Ernie: I could not get the link to work but visited the site via Google.
You are right, its not my cup of tea, No reflection on Mr Stanley's good intentions, but once more there is what, for me, is a false choice. Either Evangelical faith or Atheism and that is the one and only choice in life that matters. A lot of people see things this way, no less than Bart Ehrman, for instance, He chose Atheism. As far as I an concerned he made a mistake. Why? I agree with him that there are so many problems with Evangelical religion that it is theologically untenable. But this doesn't mean that there are no truths to be found or that church experience isn't basically all for the good. And it doesn't mean that there aren't truths in different interpretations of Christian faith. Or, for that matter, in Buddhism or some special version of New Age religion, etc. Anyway, this takes us back to what I recently said about Atheist TV here in River City. There it is, every week, several days, "The Atheist Show." And there is zero by way of Christian response. Not talking about someone doing selfies with voice over. The Atheist program has decent production values, it is a team effort. For that you need an actual team. No Christians hereabouts seem to care. I've offered my services for the exorbitant cost of $0.00 -and no takers. Of course, there is a catch, no way would I follow the Evangelical path in what I might do. Sure, I would be aware of that path and respectful toward it, but that path simply isn't me. And so we get one more "my way or the highway." OK, I will keep this in mind for future reference. There is a lot to say on behalf of Evangelicals but this isn't one of them. Which, of course, is another conundrum. B. ________________________________ From: Centroids <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2018 2:02 AM To: [email protected] Cc: Billy Rojas Subject: your move Re: [RC] Conundrum Hi Billy, " I very much hate to read "Atheist books." Why? Because they challenge me to think critically about my own faith, or about my own doubts. They provoke me to think hard about the reasons I have for my views About religion generally and Christian faith specifically. Sometimes their objections simply cannot be ignored and sometimes there is no choice but to re-think some of my beliefs in the process." Have you heard of Andy Stanley? YourMove.org<http://YourMove.org> He’s rewriting a lot of the rules of evangelicalism. Probably not to your taste, but he goes out of his way to read and discuss atheists and jettisons a surprisingly large percentage of fundamentalist dogma in order to focus on Jesus. Again, I suspect you won’t be able to stand him personally, but he opens the door to a much more intellectually sound and generous version of evangelicalism that would address many of your concerns. While this makes him very controversial, his bona fides (son of Charles Stanley) make him hard to reject out of hand, and he’s gained a huge following. E -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
