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Originally Posted by exactlythesame
In other words, we don't use other documents (such as the Apocrypha, or, say, the Book of Mormon or the Quran) to base our doctrines and beliefs off of. We do use and cite secular sources quite frequently, but we believe these back the Bible up. Science doesn't prove the Bible (we already believe it's true), science augments what's there already. Of course, there are varying theories within science that disagree with the Bible, and since we have a basis for our beliefs already, we simply reject these. Obviously a theory that we descended from aliens (or something odd like that) would not agree with what the Bible teaches about creation.
We are not merely automatons though, without a brain to think for ourselves.
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ok well,
hypothetically, if somehow there was irrefutable, incontrovertible evidence presented that contradicted something important in the bible, what would you believe? the bibles claim or the one supported beyond the shadow of a doubt by evidence?
fundamentally, thats the issue at play here, thats what i think this boils down to: either you respect evidence and reason or you dont. i think if you ignore them you signify that you are not being honest and pretty much preclude yourself from serious consideration (why argue if, regardless of what is said, you will always and forever go on believing what you do?). the point isnt that you have to reject christianity, its that you have to be fundamentally
willing to if sufficient justification arises. without that fundamental willingness, you have no reason to really claim what you believe is true, because it is whether or not it is.