Religion & the Bible are mutually exclusive things. But YES the Word of God is Truth. and the fear of God is the foundation of all knowledge.
Religion you can toss with your wives used menstrual rags. That's what the Bible says.
You do know you made the statement that you can only have the Bible or religion, but not both.. you just made the claim that Christianity is not a religion... *scratches head* ... there's only one other thing it can be, lol.
Some people argue that faith takes over where reason leaves off. This is not so with Christian faith. Reason requires a foundation, which only the Bible can provide. There are only 2 choices, either we try to reason our way TO the truth of the Bible or we reason FROM the truth of the Bible. The first choice attempts to arrive at belief, without justification for the tools of reasoning, the second takes the Bible as the foundation for truth and the justification for all reasoning.
I'm taking notes... If I ever start a religion, make sure my subjects put faith before reason... k, got it, good stuff.
Faith is not without reason. Faith is not above reason, or contrary to reason. In fact faith is demanded by reason. Everyone starts from faith, but not all admit it. Professed unbelievers say that they use reason as their starting point and not faith. We must ask though, what is their reason for trusting reason? The thing is, they don’t have a reason for trusting reason, they have a ‘blind faith’ in reason.
Ok, ... you lost me...
I'm not even going to try to decipher that sh*t. It does appear you are preferring the former, which directly contradicts your previous paragraph... so I'm going to have to disagree with you. I would prefer my subjects to have "blind faith".
Everyone starts from faith. The question is not whether we start from faith but whether we will place that faith in God or in man.
Man... it takes generations to build up that indoctrination thing... I'm thinking in this day in age there's easier ways to make money.
The faith of the professed unbeliever cannot give a reason for reason. huh? Christian faith on the other hand is the basis for all knowledge That's a pretty bold claim there buddy.. The Bible teaches that “All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Christ.” (2 Colossians vs. 3), and that “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.” (Proverbs 1 vs. 7)
See my post above on bad logic
Christian faith is not blind, rather it is the pre-condition for rational thought.
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