What is your reason for believing?

[MarkD (A Whateverist, not a Christian)]

I wonder if one knew a way to alter other people’s beliefs without saying a word, who would do it and who would not?

[Vinnie]

@Christy

Moderation note: Thank you all for sharing your testimonies and experiences. Since this thread is essentially requesting people’s very personal spiritual musings, maybe we could not argue about whether other people’s experience or explanation of faith is correct enough or not here. (There are plenty of other threads for that.) If you have a genunine, “what did you mean by that?” clarifying question, by all means, ask away, but if you are feeling a knee-jerk need to tell someone else they are wrong, how about we not do that here? Thanks.

Being more specific might be beneficial.

I jumped into a discussion between two individuals only because I thought my comment would be beneficial to the OP who seems to suffer from a mild case of scientism based on the 22 other threads he created this month. I certainly wasn’t trying to convince Mitchell of anything. We have had enough discussions over the past few years and I’m okay with not seeing eye to eye on various issues with him. But the OP is a young, impressionable Christian struggling with doubt. My personal insight is he doesn’t need to be told nonsense about science being magically a cut above everything else. I see that as part of his struggles to begin with.

But it would be easy to offer a reply that addresses such issues in the context of one’s own personal views without actually specifically replying to other individuals. “Whereas some might think this, I feel..” Would that be a preferable?

@MarkD

I wonder if one knew a way to alter other people’s beliefs without saying a word, who would do it and who would not?

How does this add to the primary purpose of this discussion?

Vinnie

[Christy (Christy Hemphill)]

No one is in trouble, I was just throwing the request out there before things devolved the way they sometimes do. Carry on.