianity is basically a historical religion.” (Smith 317) I agree with this because what was recorded or written is how Christianity had derived most of teachings and practices. Some things must be written as proof before things happen, especially with the prophetical writings.
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Science was studied in the Bible. One instance that comes to mind is the sons of Issachar. They studied time and instructed people to change based on their study and observations. This is a science. However, there are some things man has tried to explain away to discredit or prove there is a God. A few are the plagues explained as climate change, the Red Sea parting as a hurricane splitting the sea, and the darkness when Jesus died called an eclipse. I don’t believe any of these because there is no proof. Sometimes there are logical things that happen to explain the scientific side to faith. However, sometimes many can want to prove or disprove so much that things are confusing. In the case of faith, science can disprove whatever you want to disprove, including a supreme being over the earth. In the book “The World’s Wisdom” by Philip Novak, the author noted “Scholars continue to debate which of Jesus’ sayings may confidently be attributed to him and which were likely to have been placed in his mouth by his faith-inspired followers. No attempt has been made to reflect this complex and unresolved controversy.” (Novak 239) Although some of the stories and details are intermingled with embellishments, the fact for me that remains is I still believe. To me, these details are so insignificant and it has no major impact to living a life of
The author of our text book begins the chapter on Christianity by saying “Christianity is basically a historical religion.” (Smith 317) I agree with this because what was recorded or written is how Christianity had derived most of teachings and practices. Some things must be written as proof before things happen, especially with the prophetical writings.
Jesus’ teachings …show more content…
Science was studied in the Bible. One instance that comes to mind is the sons of Issachar. They studied time and instructed people to change based on their study and observations. This is a science. However, there are some things man has tried to explain away to discredit or prove there is a God. A few are the plagues explained as climate change, the Red Sea parting as a hurricane splitting the sea, and the darkness when Jesus died called an eclipse. I don’t believe any of these because there is no proof. Sometimes there are logical things that happen to explain the scientific side to faith. However, sometimes many can want to prove or disprove so much that things are confusing. In the case of faith, science can disprove whatever you want to disprove, including a supreme being over the earth. In the book “The World’s Wisdom” by Philip Novak, the author noted “Scholars continue to debate which of Jesus’ sayings may confidently be attributed to him and which were likely to have been placed in his mouth by his faith-inspired followers. No attempt has been made to reflect this complex and unresolved controversy.” (Novak 239) Although some of the stories and details are intermingled with embellishments, the fact for me that remains is I still believe. To me, these details are so insignificant and it has no major impact to living a life of