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hypothetically.. if after you were born, you were never taught anything about any religion.. no church, no praying, no bible, no anything.. and then once you turned 18 you were presented with, lets say, the bible. do you think after reading it you would take it seriously and want to become a christian?
so try to imagine the scenario, you're 18, no religious experience whatsoever and you are handed a bible by someone. do you take it seriously or is it fact? and why?
Textits hard to see passed bias but i think its a good way to help see things how an atheist does. religion can just sound so incredulous to some and others just tell them theyre going to hell. but to understand you have to see it from a completely unbiased, blank slate.
hypothetically.. if after you were born, you were never taught anything about any religion.. no church, no praying, no bible, no anything.. and then once you turned 18 you were presented with, lets say, the bible. do you think after reading it you would take it seriously and want to become a christian?
do you think you would take it as seriously or defend it so adamantly?
i think this is a borderline philosophical/religious question. i am generalizing to christianity just for arguments sake because im not familiar with any other religious texts.
hypothetically.. if after you were born, you were never taught anything about any religion.. no church, no praying, no bible, no anything.. and then once you turned 18 you were presented with, lets say, the bible. do you think after reading it you would take it seriously and want to become a christian?
do you think you would take it as seriously or defend it so adamantly?
Originally posted by CherubBaby
reply to post by rick004
That is a good question. If you mean if a person was born on an island and never saw another person or a bible or anything that tells about God etc the answer is that Creation alone tells the heart of a person that there is a God. It's only after mans mockery of God that people begin to doubt.