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Originally Posted by niki
I have a curious question:
how does NT view religions?
what is the NT's notions of "God" ? can NT be as 'spiritual/religious' as most NF seems to be ?
and what does NT think , specifically, of Christianity concept of God? does it make sense? is it acceptable, or it is not acceptable for NT's rationale? and what's the reasons?
and for some unknown reason, is it true that NT's are more interested towards the New-Age-ism, or Buddhism, Hinduism, or even pantheism notion of "God" , rather than those Abrahamic religions (ie: Islam, Christianity, Judaism) ?
does this have anything to do at all with one being an "NT" (as opposed to an SJ, or ST, or NF, etc ) ?
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Does Christianity make sense? Looking at it from a modern humanistic view it probably does not. I did not believe in God for most of my life, and one big reason is that it didn't seem to make any sense. Christianity in particular seemed to make the least sense. I thought, "if any religion in the world is right, it certainly cannot be Christianity". Instead I tried to reason what was the right way to live, and what was true in this world. Relying solely on reason lead me only to depression and meaninglessness.
After exhausting what I viewed as the reasonable alternatives, I turned to the unreasonable ones. After all if there is no reasonable explanation available, then the correct explanation must be unreasonable. And to make a long story short (too late) I found the Christian message to be the one that actually works. Now I am a Christian. I am not a Christian because I have faith in Christianity or because I have faith in Christians. I am a Christian because of my faith in Christ. Christ (and his grace) is what makes Christianity worthwhile. It's not because of anything coming from morality, or going to church, or any promise of heaven. Those things are helpful, but they don't make Christianity worthwhile. Christ does.