Hi
I'm New to Christian chat so I'll tell you a little bit about myself and my situation.
I'm in my early 30s, I'm married and I have a 2 year old son. When he was born i started to think about what I would say when he asked me about faith and religion. I myself am not religious, I was bought up in a non religious family and went to a non religious school. My parents weren't anti religion they were just neutral on the subject but were happy and supportive in what ever belief on non-belief i chose.
I started watching lots of athiest vs religion videos on YouTube to try and see both sides of the debate. And to be honest out of the two positions I found myself leaning towards athiesm. So I went and spoke with some atheists one on one and found most of the people I spoke to (not all but most) to be quit arrogant and rude about Christianity, I asked some of them "have you read the bible yourself, front to back all of it?" and again most (not all but most) said "well ive not read all of it but ive seen lots of videos on it and read some of it and its full of lies and contradictions" and I thought how can you be so certain its all rubbish and lies if you havent even read it? If I said Lord of the rings was rubbish and then when asked if Id read it I say "no but other people have told me its rubbish" I wouldn't be justified in my opinion so how can they say the same about their opinion of the bible?
I didn't want to call myself an athiest as i was worried some people would automatically assume im going to be an arrogant and rude person about religion. So I've bought myself a study bible and started studying it for myself.
I found this site and thought I'd aske for some help as I study. I've come a cross a few passages that i dont understand and was hoping I could ask here for a bit of guidance if that's ok? I'm not sure where the best place to post my questions are so if someone could help point me in the right direction I'd be most greatful.
Thanks for taking the time to read my post
JimmyB105
I'm New to Christian chat so I'll tell you a little bit about myself and my situation.
I'm in my early 30s, I'm married and I have a 2 year old son. When he was born i started to think about what I would say when he asked me about faith and religion. I myself am not religious, I was bought up in a non religious family and went to a non religious school. My parents weren't anti religion they were just neutral on the subject but were happy and supportive in what ever belief on non-belief i chose.
I started watching lots of athiest vs religion videos on YouTube to try and see both sides of the debate. And to be honest out of the two positions I found myself leaning towards athiesm. So I went and spoke with some atheists one on one and found most of the people I spoke to (not all but most) to be quit arrogant and rude about Christianity, I asked some of them "have you read the bible yourself, front to back all of it?" and again most (not all but most) said "well ive not read all of it but ive seen lots of videos on it and read some of it and its full of lies and contradictions" and I thought how can you be so certain its all rubbish and lies if you havent even read it? If I said Lord of the rings was rubbish and then when asked if Id read it I say "no but other people have told me its rubbish" I wouldn't be justified in my opinion so how can they say the same about their opinion of the bible?
I didn't want to call myself an athiest as i was worried some people would automatically assume im going to be an arrogant and rude person about religion. So I've bought myself a study bible and started studying it for myself.
I found this site and thought I'd aske for some help as I study. I've come a cross a few passages that i dont understand and was hoping I could ask here for a bit of guidance if that's ok? I'm not sure where the best place to post my questions are so if someone could help point me in the right direction I'd be most greatful.
Thanks for taking the time to read my post
JimmyB105