Christian Intolerance?

Topic Notes

Topics:

• Is believing in one TRUE religion intolerant?
• Is it an acceptable view?
• Does it cause violence?
• Some people will use religion as a reason to hate (on both sides)
• Talking about “The Reason for God” by Timothy Keller
• Outlawing religion NEVER MAKES IT GO AWAY. In fact it typically grows stronger
• The crazy absolute: the Bible MUST be used
• Discussing a quote from the Dalai Lama
• The ONLY PROBLEM is SIN… the cure is JESUS
• The Faulty Skyscraper analogy
• Lets find out the truth before we start talking about it being subjective
• The Blind Men and the Elephant analogy: is it a good explanation?
• To be able to make the claim that all religions are a part of God, you have to know the TRUTH about God FIRST.
• Rather than believing what you want to believe, we should ask questions that lead us to TRUTH
• BIBLE CONTRADICTION: Via Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF.org)
  • Are we saved through works?
  • Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 3:28 and Galatians 2:16 vs James 2:24 and Matthew 19:16-21
• LISTENER QUESTION: What does the Bible say about the location of Heaven?
• People fear Hardcore Christianity. But Hardcore Christianity is NOT VIOLENCE AND HATE it is LOVE Matthew 5:43-44
• The problem is not being TOO RELIGIOUS – It’s not being RELIGIOUS ENOUGH
• Remember Matthew 22:36-40

The Reason for God

This show originally aired September 8th, 2013

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