Faith and Reason

I think one of the greatest misconceptions about a Christian's faith is that it cannot be resolved with reason. People view empirical evidence or philosophical discussion as weapons that somehow destroy Christianity and the concept of God. When I say people, I mean both Non-Christians and Christians.

Atheists heap insult and ridicule upon anyone whom claim that anything spiritual exists. The media is conveniently biased against religion, using Christianity as their whipping boy. Sadly, there is no protection against Christianophobia.

Islam is a threat to Christianity as they are unafraid to evangelize with violence. They also have bigger families and in a few decades could beat us out purely by a numbers game. (They have made serious inroads within the UK, and will expand quickly here, as well. I have no qualms with saying it is a result of feminism, the destruction of the male protector and of family.) Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons train up their missionaries to disarm and convert naive Christians.

What is the worst is that Christians, bona fide disciples in Christ, are incapable of providing an adequate defense for their faith. For some reason, the church has retreated from the world of academia and is content in adjusting to society, instead of the reverse. We are labelled Christian fundamentalists, clutching our Bibles fiercely while plugging our ears to block out the voice of "reason".

Is not TRUTH on our side? Did not Jesus say that the world will hate us, for the world first hated Him? I look back to the apostles, especially Paul and Peter. Paul reached out to so many, and his evangelism was not only through signs and miracles, but he ARGUED (depicts rationality) and won. Peter petitions to us asking us to remember that Jesus is LORD. That we may always be prepared to account for the HOPE that we have, answering with gentleness and love.

What do we have to fear when we read up on science or philosophical arguments? Yes, a lot of sources are biased... but there are plenty of workers in Christ that have laboured to demolish these "weapons" used against us. CARM, William Lane Craig, David White, Ravi Zacharias, even Vox Day (although some would question his methods) have provided plenty of resources for us.