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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You do not have to wrap your head around it.  You just have to have faith.  That is the mystery.  Don't be a "Doubting Thomas," who must see to believe.  [/quote]

Many of us can't abandon reason in that fashion. If faith requires abandoning research, logic, and scientific reality, then that's a leap I cannot make. Just not wired for faith, I guess.[/quote]

Then why don't you look at it this way:  do some research on it?  Read up on the doctors of the church, church doctrine, history, etc.  Ask your local pastor for some book suggestions. [b] Dig deep.  Delve.  Your faith will grow, I guarantee it.[/b]  [/quote]

For many of us, this is exactly what turned us away -- thinking about it, digging deep, as you say.

Bart Ehrmann, one of the leading biblical scholars alive, loved his religion and the bible so much he decided to dig deeper than most -- he learned ancient Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic, and started reading source documents.  Textual criticism revealed to him that not only are the things therein not true, but there were even legion translation and transcription errors rendering literal biblical interpretation worthless.  While he does believe a historical Jesus existed he is no longer a Christian and identifies as Agnostic and Atheist.  That's what a true deep dive generally gets you.

Want to "dive deep"?  Read his [i]Misquoting Jesus[/i].  I did.[/quote]

Ehrman has been criticized by hundreds of scholars for making unsupported claims, ignoring things that don’t fit his theories, and so much more. He’s a pop scholar who makes $$$ with book titles like “Jesus, Interrupted,” and his “work” is sensationalized to that end.

If you want to read serious, academic, thoughtful critiques of early Christianity, read Borg, Crossan, and others. [/quote]

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