Christianity requires no proof?

[schrackman]

To be even more blunt: the concept of hell and the devil are attempts to explain why things go bad and why people act so horrribly towards each other (especially the faithful). Whenever something doesn't match the "goodness of god" you can scream out "The devil made me do it!"

Michael, my friend, never have I heard a Christian (at least not a knowledgable one) say we can blame the devil for making us do something. In fact, I cannot tell you how many times I have preached just the exact opposite. Heaven and Hell is logical because God created us with the ability to choose between good and evil, and therefore be accountable for our choice.

You are arguing a lost cause here. People of faith are all too often ashamed to admit that their beliefs are, indeed, faith and not provable by any logical means. This is a silly feeling to have as faith is certainly one of the ways to look at the universe. Some prefer the logical, some the supernatural, some the emotional, some the philosophical. Yet its those who believe in the supernatural that fight the hardest to "logically prove" the road they have chosen.

It is easy to say Christians cannot "logically" prove something when what they believe is always misconstrued. In those cases nothing can ever be logically proven.


By the way, I have to say that I did not expect this thread to engender so much interest. So I appreciate everyone who has replied thus far.